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Don't forget to enter..........Feb. 2nd is approaching fast........

I'm sorry it's Feb 16th.........

BUMP

Bill I sent you an email re the stone falling out of my bar have you been away ? not had a reply alancook@ntlworld.com
Alan

I sent you a email on the stone,Email me at bjsbars@frontiernet.net with your address and I'll send instructions on how to put a new stone back in there. Can't eat chicken and hang on to those bars...haha just kidding.
I'll ship it out tomorrow when I get your address.
Thanks,
Bill

Bill Stroud bars are the best. Bill Stroud is a class act all the way. Jody.

BJS bar for DOBRO?

Hello Bill S.BJS bar for dobro ready yet?

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My bar is only a year old so I won't win anything but I just wanted to thank Bill for his excellent customer service and a great product. jc

Bump.. enter in guys..getting close to 02/16/06>>>>>>>>>>

Just wanted to chime in and give my 2 cents worth on the subject of Bill Stroud. This is one of the finest individuals you will ever deal with. His Bars are pure quality. I won't be using any other. Customer Service beyond belief.

Jeff

well i know i won't be winning this contest, 'cause i just got my bar yesterday! i doubt anyone's is newer than that...

just wanted to say a few things, basically all of it echoing what's been said:

1. thanks for the tips i picked up here in this post. i am glad i went with the 15/16ths and i wouldn't have known about it or made the decision if it weren't for you guys.

2. talk about fast! bill emailed me back within hours with detailed instructions, and my order placed friday evening was shipped and delivered by monday.

3. shirley helped me on the phone. sweet as punch!

4. i'm usually a skeptic about things like cables, bars, picks being a big factor... but this bar has helped my tone, especially the strength and volume and clarity of the harmonics. it is a noticeable improvement.

so thanks all around to bill, shirley, and all you with the advice here on this thread. i'm a happy camper.

mike

Hey guys only 5 more days left before the winners are notified.......Hey Bobby Lee send me your address and what bar you want....
Your Friend,
Bill

TWO more DAYS left to go,and we will pick the winners.......will there be a sleeper out there somewhere that's holding out until the last minute, you know like at an Auction.........we'll soon know.
Thank all of you guys for your kind words, I appreciate all of you, I wish all of you the best of health.
God Bless,
Bill
PS: Hi Bob, don't forget to email me for your bar of your choice.

Hi Bill,
I have 9 BJS Bars; and, the proof that I have them. But, I don't guess I can enter the contest, since I'm your official Alabama BJS Representative. Looking forward to showing your products at the ASGA Show at the Hank Williams Museum, Montgomery, AL February, 26th, 2006 at 10am.
p.s.
BJS Bars are The Best Bars Ever Made!
Your buddy,
Leon

I bought my first one at Scotty's convention in 1985. I now have 7 - 12 string bars.
Dave

Today is the day, tomorrow we will go through all these replys and pick the winners.
Leon Champion, thanks for understanding that you cannot claim your position in this because of you help in selling the bars. I'll do something different for you. I may let you buy me dinner LOL.
But we will list the winners tomorrow.
Thanks to everyone for your particitation in this little event, and the kind words.
All of you guys are the best of the best.
Play those steels with confidence and play good.....
Bill

Bill, I goofed. I gave you back the first "BJS" bar that I got from you. I think it was one of the first you made. But, I can tell all the other guys out there, if your not playing a BJS Bar, your missing out. Sorry I couldn't win even though I have 3 ( I think). See ya in a little while.

I have 2 BJS bars one with the birthstone circa '96 and a new '05, the older one has been dropped on a concrete floor twice and it still doesn't have a scratch on it...Bill replaced the birthstone (which fell out and got lost) free of charge, he makes the best bars available!

Well the time has come, and here's my findings, help me out guys if I mess up. But number one (1) The oldest bar was given to Bobby Rice about 1973 that was when I first starting making these bars, it was not heat-treated, hard chromed but I realized after experimenting with the tone the I was looking for the bar had to be heat treated, centerless ground for prefection and industrial hard chromed, then I found the tone that I was looking for. With that being said I took his old bar a and gave him a new perfected bar whaich he still plays, he knew nothing of this posting he stumbled upon it just in the nick of time.
So Bobby Rice wins the oldest prize.
Number two (2) Dave Ristrim has seven bars he bought his first one at scotty's back in 1985.
I sure thought that George Macdonald had it with his six (6) bars, and Bo Borland came close to winning if Bobby Rice hadn't seen this post.
So the winners as I see it is Bobby Rice and Dave Ristrim.
Hey guys send me your address and give me a call at 731-364-3519, email your address at bjsbars@frontiernet.net
Also I'm waiting to here from Mr Bobby Lee
Hey Leon Champion give me a call I'll make it up to you my friend, you deserve it you've really been a friend to me and my family. Like I said some of the best people that's on this earth is right here on this forum.
Keep God first in your life and all the rest falls into place.
Thanks to all my friends,
Bill & Shirl Girl

Thanks Bill. I really didn't expect to win anything but boy am I glad I did. What a stroke of luck. I was just browsing the forum yesterday morning when I saw the post about the contest and it rang a bell about the old bar that I had. It had"BJS" stamped into the butt of the bar. I just want to let everyone know that Bill and Shirley are some of the greatest people in the world. Glad to have you as my best buddy. God Bless.

Bobby Rice
Dresden TN.

Wow. Excellent! I love these bars and can't see a better one coming along to make me switch. The reason I have 7 is so I can have one in each pac-a-seat, a couple at home for practice and then a few spares. At one point, I think Bill moved and I had a hard time tracking him down, then a rumor that he stopped making the bars, so I bought 3 more just in case! what a marketing concept
Thanks Bill, for all the great product and making playing the Pedal Steel easier and more fun.
Dave Ristrim

Well it finally got here, congratulations on your win, I need you guys to send me by email your shipping addreses, and the type of bar that you want.
Hey Dave I teied to call you back but it was busy both times, I'll catch up with you later.
To all that's on this post, thanks again for using the BJS Bar, and do keep in touch, I love to hear from you guys when possible.
To all that didn't win, your still the winner as you've got a lifetime bar..can't beat that.
Your friend,
Bill

There goes my thumb again getting in the way of my typing, it's tried, not the other one above. Dah
Hey Bobby Lee I can't hear from you but you've got a free bar coming so give me a call or email me your address and the kind of bar that you want.
Bill