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Bill McCloskey


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Post  Posted 1 Jul 2020 6:09 pm    
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David Knutson


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Post  Posted 2 Jul 2020 8:53 am    
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I always figured that this was at least the original inspiration. Smile


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David Matzenik


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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2020 12:01 am    
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That is an interesting article. What is the copyright date on the material? In Lorene Ruymar's book there are quite a lot of early round nose bullet bar illustrations, but no dates. Gibson seems to have marketed them fairly early on, considering the style.
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Bill McCloskey


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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2020 4:06 am    
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Jack Hanson


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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2020 5:03 am    
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The Latch Lake (originally "Broz-O-Phonic") bullet bar is purported to be a copy of the bar pioneered by Sol Hoopii in the 1920s.

https://latchlakemusic.com/slides/hawaiian-bar/
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Mike Neer


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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2020 5:40 am    
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I would say word traveled slowly back then.
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Bill McCloskey


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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2020 5:50 am    
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Nic Neufeld


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Post  Posted 3 Jul 2020 9:14 am    
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I wouldn't leave out the possibility of independent convergent evolution...could be that a number of folks "invented" the bullet bar...kinda like how the electric guitar sprang into being from a number of sources all around the same time. Fascinating history though.
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Brian Evans

 

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Post  Posted 5 Jul 2020 5:00 pm    
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I have a quite heavy bakelite bullet bar by Nick Manoloff that came with my 1935 Model 25 Dobro, so assuming is it a 1935-ish piece. It's heavier than solid bakelite, so it has some core to it. It is indeed a bullet bar though.
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