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Topic: Keep a Socket Set Handy.... as a Tone Bar ?!? |
Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 10 May 2008 8:07 pm |
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I recently bought one of those cigar-box steels. They're a bit of a joke really, but they do have a longstanding tradition, and they don't sound too bad.
What amused me is that, along with the "guitar", comes a tone bar in the form of a socket set wrench bit  
The ridiculous thing is that it works 
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 10 May 2008 9:46 pm
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Sometime back around 1983 I got to the gig which was about 50 miles from home and realized I had forgotten my bar and guess what I had to use.
One of the guys happened to have a spark plug socket in his truck and it worked so so but I ultimately had to make a 100 mile round trip.
Gas was so cheap back then. |
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 11 May 2008 4:23 am
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I started out using a plug socket because Lowell George did.
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 11 May 2008 4:31 am
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I prefer "Craftsman" over "Snap On".....much better sustain.  |
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Luke Morell
From:
Ramsey Illinois, USA Hometown of Tex Williams
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Posted 11 May 2008 5:36 am
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| Jerry Van Hoose wrote: |
| I prefer "Craftsman" over "Snap On".....much better sustain. |
Also Craftsman has a lifetime warranty. Does any company that makes tone bars offer that? |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 11 May 2008 6:33 am
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| BTW- I was in Home Depot yesterday and they had a big set of black ones which I hear have the best tone. |
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 11 May 2008 6:34 am
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| I think Bill Stroud does. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 11 May 2008 8:06 am
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A "swivel socket" works good on slants too...  |
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Jack Ritter
From:
Enid, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 11 May 2008 8:53 am
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I used a deep socket at a gig many years ago----got by ok.
just don't use any now made in China---the plating might come off and it may have lead in it and the metal!!! |
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Bo Legg
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Posted 11 May 2008 9:23 am
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| I can't wait to hear what you guys are using for picks. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 May 2008 11:53 am
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| Long used by many bottleneck players. The favorite seems to be a new model from Craftsman that has a laser etched logo on one side, and no rings around the circumference. I've used them, and they work quite well. They have a nice weight to them, and impart a nice thick tone on bottleneck. |
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