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Topic: Dobro Style Bar for PSG |
Dan Ramage
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South Carolina, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2025 5:09 am |
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The search didn't turn up anything for me, so I apologize if this has already been answered. I really like this Stevens AP&M bar I have. Probably because it's what I started learning lap steel with. Does someone make the same style bar for a 10 string PSG? I've got a bullet bar, but the Stevens bar just seems more natural to me.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 1 Jan 2025 5:55 am
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Shubb makes the Robert Randolph bar (we saw him play live this past summer for the first time in years in Petaluma, CA which is coincidentally about 15 minutes south of Rohnert Park where Shubb is located).
It’s a similar shape to the Stevens, but longer and significantly heavier. Also, the groove where your index finger goes is slightly deeper than a Stevens which makes for better control.
Google it from other online stores, cheaper than buying direct from Shubb.
https://shubb.com/product/robert-randolph-guitar-steel-rr2/
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Dan Ramage
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South Carolina, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2025 8:49 am
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Good deal, thanks man!
Being heavier would be a plus.
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Shubb makes the Robert Randolph bar (we saw him play live this past summer for the first time in years in Petaluma, CA which is coincidentally about 15 minutes south of Rohnert Park where Shubb is located).
It’s a similar shape to the Stevens, but longer and significantly heavier. Also, the groove where your index finger goes is slightly deeper than a Stevens which makes for better control.
Google it from other online stores, cheaper than buying direct from Shubb.
https://shubb.com/product/robert-randolph-guitar-steel-rr2/
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Tom Jordan
From:
Wichita, KS
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Posted 1 Jan 2025 9:35 am
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Also take a look at the Shubb-SP2. The SP2 is rounded on one end which will be really handy as you start doing single note runs. I use it for western swing playing on non pedal guitar but it also works well for PSG.
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 1 Jan 2025 9:46 am
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| On YouTube, there's a video clip where Paul Franklin talks about the bar, and he said a Stevens bar works on pedal steel. For a while, I used a grooved bar that I got from Billy Phelps, who worked with a company called Full Circle Sound, and he was at the Carter booth at the ISGC in St. Louis in 2003. I used that bar, called a Sacred Steel bar until 2017 or 2018. |
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Lee Rider
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Fort Bragg, California, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2025 10:46 am
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I have had a few mishaps with my left hand (2 disolcations) and had a friend make me a stainless rail bar out of 1.125" stock. I can hold on to it much better than the traditional bullet bar:
The bullet bar in this photo he also made for me out of 7/8" stock.
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