| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Technique question, in re: bullet bars | | Date: | Wednesday, November 2, 2005 23:46:11 (-0600) | | From: | Lane Gray, Czar Castic <cgray2 @.....com>
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On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:22:50 -0600, John Deboalt <jfdeb@mindspring.com>
wrote:
> When I first started to play steel, a band mate gave me a small bullet
> bar.
> It was probably a 1/2 inch diameter. the dang thing hurt like crazy, my
> wrist was sore after about 10 minutes. When I talked to Bruce Zumstag
Zumsteg. A truly nice guy, who makes a heck of DBES. Does a good job of
working on them, too.
> of
> Zum steels about it, he told me that a bigger bullet bar would feel
> better.
> I ordered 2 3/4 inch diameter bars from him, and the problem went away.
I use two different sizes, one is (I think) a 7/8" Sitar bar, and the
other is somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4. I need to keep alternating
between them. I never used to have to.
> Now
> I use the 3/4 inch Dunlop bar on the steel, and a Ron Tipton bar for the
> reso. I don't know if this is your situation, but going to the larger
> diameter bar sure solved the pain problem I was having.
Switching back and forth helps, but I don't think I ought to have to.
One more reason to remember the time-honored invocation on the list: If
you *can* get to Mike for lessons, you *should.* He's pretty good about
pointing out the minor mechanical mistakes a student makes, and ways to
correct them. If I had plans to head east anytime soon, I'd turn to him
right away, but I don't think a phone consult would help.
Oh, and my bars aren't as long as I'd thought: the butt end sits at the
joint between index finger and hand, and just barely extends beyond. I
still feel troubled by the way the index finger wants to curl bridgeward,
but it feels strange to straighten it (but if I force the issue, I think
it feels better)
--
Lane Gray
I used to be superstitious, but my lucky squirrel-tail cured me
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