BJS Bars

Kevin Mincke · Post by **Kevin Mincke** » 1 Dec 2002 7:57 pm

Does BJS make a dobro bar similar to the Stevens or Shubb?

KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 1 Dec 2002 8:37 pm

I play a double neck 10 string,and use a BJS 15/16 12 string bar. There is no other.

Tommy Detamore · Post by **Tommy Detamore** » 2 Dec 2002 3:36 am

I wouldn't play anything else. I had one for ten years that developed a little nick in the chrome. I wasn't upset in the least because I had put that bar through the wringer. I just figured it was time for a new one. I contacted Bill to order one and after mentioning the nick he refused to take any money for a new bar. I had a new one in a couple of days. You just can't beat that!

Mark Kelchen · Post by **Mark Kelchen** » 2 Dec 2002 4:28 pm

Once again Bobbe Seymour at SGN has came through. I ordered a 15/16 BJS from Bobbe just yesterday. Hope it gets here soon. Can't wait to try it out. All you guys have been a great help. And as always, if Bobbe don't have it, he'll get it for ya!

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 2 Dec 2002 8:28 pm

Yep, I have it and you will too mark, soon, It went out today.
Gee, how can you afford the one with the half pound diamond in the tip? You must have a day job! Well you are gonna' be lookin' great when the spotlight hits it!

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 3 Dec 2002 9:18 am

That BJS 15/16" with the birthstone is simply the best looking, playing, sounding bar on the market! No, they don't make a dobro bar, to my knowledge.[This message was edited by Reggie Duncan on 03 December 2002 at 09:19 AM.]

Mark Kelchen · Post by **Mark Kelchen** » 3 Dec 2002 2:38 pm

I might add, Bobbe sent the one with a FLAWLESS diamond. Dont know how I'll ever pay for it with just a paper route though!

Dennis Detweiler · Post by **Dennis Detweiler** » 3 Dec 2002 4:25 pm

yeah,yeah,yeah!...plucked from a Tennessee goat!
Can I try it after it's washed? I might want to get one! I think my stone is cryptonite? December! Maybe coal?..not sure!

Dennis [This message was edited by Dennis Detweiler on 03 December 2002 at 08:37 PM.]

Dennis Detweiler · Post by **Dennis Detweiler** » 4 Dec 2002 1:19 pm

My more serious brain cell is actually interested. How does the chrome compare in "slickum" to the space age plastic bars (made from scrap stealth parts) that were the hot item a few years ago? I tried one of those going from the 3rd fret to the 15th and never did find it again? I gotta get a grip!
Dennis

John Hawkins · Post by **John Hawkins** » 4 Dec 2002 2:24 pm

That bar has been my "one and only" for years.Yes-even with the"diamond" in the nose except, mine is my birth stone (emerald).!!! It shows up good if you ever get a spot on you when you do the solo or fills. Hey-- not very often these days!

No one makes them any better in my opinion !
If you play steel , you owe it to yourself to at least , try one !!!!! They are the BEST !!!

John

Corky Owens · Post by **Corky Owens** » 4 Dec 2002 7:49 pm

O.K. Now, I have to have one. I've been using a George L for the last 10 or 12 years. You guy's talked me in to spending more money. Shame, shame. Corky

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Mark Kelchen · Post by **Mark Kelchen** » 5 Dec 2002 3:47 pm

"Slickum"? After using this new 15/16' BJS from Bobbe, The 1' I been using feels like someone dipped it in polygrip.(unknown mfgr) I tried to talk Doug out of one of his Zercon bars last year in Waterloo, but he wouldn't let one go. Hard to come by these days. This BJS is the best I've ever used (for what that's worth) practice...practice....practice

Perry Hansen · Post by **Perry Hansen** » 5 Dec 2002 7:16 pm

Ok. I'm going to have to try one. I'll just tell my wife "THE FORUM DEVILS MADE ME DO IT"

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 5 Dec 2002 7:44 pm

I told ya so! I sell them. Email me if interested.

Michael T. Hermsmeyer · Post by **Michael T. Hermsmeyer** » 5 Dec 2002 10:46 pm

I must agree, the BJS bar is the best I have ever seen or used. I have two of them, one with my birthstone (November). I had problems in the past with the small plating defect and Bill Stroud replaced the bar on the spot. No questions asked. I also had a cracked birthstone and he fixed it for me right there in his booth at the convention many years ago. Never had a problem since. I also love the plated Dunlop fingerpicks he offers with the same hard chrome plating. They are pricey, $7.50 per pair, but they last forever. I had a pair for over ten years before I lost one of them somewhere. I now keep several sets in all my steel, dobro, and banjo cases. I have had a few with the plating chip along the edge, but it is very rare. I put BJS and Bill Stoud above all other bar manufacturers. I wish he would make a "Scheerhorn" style dobro bar.
Michael T.

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Robert Rogers · Post by **Robert Rogers** » 5 Dec 2002 10:48 pm

In my humble opinion I think BJS steel guitar bars are the best in the business. My first BJS bar was a ten string 7/8 with a sapphire stone. Now I also have a 12 string 7/8 with my birthstone (February). I think they are worth every penny.

Robert(push-pull)Rogers
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Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 6 Dec 2002 12:30 am

I collect bars and have about 50 of them. Most are on display on a shelf and never get used.

BJS makes great bars, no question about it. But they are not the only great bars on the market. I think the John Pearse bars are just as good. A little different, but definately in the same league.

And I think the Zirconia bars are actually better. I played a BJS for years, and was very happy with it, but once I tried the zirconia bar, I was hooked and had to have one.

If I lost my Z bar, I'd use either the BJS or Pearse, but I'm not sure which.

Whip Lashaway · Post by **Whip Lashaway** » 6 Dec 2002 5:55 am

I use a BJS and have for years and years. When I first got it the plating started coming off after just a few weeks. I called and a new one was sent out the same day with a stamped, addressed box to ship the old one back. Apparently they had a bad batch. It was no questions asked treatment, just let's get this taken care of so your a satisfied customer. Great bar, great people, great company. Now, having said all that, I love my zirconia bar also. I use both bars at every gig. I use the BJS for all of my "effects" type programs (overdrive, distortion, etc..) or when I want a brighter sound. I use the zirconia for everything else. I've got a couple of songs that I'm switching bars right in the middle of them!! I think every steel player should have one of each, if they ever make anymore of the zirconia bars.
Whip

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