using a home made theme so I can just figure out what name the statusbar is and add one to my theme ?
No. You will need to replace the one that is currently there. Make sure you name the replacement the same as the one you are deleting.
isn't there a default name like there is for the dock ? my theme does not have a statusbar at all...
(giving up is not my style, just because it does not work out of the box does not mean i quit trying :}
Try- StatusBar.png
Just put it in with your current theme.