The Steel Guitar Forum

OK, now there is another E.G. Smith stainless steel bar owner in the world. Thanks everyone for the advice!

It's a very handy bar indeed. My SP-2 feels very clumsy for hammer-ons and pull-offs in comparison (though I still love the SP-2 bar for everything else).

One thing I noticed about the E.G. Smith bar, though - the playing surface is not completely straight (if I put it down straight on a table there is a small arched gap between the bar and the table surface). This doesn't seem to present any problem though. Has anyone else noticed this? I guess the E.G. Smith bars a very much hand made one by one, and are not perfectly symmetrical as mass-produced bars.

Any comments?

Thanks,

Fred.

OK guys. Where do we find the Smith bar?

try here:
http://www.jimmyheffernan.com/

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Fred-they are not symmetrical by design. One side is "wider" or more "carved out" than the other, that is the side where your thumb goes. So I don't have to think about it every time I pick up the bar, I drew a little circle on the "thumb side" with a felt pen. After awhile this fades, so you have to re-draw the circle every so often. I suppose a dab of paint, if one had some lying around, would have a more permanent effect-or maybe a dab of nail polish. With a wife and two teenage girls in this house there is no shortage of nail polish-I guess I just gave myself a new idea.

Anyway, you get the gist of it.

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Mark

Thanks to all youse guys..for doing comparison shopping FOR me. Was having qualms in a quandary-- Smith's bar is on the horizon now. ~JZ~