Dobro Style Bar for PSG

Dan Ramage · From: South Carolina, USA

The search didn't turn up anything for me, so I apologize if this has already been answered. I really like this Stevens AP&M bar I have. Probably because it's what I started learning lap steel with. Does someone make the same style bar for a 10 string PSG? I've got a bullet bar, but the Stevens bar just seems more natural to me.

Thanks!

Mark Eaton · Posted 1 Jan 2025 5:55 am

Shubb makes the Robert Randolph bar (we saw him play live this past summer for the first time in years in Petaluma, CA which is coincidentally about 15 minutes south of Rohnert Park where Shubb is located).

It’s a similar shape to the Stevens, but longer and significantly heavier. Also, the groove where your index finger goes is slightly deeper than a Stevens which makes for better control.

Google it from other online stores, cheaper than buying direct from Shubb.

https://shubb.com/product/robert-randolph-guitar-steel-rr2/

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Dan Ramage · From: South Carolina, USA

Good deal, thanks man!
Being heavier would be a plus.

Tom Jordan · From: Wichita, KS

Also take a look at the Shubb-SP2. The SP2 is rounded on one end which will be really handy as you start doing single note runs. I use it for western swing playing on non pedal guitar but it also works well for PSG.

Tom

Brett Day · From: Pickens, SC

On YouTube, there's a video clip where Paul Franklin talks about the bar, and he said a Stevens bar works on pedal steel-when he started playing, he had a Hawaiian steel teacher and she told him to play using a Stevens bar. For a while, I used a grooved bar that I got from Billy Phelps, who worked with a company called Full Circle Sound, and he was at the Carter booth at the ISGC in St. Louis in 2003. I used that bar, called a Sacred Steel bar until 2017 or 2018.

Lee Rider · From: Fort Bragg, California, USA

I have had a few mishaps with my left hand (2 disolcations) and had a friend make me a stainless rail bar out of 1.125" stock. I can hold on to it much better than the traditional bullet bar:

The bullet bar in this photo he also made for me out of 7/8" stock.
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Dan Ramage · From: South Carolina, USA

To followup, I ordered the Shubb RR2 and the SP1. They're both the same length, covers all 10 strings. The RR2 is much heavier and a bit taller. I think if they did an SP1 with the same dimensions and weights that would be perfect for me. I notice with the lighter bars the first 2/3 strings don't get as much pressure on them, so I start mashing down more.

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