Dobro steels
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- John Drury
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Dobro steels
Experimenting with different steels, trying to find one that fits my hand well. Need something larger than a Stevens. Any recommendations?
I am thinking #2 Shubb-Pearse, anyone have a used one they want to part with?
Please e-mail: twohackers@hotmail.com
Thanks
I am thinking #2 Shubb-Pearse, anyone have a used one they want to part with?
Please e-mail: twohackers@hotmail.com
Thanks
John Drury
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How can the playin surface be flat???Michael Hardee wrote:You can buy an E.G. Smith steel bar from Greg Boyd's House of Fine Instruments. Quality on these bars has been variable, I recommend you ask for one that has a playing surface that is a full 3.0 inches long, also make sure the playing surface is flat, not concave or convex.
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Not literally "flat" like the bottom of a clothes steam iron on an ironing board, but if you lay the thing on a table with the portion that touches the strings down, you would find some of the earlier bars literally have kind of a "bow" in them and there is just a tiny bit of gap between the bottom of the bar and the table in the center.
Later bars made by E.G. don't have this tiny gap - or at least it's difficult to determine with the naked eye.
Whether you have a newer one or an older one, they're great bars.
Later bars made by E.G. don't have this tiny gap - or at least it's difficult to determine with the naked eye.
Whether you have a newer one or an older one, they're great bars.
Mark
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Is larger longer or heftier? Or both? I have a Shubb-Pearse SP-1 that's longer than a Steven's bar and with a curved nose that I like a lot. It's about the same weight as a Steven's. SP also makes the Robert Randolf bars which are BIG Steven's bars. I have the RR-2 which I prefer over a bullet bar. At 7.5 oz. it's pretty hefty. See them all at the Shubb website.John Drury wrote:Need something larger than a Stevens.
HTH.
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The "lap dawg" is made by Jim Dunlop and can be found at a number of outlets including Elderly Music for about $22 http://www.elderly.com/brand/ACSL_dunlop.html
Steve
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Bars
John, the Shubb-Pearse bars are around $20 or so at alot of stores. I'd give you my SP2, but it's a little worn out now, and has 2 holes drilled through it for some slant experiments!
AJ, the SP2 is taller than the lapdawg, and has the rounded tip, so I bought it. It has a better feel too. I compared them side by side.
AJ, the SP2 is taller than the lapdawg, and has the rounded tip, so I bought it. It has a better feel too. I compared them side by side.
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Steve,Steve Branscom wrote:The "lap dawg" is made by Jim Dunlop and can be found at a number of outlets including Elderly Music for about $22 http://www.elderly.com/brand/ACSL_dunlop.html
I got a chance to check out a friends Lap Dawg, nice bar but a little too small for me. It is a lot like my #2 Scheerhorn Stainless steel only a tad heavier.
More of a bar for the "Speed Merchants", rather than for guys like myself that are newer to the instrument.
Thanks
John Drury
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Which steel bar
Years ago, back in the 60's I used to use a bar that was covered in either black plastic or possibly Bakelite. the inside was made of lead if I recall. bot sure of the length or the diameter but the bars I am finding now seem a lot longer, bigger in diameter and harder to hold.
I have a couple bullet bars that are 7/8 dia and 3" long. One is polished the other is a dull matt finish neither is all that comfortable for me anybody have any suggestions? I am currently trying to learn the DOBRO so I have a couple of shrub bars also.
I have a couple bullet bars that are 7/8 dia and 3" long. One is polished the other is a dull matt finish neither is all that comfortable for me anybody have any suggestions? I am currently trying to learn the DOBRO so I have a couple of shrub bars also.
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The Tribo-Tone bars are excellent.
- John Drury
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Rick,
Those were Black Rajah's, they are being made again, in black and red, can't remember the guys name, maybe someone here knows.
I bought a small one in black about the size of my Brozman bar. 3 1/4" X 5/8" ? I may start using it for Dobro if I can't find a stevens type bar that fits my hand.
Lynn,
Not familiar with the Trib-Tone.
Those were Black Rajah's, they are being made again, in black and red, can't remember the guys name, maybe someone here knows.
I bought a small one in black about the size of my Brozman bar. 3 1/4" X 5/8" ? I may start using it for Dobro if I can't find a stevens type bar that fits my hand.
Lynn,
Not familiar with the Trib-Tone.
John Drury
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- Lynn Oliver
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You would be MORE familiar if you'd clicked the embedded link in Lynn's first reply. where he saidJohn Drury wrote:Not familiar with the Trib-Tone.
Lynn Oliver wrote:The Tribo-Tone bars are excellent.
- John Drury
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No Save the Hammering on for the open strings on your reso !John Drury wrote:I really have to hammer them.
Time for a new keyboard!
http://www.tribotone.com/slides.html
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Kevin: thanks for posting that picture. It's worth a thousand words. I use an SP1 for Dobro, but also a Tribotone. It's more important on an acoustic instrument, such as a Dobro or a Weissenborn, to have a bar that doesn't rattle, and I find that the Tribotone rattles less than any other bar.
By the way, my SP1 has been dipped in rubber solution, which I've removed from the playing surface. That way it never slips in my hand.
By the way, my SP1 has been dipped in rubber solution, which I've removed from the playing surface. That way it never slips in my hand.