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Yes Bobby,Those are just wood dowels. Lots of things can work, fiberglass rods like those used in dome tents work great and give more pressure. Some folks use flat battens instead of rods. Lot's of ways to get the pressure. Critical thing is to get the ceiling parallel to the base of the jig and rigid enough that it doesn't flex too much. You can test them on a small scale to see what kind of pressure you're getting.
An interesting thing about gobars. Intuitively you'd think that reducing the distance from the instrument being clamped to the "roof" of the jig, thus putting more flex in the rods, would apply more pressure to the part being clamped. Seems to make sense.... In actuality the pressure stays the same. You store more energy in the stick as it flexes, so if it pops loose it will pop with a louder BANG - [don't ask how I know this...;-) ] but the clamping pressure remains the same. Moral? If you want more pressure use more sticks or a stick of greater diameter. Ah... clamping trivia, or more than you ever wanted to know about Gobar decks...;-)