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Looks like an empty Sucrets box is the perfect size for a bar, picks, and end plate tuner.

The bar just fits diagonally leaving two little triangles. One for picks, one for the tuner.

Throw a little paper towel or something in to pad the bar. Now it's soft and still fits in your pocket.

Nice.

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Gary Shepherd

Carter D-10

www.16tracks.com

I use a Sucrets box too. The BJS fits in perfectly (don't even have to wedge it in diagonally), and there's just enough room for picks and a tuning wrench. I cut a small piece of t-shirt to cushion everything. Works great.
<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Tucker Jackson on 13 November 2006 at 09:59 PM.]</p></FONT>

Gary, I had an ole' friend of mine tell me about how a small plastic tackle box would make A handy item to hold all of my steel needs.It's about 3x5 inches with deviders on each side. By removing part of the deviders on one side, you have A place for all of the handies such as string cutters, winder, and
A small screw driver. On the other side, the bars, picks and tuners fit perfect with no rattle.J W Day

My bars and picks kinda "slosh around" in a big plastic box (actually a pistol-cleaning kit box). Bars, picks, screwdrivers, tuning wrenches, allen wrenches, cutters, pliers, screws, nuts, bolts, fuses, washers, and about 100 other items. So far, nothing's gotten scratched, bent or damaged enough to hurt it. 'Course, I've only been doing that for 40-50 years!

If'n I can find my camera, I'll take a picture...for posterity. (My little "goodie box" gets lots of comments...mostly in the studio. "You gotta see this, Earl!")

<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 12 November 2006 at 02:57 PM.]</p></FONT>

And you can use the Sucrets box as a bar for a banjo sound! Seriously, I used to do that.
TC

I took an empty Gerber's baby food jar and screwed the lid to the underside of the steel, all the way to the left, past where the rod ends hang out. I put picks in there, and it's very easy to just unscrew the jar from the lid to retrieve or store them.

I then took a spring loaded broom clamp, lined the jaws with felt, and screwed that to the inside of the front apron, right next to the pick jar...this clamp is where the bar lives when it's not in use. My main axe is an old, ugly Emmons student model, so I'm not that concerned about adding a few screw holes to the underside...this system is VERY convenient, and you never have to wonder where your picks and/or bar are.

(Nice surgery kit Donny...!)

Step one: Buy bottle of Crown Royal

Step 2: Put the bar into the Crown Royal blue cloth bag, then into the box.

Step 3: Do with Crown Royal what you please...<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 13 November 2006 at 09:21 AM.]</p></FONT>

Thanks Ray, now I have a reason to open that new bottle of Crown Royal before the holidays.