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Jon-Paul Ruggieri

 

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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 14 May 2021 5:38 am    
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I'm looking for a wood tone bar to try out for some different sonic options. Is this a thing? Haven't been able to find one. Anyone know where I can get one?

Thanks!
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Tom Sosbe

 

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Rushville,In
Post  Posted 14 May 2021 5:53 am     wood bar
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I use a end off a broom handle.
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Jon-Paul Ruggieri

 

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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 14 May 2021 6:40 am     Re: wood bar
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Tom Sosbe wrote:
I use a end off a broom handle.


Ha! Love this, great idea
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Erv Niehaus


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Litchfield, MN, USA
Post  Posted 14 May 2021 6:41 am    
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Some steelers use a wood bar to help get a dobro effect. Very Happy
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Eric Reeves


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Washington, USA
Post  Posted 14 May 2021 8:11 am    
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I bet some polished petrified wood would be really nice.
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Dennis Detweiler


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Solon, Iowa, US
Post  Posted 14 May 2021 8:33 am    
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A chunk of 1 inch PVC pipe works good also.
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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 14 May 2021 10:13 am     Re: wood bar
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Tom Sosbe wrote:
I use a end off a broom handle.

Me too (about three and a quarter inches of it, not the entire thing).
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Richard Lotspeich

 

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North Georgia
Post  Posted 15 May 2021 2:38 am    
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Broom handle/dowel rod/or drum stick.
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Jon-Paul Ruggieri

 

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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 15 May 2021 5:19 am    
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Great and creative ideas here, thanks everyone!
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Ken Metcalf


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San Antonio Texas USA
Post  Posted 18 May 2021 6:09 am    
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Plastic comb for banjo.
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Morgan Scoggins

 

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Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 24 May 2021 1:11 pm     Lap steel bar
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After reading your posting, I found an old bar in my "junk drawer" upstairs. I bought it almost 15 years ago when I started playing steel. It is made from a piece of some kind of hard wood from Texas. I forget the name. Anyway it is 3 3/4 " long and 1" in diameter.
I never was able to make much use of it. The bar is a bit on the light weight side. When my wife gets home with her cell phone camera. I will send you a picture of it.
I will be glad to send it to you at no charge if you can use it.
I don't like to have old stuff laying around not being used. I usually try to find someone who can use it.
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Morgan Scoggins

 

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Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 24 May 2021 1:23 pm    
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I just remembered that the type of wood the tone bar is made from is mesquite. it is pretty hard but not too heavy.
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Morgan Scoggins

 

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Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 24 May 2021 1:53 pm    
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Picture file



Ok , I hope these pictures com through!
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Jim Palenscar

 

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Oceanside, Calif, USA
Post  Posted 24 May 2021 9:08 pm    
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I use the end of a drum stick for banjo-like sounds.
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Ron Pruter

 

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Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jun 2021 6:38 pm    
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I forgot my bar one night and went into the janitor closet at the bar. Saw a saw and a broom. Got through the night with that crude thing. I wonder what the janitor thought when he saw that broom.?
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Larry Dering


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Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 20 Jun 2021 6:00 pm    
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Ron, he thought you got the short end of the stick.
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Ron Pruter

 

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Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 22 Jun 2021 7:14 pm    
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Larry Dering wrote:
Ron, he thought you got the short end of the stick.
Laughing
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