Whats better stainless or chrome bar?

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 22 Aug 2002 3:55 pm

Bob Smith, you are a smart man, now where did you get that funny name?

Silas J. Humphammer III

Brett Gordon · Post by **Brett Gordon** » 22 Aug 2002 4:32 pm

I've noticed that BJS chrome bars resist nicks (when dropped) better than a stainless steel bar. Anyone notice this?

Bob Smith · Post by **Bob Smith** » 22 Aug 2002 5:00 pm

Geez, Bobbe, I guess my ole man wanted to laugh alot when they named me that!! HeeeHEEEEEE Hey thanks for the advice and the laughs too!! Honestly, Bobbe Smith

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 23 Aug 2002 12:17 pm

I played a BJS bar for about 15 years, and it never showed a scratch. Then I ordered a new one thinking that maybe the sound of the original had gradually dulled over time. When I got it, I discovered that there was no difference in the sound of the two bars. The old bar sounded just like the new one. BJS bars last forever!

They sound great, too.

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Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 23 Aug 2002 12:57 pm

Bobby Lee, what difference does it make if your BJS bar lasts forever or not, you aren't going to! (neither am I)
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Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 23 Aug 2002 1:30 pm

Thanks alot Bobbe Seymour! I had big plans for further down the road.

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 23 Aug 2002 2:45 pm

Bobby Lee, what difference does it make if your BJS bar lasts forever or not, you aren't going to! (neither am I)

Bobbe, some of us want to leave something to our children and grandchildren. Being steel players, our BJS bar is about it.

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Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 23 Aug 2002 4:43 pm

Yea Herb, I know what you mean, I'm still playing the one my great grandfather left me.
But it's starting to get flat on the bottom. Guess I'll have to turn it over next millineum. I also have 86 years on my third string, hasn't broken yet. I play every night too! When my first string starts to get flat, I'll turn it over too!

Bobbe (mine's biggern' yerz) Seymour

Tom Diemer · Post by **Tom Diemer** » 24 Aug 2002 7:25 am

Have any of you tried the George L stainless bar? I just got one by accident, seems very slick on the strings so far.

Curious what experience others have had with it.

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 24 Aug 2002 1:29 pm

Guys: NEVER ever, trade or sell your bars. Your family can auction them off at the benefit for your burial expenses.

While you are watching TV, take your stainless bar and polish it over and over again with Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish. It will become as smooth as any chromed bar. Mine is so slick, I can hardly hold on to it. I have a BJS bar also and can tell no tonal difference between it and the Polished bar. I can definitely tell a difference with an unpolished stainless bar. JMO[This message was edited by Jim Bob Sedgwick on 25 August 2002 at 06:50 PM.]

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 25 Aug 2002 4:48 am

Does George L make single coil bars, or are they all humbucking?

Jim West · Post by **Jim West** » 25 Aug 2002 7:07 am

Is that a tone bar in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 25 Aug 2002 10:12 am

Hey Bobbe:

"Don't laugh. It's paid for!"