I got the idea for “the Bartender” because I tend to leave my tonebar in the tuning pan of my lap steel guitar and have on occasion dumped it onto the floor while grabbing the instrument. It’s an awful thing to happen to a tonebar and I didn’t want it to happen again! This rubberized grip slips between the outer two middle four strings and grips your bar for safe-keeping. Fits from 3/4 inch up to 1 inch bars. The bar clips right and and comes out with a little satisfying pop and flex of the grippy arms.
To quote a steel guitarist pal: “…how the **** has nobody made these before?”
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As for "the Quickdraw" its a newer version of the Steel Guitar Pick Caddy I have posted here before. It stores your picks in position so you can just stick your three fingers in and put them all on at once! Now comes with a lid so you can grab your picks on the go.
These are excellent, Vic. I’ll be the one to make things complicated - any chance of a thumb and three finger QuickDraw in the future?
1974 MSA CS-10 5x4
1973 MSA D-10 8x2
Fender Princeton 12” Reissue, Deluxe Reverb Reissue, Henriksen Bud 10
Too many other stringed instruments to name lest I incriminate myself
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