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Introducing a new slant on a space age technology

Ezzee~slide Tone Bar is as quiet as a church mouse on the strings, as slick as a used car salesman, AND it sticks to your hand like poop to a blanket..

Work hardening hi-density DuPont type polymer with a precision insert balanced with a special core..
Lifetime (return for replacement) Guarantee !


Available in Black or White, in popular lengths with diameters of 3/4" 13/16" 7/8" 15/16” and 1".
Metric equivalents available, starting with White Manish Pingle "Hindustani" 12mm x 118mm 96gms.
Tapered bars by order from mini "Black Rajah" 3/4" x 5/8" x 3" to "Sneaky Pete" 1~1/4' x 1~1/8" x 3~1/2"

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Ezzee~slide Bar prices.. are based on 2010 prices of a similar type bar.

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Ezzee~slide Tone Bar 3/4" x 3"  £75 / $104

  MAX possible length 3.750" all lengths same price.

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Ezzee~slide Tone Bar 7/8" x 3~5/16" £80 / $111
This is the one I personally use for 6 string reso or lap, 8 string console or lap and 10 string (as in the video)

   MAX possible length 3.750" all lengths same price

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Ezzee~slide Tone Bar 15/16" x 3~5/16" £90 /$125


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Ezzee~slide Tone Bar 1" x 3~5/16" USA £100 / $138


  MAX possible length 3.750" all lengths same price

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A comparison video just click HERE or copy/paste the url
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOyTnQARWGc


Ken Byng These bars are the single biggest factor that you can have to improve your playing and tone.
Kudos to Basil Henriques's bar that I used over the weekend. The more I used it the more that I came to the conclusion that it has really improved my tone. I am not on commission (yet - ha) and can truthfully say that this item is one of the biggest game changers for steel players that they can get for the money. An absolutely brilliant product. Tone is so important to me, and the Ezee Slide tone bar is definitely the way to go.

22 September 2016  ·
Quick post - still kind of tough to sit up and type post-surgery and it's tedious to post from the iPhone or iPad.
But this is important. Sneaky's old bar - the 3 1/2" x 1 1/4"->1 1/8" , One-pound bar made from aerospace material (reportedly at Convair in San Diego - I have the slightly-smaller of his two) is officially semi-retired! It'll be used, but only on special occasions.
The reason? Well, I have tried empty-zillion bars. Typical 5/8" bars been like a piece of uncooked spaghetti, and I have a bunch of wonderful synthetic bars made by David Mason, but those are also "special use" bars (all being far lighter than "Sneaky"). Also tried several high-end bars, none of while really impressed me.
Well - I got a custom Ezzee-Slide Baz made for me - 3 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/8, 8.75oz (on my cheap scale) and it blows them all out of the water. The size is close enough to "Sneaky" that my sight-line is essentially the same, the weight (a little over half of what I've been using) is FAR easier to move around with - but the really stunning things are the tone, sustain, and complete absence of string noise. It sustains as well as the 1# bar (and the size/weight was intended to improve sustain on Sneaky's 400...improved tone was a bonus); the tone has the same clarity with just hair more warmth; and the polymer Baz uses seems to be completely frictionless.
Some players have posted on boards over the years that bar vibrato friction is critical to improving sustain. I've always doubted that, and felt it was the change in harmonics (due to string length) that increased sustain - although if you had a bar as rough as sandpaper it'd activate a string. The Ezzee-Slide absolutely proves the point. It's an absolutely incredible tool I highly endorse for both pedal and lap/console steel. Oh - and the recessed base FINALLY allows my weirdly-shaped left hand to do backwards-slants correctly.
Order one, and let Baz know what you need - he's custom making these things to order and can vary the dimensions AND weight (within reason). Trust me, you won't be sorry (and I am the most anal feel/tone freak you'll even find save Eric Johnson...)

 

David Hartley said; "I used one of these bars at the weekend for the whole time I was playing some steel. It really is smooth, the weight was good for me and Basil made it with the same dimensions as my BJS John Hughey bar. It is one I will use a lot of the time. It does have no noise I could hear on the slides I used, and sustain was as good as a steel bar. The tone was a bit more mellow than the BJS. You would be pleasantly surprised with the Ezzee-slide bar. David Hartley..

Jim Sliff
5 YEAR update!
The Ezzee Slide STILL has no visible wear! I keep wanting to buff it out, or buy a new one - but there's NO reason to! Absolutely maintenance free, and it has been used daily....except for a few days when I was hospitalized (and about a week when we lost our son David in 2017 Didn't feel like playing anything)
Otherwise, it's had roughly 2-3,000 hours (of extremely crappy - 100% due to my lack of skill!! 🤮) playing time; been dropped at LEAST that many times 😬and except for slight copper tarnish I'd dare anyone to tell it from one fresh out of the box!
Note the word "buy" above - I paid for this bar. No freebies, no discounts. My comments are 100% unbiased (Well, Baz DID stick my name on it - but with my skill level and style - "grab the handle and mash 'em down", to quote old friend and banjo emperor/god Patrick Cloud - that's slightly embarrassing, or overkill, or something....)

 

Ken Byng said "Here is a piece that I wrote this morning on the British Steelies web site. "Well while on the subject of Tribo-Tone Basil, Maurice Anderson gave me a TT bar quite a few years ago as a gift. I wasn't enamoured by it too much at first, but it did improve after a bit of use. While the Ezzee Slide looks identical to the TT bar, there is a substantive difference on first use. Basil's bar is much slicker, so it is apparent that he has used a different type of polymer to Eric Ebner, manufacturer of the TT bar. My Tribo-Tone bar is on its way to one of my pupils as it is redundant.

I bought a 1" Ezzee bar after buying one of Ben Burrow's excellent 1" stainless bars recently. While the Ezzee is considerably lighter in use to Ben's bar, it still weighs in around 7.5 ounces. Also in use, the Ezzee bar is very slick on the strings and easy to manipulate on faster passages. The big difference between the Ezzee bar and my stainless and chromed steel bars is a slightly mellower tone on the unwound strings, which is a big plus for my personal taste. To'ing and fro'ing between polymer and steel bars highlighted the more metallic tone of the latter on the unwound strings, which is pretty logical. The tone of the Ezzee bar on the strings is more pleasing to my ears.

Overall, I am very impressed with Basil's bar and while it is priced at 2 or 3 times the cost of a traditional stainless or chromed bar, it must be remembered that the manufacturing process of his bars is way more complex. It comes in a nice presentation box complete with drawstring bag for both the bar plus a second one for storing picks. I will still continue to use my all metal bars, but having the Ezzee bar in my armoury means that it will be my primary 'go to' bar"."


I just finished my first show minutes ago with the 7/8 bar and it was great. Hot day, outside in the sun and I had no problem hanging on to it. I'm an intermediate player at best, so take this with that in mind, but it seems the best of steel and Tribotone. Super low string noise, no string resistance, and a brighter tone than Tribotone. I wouldn't change a thing. The 3/4 bar was a gift for a friend. The tone and feel are great. I have Burden, Tribotone, and BJS in that size and I like the Ezzee-slide better than all of those. Great job engineering these beasts. 

Quote from a new user "Basil! Having just tried out the bar, I can state that it is everything I'd hoped - virtually noiseless, light, smooth, and even beautiful. It is a fine product, and will absolutely be my "go-to" bar, except for times where I need a little more weight.. At some point, I will purchase a heavier bar from you, for a complete set!
"I am very very impressed with the bar, and will absolutely recommend it to everyone - great price for what you receive, as well.

Thank you very much, Basil. I am most satisfied"

And Christopher. Other:->
I received my bar today - incredible packaging, pure beauty of a bar!
Oh my - now THIS is class! My new Ezzee-slide...
Thank you very very very much - absolutely stunning.

From Finland :->
Hi Basil..... At last my bar was in may post box! But there is something strange going on! The´first bar has copied it self??? The copy looks almost like the first one or the other way :-)

I run down to my Music room and gut stuck there for an hour or more! Ezzee slide is very nice in my hand. I am amazed about the smoth friction against the strings!
This will be recommended by me to my steeling friends. I will for sure take a small video to put up on FB for all steelers to see and hear later!
Super nice!
Thank you very much Basil.
All the best to you and your wife.

I sent him a choice, the bar he ordered and one that had the most unusual "Tiger Stripe" markings..Strange things can happen in the polymer cooling process.
HI Basil. Hahaha,,,, I just found your letter in the box that the bars came in! No way that I send one bar back. I gonna keep them both. Can I send to you over PayPal?
Just let me know. The bars is very nice!
Regards
Uffe

And wouldn't you know that a Pirate would appreciate the "Pirate's Chest" box the bar comes in..

Quote "Well, well... My friendly postal representative brought a package from overseas today. I'm loving the tone and feel of both bars. Great work done by you and your thousands of employees!
Thanks,
Jim
Arrrrr... T'was sent from me EyePad

Hi Basil,

The bar seems quite wonderful.
I'm not that experienced a player,
But I sure like the slick and quiet compared to my old Dunlop.

Best,
Preston

Ken Byng These bars are the single biggest factor that you can have to improve your playing and tone.
Kudos to Basil Henriques's bar that I used over the weekend. The more I used it the more that I came to the conclusion that it has really improved my tone. I am not on commission (yet - ha) and can truthfully say that this item is one of the biggest game changers for steel players that they can get for the money. An absolutely brilliant product. Tone is so important to me, and the Ezee Slide tone bar is definitely the way to go.

S&H extra at cost only..(No markup) insured tracked & "signed for"
UK Domestic is £5.25 Europe is £12.50 USA & Canada is £18.50 Rest of the world £20.50
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Ezzee~slide Bar ‘To Have and to Hold’

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I reccomend a robust “Running Period” for the first few weeks as the bar reaches its potential hardness.

To Have and to Hold