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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 9:46 am |
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Those MF trays look OK, but none of them have a bar holder. As noted, if you clamp one on a sg leg, it will be at an angle. Laying your bar on the tray at an angle makes it likely to roll off....it doesn't appear to have a tall enough fence to prevent that. Otherwise, I don't want my expensive bars rolling around picking up debris and leaving marks.
What you have there is a plastic cup holder, to which Ross alludes, with a tray and you still don't have a bar holder 
The SGN device has docks for 2 bars and your tuning wrench, besides a captive tray for your picks, is formed from a sturdy material and likely won't ever need replacing.
Yes, it is pricey, but I would not say overpriced. You get what you pay for. JMO. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 9:55 am
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Because it's steel-specific, it's going to be a smaller production run, but the costs of the molds/dies/whatever tooling is necessary will still be the same. I don't think the price is inherently excessive, even if it is well beyond what I'd pay.
Or, in one sentence, its price is silly but not rapacious.
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Bill Lowe
From:
Connecticut
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 10:58 am
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Buy it...one time shot,,,,,its not plastic and should last forever.
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Jerry Berger
From:
Nampa, Idaho USA
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 12:03 pm
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| If it costs too much to set up manufacturing then don't manufacture it. |
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 12:05 pm
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| Jerry, I have one like that and it is the handiest type I have tried. |
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Jerry Berger
From:
Nampa, Idaho USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 12:23 pm
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| Paul Norman wrote: |
| Jerry, I have one like that and it is the handiest type I have tried. |
I also have one Paul. It works for me just fine. |
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Jerry Berger
From:
Nampa, Idaho USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 12:24 pm
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| Paul Norman wrote: |
| Jerry, I have one like that and it is the handiest type I have tried. |
I also have one Paul. It works for me just fine.
Last edited by Jerry Berger on 15 Jan 2018 12:29 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Gibson Hartwell
From:
Missoula, Montana, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 12:26 pm
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| The real problem with all of these products is that they only hold one drink. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 12:45 pm
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"I've got time for one more round and a six pack to go".  |
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Patrick Thornhill
From:
Austin Texas, USA
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 1:02 pm
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Williams sells a bar holder for $10. It also has a spot for the Williams tuning wrench. It snaps onto a standard PSG leg. Should work on most any steel.
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David Ball
From:
North Carolina High Country
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 1:04 pm
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| I'll place my bet that this was made for slide guitar players, not steel guitar players. Still overpriced. |
I think it's made specifically for pedal steel--it has a place for a tuning wrench that a slide guitar player wouldn't need. But still expensive for a drink holder.
Dave |
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Brad Nelson
From:
Greenwich Ohio, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2018 1:48 pm
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| My point was that if it was affordable more people would buy it and I would be first in line it’s a shame how many thousands and thousands of steel players are in the world and they can’t make a profit at a better price I just don’t buy that |
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 17 Jan 2018 2:34 pm
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This QuikStix was under $50 when I got it, all medal, no Drink!
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 18 Jan 2018 10:20 am
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| David Ball wrote: |
| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| I'll place my bet that this was made for slide guitar players, not steel guitar players. Still overpriced. |
I think it's made specifically for pedal steel--it has a place for a tuning wrench that a slide guitar player wouldn't need. But still expensive for a drink holder.
Dave |
Oops. Missed the tuning wrench holder.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 18 Jan 2018 10:42 am
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[quote="Erv Niehaus"]I don't know how well some of those mic stand attachments would work on a pedal steel leg.
A mic stand is vertical, a steel leg is slanted.
You might spill your drink. :whoa:ableote]
Another thing to consider is if the clamp opens enough to fit the leg. Every picture you see of these types of things, they mount them to the narrow tube of a mic stand. I have tried to get a good cell phone holder and the clamps are never large enough. I would think, though, that if this is actually made for steel, it would be able to fit on the leg. I would be interested if they had the same thing without the drink holder.
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2018 10:42 am
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| Gibson Hartwell wrote: |
| The real problem with all of these products is that they only hold one drink. |
Here ya go, Gibson
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Bill L. Wilson
From:
Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2018 10:42 pm Just Make Your Own Bar Holder.
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Here’s a piece of 2x4 drilled for the bar and wrenches, routed out for picks. Painted it black with a white top, ground down a piece of the grey PVC, drilled two holes to screw the PVC to the wood. It clamps onto the leg of my steel, doesn’t slide down the leg, and makes a convenient place for bar and picks. Just junk wood and PVC I had laying around.
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2018 4:27 am
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There ya go...good form, Bill! Drinks belong in your gut, not a cup holder! LOL 😆
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2018 10:17 am
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| Wild Bill’s diy wins. All those other ones can go back to the drawing board. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 20 Jan 2018 10:35 am
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I have one I made one yrs. ago similar to Bill's that I used with my keyless guitars.
Yr. ago, I made up a bunch of keyhead hangers as shown too, in various materials to sell to pickers but still have most of them. No interest anymore I guess, but those are what I still prefer and use...but no drink holder...
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 20 Jan 2018 10:52 am
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pvc is your fren..3/4" Ts, trimed to fit leg
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Jeff Goldberg
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 7 Mar 2021 3:46 pm Bar holders LOL
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I modified a Gator mic stand tray. I put a wedge in so the tray would be level to the ground when connected to the angled leg.
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James Quillian
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2021 4:04 pm
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Prices are not determined by fairness. Prices are whatever the market will bear. Is there a good reason why anyone would want a bar like that?
I wonder if a piece of PVC pipe would work as well.
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