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Your cart is empty.These guitar steels are designed by musicians with the special demands of today's playing styles in mind. They offer unique design features not found on any other bars, including cutaway ends for improved control, and a semi-bullet tip which facilitates movement across the strings. Shubb-Pearse steels are machined, not extruded, so the playing surface has a true radius. Made of brass for warm musical tone, and heavily chrome plated (not nickel) for abrasion resistance.SP2 It's design suggested by Peter Grant, the extra mass (for tone) and double cutaway (for control) make this a versatile bar for various styles of resophonic and lap steel guitar.
John Porcellino
2025-08-24 17:01:37
I'm just learning lap steel guitar and started with a Stevens bar, which is cut straight at the ends. I found the ends were snagging on the strings. Certainly as my technique gets better I'd learn to avoid this problem, but then I tried this SP-2 and it immediately made playing a lot easier and better sounding. It's heavier than a Stevens bar which helps prevent buzzes, and the contoured ends keep me from snagging strings inadvertently. I got the SP-2 because I'm playing 6-string and the length is just right. The SP-1 is a little longer and would be the choice if you're playing 8-string lap steel. Glad I gave this bar a shot, it's helped immeasurably!
Anne J.
2025-08-04 15:06:37
Love this slide. Of course preference is the real variable, but the weight on this is just what I need. It's not as long as a lot of other slides -- although it's not "short" -- and it's a few ounces heavier -- although not heavy -- so it's got a good weight without taking up too much real estate and it doesn't strain the hand to hold or play. And the bevel/bullet on one side and flat end on the other keep playing options open.
Wes Burgess
2025-07-24 21:54:34
Dunlop Shubb Stevens Pearse Peter Grant Design Tone Bar SP2Tone bars are used play lap steel guitars, pedal steel guitars, Dobroes and Hawaiian style guitars with a high action, often tuned to an open chord. They are designed for use on a guitar that is held horizontally, on your lap, on a table, or at your waist with a strap.To use a tone bar, hold it firmly and slide it up and down the strings while you pluck or pick the strings near the bridge with your other hand. With practice you can perform gliding glissando notes, notes between frets, slant chords with the tone bar at an angle, hammer-ons, and pull-offs.I compared Dunlop RR1, SP2, Long Dawg, and Ernie Ball M bullet tone bars for this review. Test guitars included a 2021 Martin 00-15M acoustic with a custom bone nut and bridge, a 1970 Lotus F215 acoustic, and a 2011 Gretsch G5715 Electromatic Lap Steel guitar. All guitars were strung with Dunlop extra-light strings.DESCRIPTION: The Dunlop SP2 is a rounded tone bar with a ball tip and an integrated grooved steel handle that will accommodate two or three fingers or can be held between finger and thumb. Mine weighed in at 5.8 oz — it was 0.75 inches wide and measured 3.1 inches from end to end, although the rounded end means you only get 2.88 inches of the bar in contact with the strings. It is highly polished stainless steel. The package said made in China.COMPARISON: The Dunlop SP2 is narrower than the Dunlop RR1 and the same width as the Dunlop Long Dawg. Its string contact area is shorter than the Dunlop RR1 or the Dunlop Long Dawg bars because of the rounded ball end. The string contact area is about as long as the heavier Ernie Ball Medium. The Dunlop SP2 weighs very slightly more than the Dunlop RR1 and Dunlop Long Dawg. Its price is comparable to other tone bars.SOUND: you get a very pure, almost antiseptic sound from this al- stainless steel bar.HELPFUL HINT: Measure the width of your strings before buying this tone bar. Only 2.88 in of the bar is in contact with the strings because of the rounded ball tip, and if it is too short, you may not be able to cover all the strings for a chord or a slant.
Barnaby Jones
2025-06-03 15:59:24
Best slide for beginners. Nice and heavy with two different shapes ends to figure out what you like.
Daniel T.
2025-05-06 13:42:39
I have tried bullets, and have a wooden handle GS tone bar, and I know it is personal preference, but this one has all the things I am looking for.A decent weight, tapered end and a nice grip.
S. Adler
2025-04-09 13:11:39
If you have large hands, might be a problem, but for the average player, it works just fine.
Picking Pete
2025-03-11 17:38:29
When looking to upgrade from the cheapo that came with my dobro, it came down to this Peter Grant design or a bullet model. Tried the bullet, but it was way too challenging to hold and not much good for really strong pull-offs. This Pearse does the trick and came at a reasonable price.
kayakpete
2025-03-08 09:17:08
Actually this bar I got is a Shub SP2 (as clearly pictured on the web page. This is a fine bar for use on a six string dobro and I am sure it would meet expectations for a guitar with more strings. It has a nice weight and has one slightly curbed up edge to help gliding "up" across strings. I am not sure how the "Peter Grant" signature gets into the picture, so I had to call to confirm that I was to get an SP2, thus the 4 stars for the confusion on the Amazon page.
Old Dan
2025-01-20 14:34:38
I love that it has the pointed and rounded ends.
jojo
2025-01-16 14:11:48
tone bar idéale pour le jeu en slide sur lapsteel ou guitare resonatuer, extrémités à pan coupés très pratiques pour jouer une seule note sans accrocher les cordes adjacentes , bien profilé. Seul point à bien prendre en compte : son poids, donc à n'utiliser que sur de forts tirants de cordes
N. Brown
2025-01-01 14:49:41
Firstly, it is HEAVY, but the tone is better than any other tone bar I’ve tried and the quality of the metal and the workmanship is perfect. Cheaper bars I’ve tried were ok but not nearly as nice to use or as nice sounding, so if you’re going to take the instrument seriously and your hands are in decent shape then this is the one to buy.
Jesus Cuevas Cardona
2024-12-28 15:17:37
Muy cómodo para tocar una guitarra lap steel.
Cliente
2024-11-25 17:10:06
De momento bien, mas peso que los chinos de aliexpress de la misma forma, la verdad se agradece, igual ergonomÃa, perfecta, la durabilidad me espero ya que los chinos acaban perdiendo la capa de nikel, entiendo que este es acero pulido y no deberia pasar, al tiempp veremos que pasa, de momento perfecto.
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