Protecting your bar

Michael Breid · From: Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA

A some steel players and dobro players I know throw their bars into the case with whatever is in there and they get nicks on their bar. Then the trouble begins. Sanding and buffing to get the nicks out. Some carry a little bag to keep their bar in, while others think it is too bulky. Enter Wal-Mart. They have an item in the sporting goods section at Wal-Mart that is a heavy canvas pocket knife holder. A dobro bar, be it Stevens, Scheerhorn, or Swallows, fits in it nicely. Also a pedal steel bullet bar fits well. The pocket is a tad deep for the average bar, so put tissue or paper towel paper in the bottom to make the pocket shorter and easy to grab. They sell for about $5 and are really handy. They even fit on your belt. It keeps the bars from getting nicks from picks, capos, pliers, etc. in your case.

Michael Breid
Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Bobby Lee · From: Cloverdale, California, USA

I haven't been able to nick a BJS bar yet.

Mark van Allen · From: Watkinsville, Ga. USA

I like free stuff: http://www.markvanallen.com/tips.html
Top of the page. M&M's candies has these great little plastic cases that come with the M&M's minis- flip top, just the right size for a 7/8" bar or stevens/sheerhorn dobro steel.

I'm lobbying them for a 1" size...

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John Drury · From: Gallatin, Tn USA

Michael,

I know the feeling, I had a favorite Sho~Bud bar that I had to quit using. That thing had more nicks in it than a greek phone book.

I bought a John Pearse "Cryonic" tone bar and have been using it quite a while without putting a mark on it.

I dropped it one day on the concrete floor in the garage while tuning up a repair job. I could see where the bar hit the floor, but not where the floor hit the bar!

They are great bars! I highly recommend them.

John Drury
NTSGA #3

Smiley Roberts · From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075

I've been using the M&M minis container as a storage case,ever since they came out. M.v.A.,great minds think alike.

Of course,my 1st choice is the red ones. They retain the tone of the bar better.

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Garth Highsmith · Posted 3 Feb 2005 6:42 pm

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[This message was edited by Garth Highsmith on 09 January 2006 at 08:38 PM.]

Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

I used empty string envelopes. They fit perfectly. Picks in separate one.

EJL

EJL

Mike Wheeler · From: Delaware, Ohio, USA

Those M&M tubes also perfectly hold lots of quarters for parking meters.

Mike

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

I have a BJS bar that has been dropped on a concrete floor and no damage, nicks, etc. The bar is probably 15 years old and looks like new.

I do keep it in a leather "bar case" that my wife made from some soft/thin leather.

Michael Breid · From: Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA

Thanks guys for the tips about the M&M containers. The one convenient thing I have found about the canvas pocket knife cases is they fit on you belt. On the show I work a lot of times I will have to go from banjo to dobro, and all I have time to do is set the banjo down, pick up the dobro and get ready for the next number. Having the bar right there handy is a real plus. Don't know if any of you are in that situation or not. Sometimes I have to quit playing one instrument towards the end of the song and go to another one to play the intro for the next tune. Especially if it's a medley of songs. It keeps me hopping. Michael Breid Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Herb Steiner · From: Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064

Eric uses string packages to hold his bar. Good idea, and the flip flop of what I do.

I use a small Plano 5-segment fishing tackle box to hold my bars and picks. And I use guitar string packages to hold my scissor-type spinnerbaits. They're perfect for the task, though you should dry your baits off before putting them back in the packages.

But dittoes on the BJS and Pearce bars... I have several of each... you'll have a difficult time nicking one of those puppies.

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[This message was edited by Herb Steiner on 04 February 2005 at 07:05 AM.]

Ray Minich · From: Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra

Why do you think man invented Crown Royal. Do you just throw those blue bags away? No. One for each bar. If you lose the bag then it's time to suffer thru using another sample of the product to get another bag. Simple.

Roger Edgington · From: San Antonio, Texas USA

I carry my 1 1/16 stainless Parker bar in a leather pouch even though it probably doesn't need it.

Bill Ford · From: Graniteville SC Aiken

Ray has the right idea..

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