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Topic: Is there a bullet/rail bar hybrid out there? |
Justin Douglas
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Austin, TX
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Posted 11 Jul 2008 12:47 pm |
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I'd like a rail style bar but with the round nose like a bullet. All I've found is the Rocky Mountain Poncha. Seems like this would be something many people would be looking for.
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Rich Hlaves
From:
Wildomar, California, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2008 1:26 pm
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I'm using a Shubb SP1 with good results. They are on ebay all the time for $20 or less. The bar works real well with an eight string lap but is a little long for a six. Just my 2C.
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2008 2:17 pm
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I have luck with the Shubb SP1 also...I like to lift the back of the bar, & use the rounded nose to point at single notes for hammer ons & single note lines...Terry V
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 11 Jul 2008 5:17 pm
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| I use the Shubb Pearse #2. It has one semi-bullet end, and the grip is a little higher and less cramped for me, just like a Stevens bar with one round end. |
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Charley Wilder
From:
Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2008 6:44 pm
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| David Doggett wrote: |
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I just file one end of a Stevens round. Takes about ten minutes as I recall. It's been a while. An old Norman Blake trick. (And probably somebody before him) |
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Justin Douglas
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 9:56 am
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| how do you go about filing down and rounding a bar? |
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Charley Wilder
From:
Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 11:40 am
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| You stick it upright (at an angle) in a vise and start filing the edge of the bar until it's round. How difficult can that be? Touch it up with some crocus cloth or whatever and there you are. |
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Billy Gilbert
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 1:10 pm Round nosed grooved bar
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It isn't too hard to epoxy a wood "handle" on a round bar, ala Gary Swallow, especially if you have a drill press and a 3/4" bit.  |
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 2:25 pm
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I sold a bullet bar on ebay a year ago that was 7/8 stainless with a hollowed groove in the sides. I am sure that I got it from Carter Steels, say 5 years ago. I think that it was a Robert Randolph model, his bar, at that time. Very nice, but I went to a 1"-3/4 tapered bar.
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Justin Douglas
From:
Austin, TX
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Mark White
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2008 4:37 pm
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| I'd like one of those too. The description only mentions a beveled back edge. Anyone know for sure? |
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Justin Douglas
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 6:56 am
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| Carter Guitars just wrote me back saying they no longer make that bar. |
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Bob Simons
From:
Kansas City, Mo, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 8:15 am
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Here's one I made...
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 8:19 am
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| Gary Swallows will make a bar like that, or just about anything. I have a couple of his with rounded ends that are very nice. |
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Bob Simons
From:
Kansas City, Mo, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 8:41 am
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Gary Swallows? More info please...I'd like to find someone who can do some more experimental bars with me...
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 10:27 am
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| Bob Simons wrote: |
| Gary Swallows? More info please...I'd like to find someone who can do some more experimental bars with me... |
http://www.gssteels.com/
Rounded bars will need to be custom ordered, all his standard bars are 'sharp-nose' models.
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AJ Azure
From:
Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 11:35 am
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| Gary calls it the Azure steel...guess why hehe |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 22 Jul 2008 7:13 pm
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Here is an old Carter bar they used to sell. They have not offered it in a long time. It has a flute on the top and on both sides. The front is round
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John Bushouse
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Posted 22 Jul 2008 8:23 pm
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| That looks very cool. I'm betting they're pretty hard to find. I wonder if someone is interested in making a small run? |
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Mark White
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 12:10 am
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| Put me on the list! |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 3:28 pm
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I have the Carter bar,I kept an ad on the [want to buy] here on the forum,took about six months or longer,but finnally found one,they are hard to find,Can't understand why someone won't make them,They are heavy enough to get a great tone,and so easy to hold without slipping out of your hand.Seems to me there would be a market for them,even if they would cost a little more,it would be worth it.DYKBC.
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 5:08 pm
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| wasnt there a red rajah in this shape, with theflutes kinda ribbed for traction? |
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Mark White
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 5:38 pm
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I asked Chuck for a description or picture of those bars a while back but never got a reply. Wasn't it called a Groovy Bar or something? There wasn't a picture on his site of one.
His site seems to be down right now. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 7:26 pm
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The Groovy bar had FLAT sides,I had a black one and the red one,they were confortable to play,but the slick coating wore off very fast[at least the ones I had did]DYKBC.
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Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 10:03 pm
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Ron Tipton will make you one to your specs. His phone # is 270 570 1730. The last ones he made for me, several years ago were $50.00 each.
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