No chrome bullet bar?
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No chrome bullet bar?
Hi fellas, I'm mostly a lurker here. I play dobro but have been getting into lap steel and actually just got a pedal steel. I'm looking for a bullet bar that is stainless steel but not chrome plated. My hand breaks out in hives when I use chrome plated bars. I like the Dunlop Jerry Byrd size for lap steel and something a bit bigger for the pedal steel. Anyway, any suggestions is much appreciated!
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Cobra Coil bars are listed as highly polished stainless steel. You might want to contact these folks: https://www.steelguitar.net/bar2.html
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Jim Burden is a forum brother and makes stainless bars that many use and like. He makes it to your specs, re: diameter, length, shape, etc.
http://www.bulletbars.com/
I've been using one for about 4 months now and like it.
Doug
http://www.bulletbars.com/
I've been using one for about 4 months now and like it.
Doug
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Ditto on Jim Burden. He makes a great bar, is very responsive to special requests and ships quick.Douglas Schuch wrote:Jim Burden is a forum brother and makes stainless bars that many use and like. He makes it to your specs, re: diameter, length, shape, etc.
http://www.bulletbars.com/
I've been using one for about 4 months now and like it.
Doug
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Yes, Jim Burden is my favorite too. I wrote to him, but he had his bandsaw down and could not do my "half round nose"
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About those 'strangs'..........
I don't know what the composition of my 'strangs' are but I started using them when Jerry was a proponent of this belief.
I use GIBSON=Spanish Guitar strings on my Rickenbachers and they sound fabulous. For those of you that aren't familiar with Jerry's arrangement, it goes like this:
Top "E".........2nd string
"C".........2nd string
"A".........2nd string
"G".........3rd string
"E".........FLAT WOUND
"C#"........Flat Wound
"C".........Flat Wound
I get no string drag on the multitude of slants I use. It's seamless tone/sustain. I've used them for years along with a Dunlop Jerry Byrd bullet bar.
I use GIBSON=Spanish Guitar strings on my Rickenbachers and they sound fabulous. For those of you that aren't familiar with Jerry's arrangement, it goes like this:
Top "E".........2nd string
"C".........2nd string
"A".........2nd string
"G".........3rd string
"E".........FLAT WOUND
"C#"........Flat Wound
"C".........Flat Wound
I get no string drag on the multitude of slants I use. It's seamless tone/sustain. I've used them for years along with a Dunlop Jerry Byrd bullet bar.
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Zirconia is IT!
I love my solid zirconia. I cannot scratch it. I have even dropped it on concrete (Not good. It could shatter)
It cost $150, but what do guitars, amps, and mikes cost?
I weighs slighty less than steel, but it has plenty of mass. Sounds great, plus no scratchy sound.
I can't remember who I purchased it from but I found him on the internet and probably The Forum right here.
Here it is on my K&S Weissenborn at the Muir cabin near Juneau, AK.
It cost $150, but what do guitars, amps, and mikes cost?
I weighs slighty less than steel, but it has plenty of mass. Sounds great, plus no scratchy sound.
I can't remember who I purchased it from but I found him on the internet and probably The Forum right here.
Here it is on my K&S Weissenborn at the Muir cabin near Juneau, AK.
James I have a 1" bar 3 1/2 inches long and it is solid Aluminum that I will sell.I bought a 1' round aluminum bar and we mad for bars from it and I also have the same lenth bar with it drilled out and it is a lot tighter and filled with glue stick that I filled with a glue gun.I will take $30.00 for either one of them if you or any one wants one of the. I also have a JBS Bar that is 3?4 inch and It is new I have used it about three times I will need $35.00 for it..I also have a Emmons standed bar the I drilled it out and it is a light as a feather and it is filled with the glue gun. That is $35.00.
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Dynalap lap 8 String Lap Steel Fender frontman 25B speaker changed Boss TU-12H Tuner.Founder and supporter of the Rhode Island Steel Guitar Association Founder of the New England Steel Guitar Association and the Greeneville TN Steel Jams and now founder of the North Carolina Steel Guitar Jams. Honorary member of the Rhode Island Steel Guitar Association,Member of The New England Steel Guitar Association.
Member of the Florida Steel Guitar Club,and member of Mid Atlantic Steel Guitar Association
Member of the Florida Steel Guitar Club,and member of Mid Atlantic Steel Guitar Association