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I suspect that it is the pickup, but many ZB players swear by ZB pickups. I posted the pictures to see if anybody thinks that the pickup is not stock.

I have had a ZB Custom sitting around here for a few years and am putting it in playing shape. I'm getting clues that this ZB may have been altered. First there is only one knee lever, but two unused ...

Theory first puts names and labels on things you've been hearing and doing for years. From there you can communicate better with other musicians and you can understand newer ideas that might have see ...

I have a Multi Kord too, and have crumbling tuner knobs. Which knobs do you order from Stewart McDonald? There are several types.

I used the cheap white button type for one Multi-Kord and made my ...

I've got a couple of them and the one you have with the "mama button" is a later version and has the string through pickup. If you ever take the pickup apart be sure not to change the magnet ...

I have used Lignum Vitae for a compensated bridge and also for the nut on an archtop guitar and it was an improvement over the rosewood bridge and plastic nut. Has anyone tried this wood for a resonat ...

I have found that Peter is correct about string spacing. The 7/16" string spacing makes a big difference in keeping 3 string slants in tune. I have an old Multi-Kord with 7/16" spacing and a ...

If you only want to learn one tuning then it has to be C6th CEGACE (low to high). Jerry Byrd's lessons are available for this tuning as well as others. I have even used it for "pedal to the metal ...

It's a ZB "student" model. That's what the 'S' in the serial number stands for. It was an economy model kind of like the Sho-Bud Mustang.

The Emmons company also came out with a student ...

I got this one on eBay and it seems stock except for one of the pedal holes looks as if a pedal was there at one time. The serial is 289S. The setup is standard ABC pedals and E to Eb on the knee lev ...

And now to Tom, if it wasn't for the Summer issue of the HSGA Quarterly in which they mention Lani McIntire played with Jimmy Rogers and they have Jimmy's picture there, I wouldn't win first prize ...

Was it not Lani McIntire who played on Jimmy Rogers' records??

George

That's what I thought at first but someone told me it was Dick McIntire.

I can't get enough of Jerry Byrd and this is one tune I don't have. I heard somewhere that he had his pedal wired so that the volume increased as he rocked the pedal back. Do you know if that's true?

Dick McIntire and His Harmony Hawaiians were the backup band for Bing Crosby's Hawaiian album. It was that album (an actual album of 78 RPM records) that peaked my interest in the Hawaiian guitar. I l ...

Years ago I realized what Jerry Byrd was doing to get those minor chord slants and ground one end of a Stevens Steel to a semi-bullet. I use it on my National Tri-cone, Regal Dobro and the Muti-Kord. ...

Don't forget Dick McIntyre.

If you are going to use the passive tone control circuit then it is a good idea to run the leads for the capacitor out of the guitar so you can experiment with different capacitors to get the sound yo ...

George is correct about the tone being in the hands and how you attack the strings. A passive tone control grounds a specific frequencies to ground and you lose a lot with this old time circuitry. Tod ...

Does anyone around Toledo Ohio know Jess Hurt and is he still playing?

He sure is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRXxxNKtUuc

I took this video a while ago and I saw Jess last Thursday at the s ...

You get a great tone out of that reso and your intonation is spot on.

The best lubrication products I have found are made by Kano Laboratories in Nashville. Their Microil is the best oil for fine lubrication.

From their website http://www.kanolabs.com/

Precision ...

You older steelers probably remember WLAC Nashville 1510 on your AM dial. We could get that as far north as Detroit. While local stations were playing Pat Boone we were listening to Howlin' Wolf. The ...

Tom's guitar looks amazingly like my Walters guitar--

Dave,

That's almost a carbon copy of mine except mine is still a D10. When I saw the underside that clinched it. I just talked to Jess Hurt ...

Reso with Bluegrass - Thumbpick & 2 Fingerpicks (need the volume)
Reso at home - Thumbpick and 3 fingers (easier to block strings)
Lap Steel C6 - Thumbpick or the strings buzz and sometimes 2 Fi ...

In case you thought the $40 was for the band.

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Topic: ZB Custom - Student
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 6 Views: 3147	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Jan 2017 1:50 pm Subject: ZB Custom - Student
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 6 Views: 3147	I suspect that it is the pickup, but many ZB players swear by ZB pickups. I posted the pictures to see if anybody thinks that the pickup is not stock.
Topic: ZB Custom - Student
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 6 Views: 3147	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 2 Jan 2017 1:08 pm Subject: ZB Custom - Student
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 6 Views: 3147	I have had a ZB Custom sitting around here for a few years and am putting it in playing shape. I'm getting clues that this ZB may have been altered. First there is only one knee lever, but two unused ...
Topic: Is music theory necessary?
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 88 Views: 24547	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Feb 2011 9:23 pm Subject: Is music theory necessary?
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 88 Views: 24547	Theory first puts names and labels on things you've been hearing and doing for years. From there you can communicate better with other musicians and you can understand newer ideas that might have see ...
Topic: Multi-Kord questions
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 21 Views: 8721	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Dec 2010 4:29 pm Subject: Multi-Kord questions
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 21 Views: 8721	I have a Multi Kord too, and have crumbling tuner knobs. Which knobs do you order from Stewart McDonald? There are several types. I used the cheap white button type for one Multi-Kord and made my ...
Topic: Multi-Kord questions
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 21 Views: 8721	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 7 Dec 2010 10:08 pm Subject: Multi-Kord
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 21 Views: 8721	I've got a couple of them and the one you have with the "mama button" is a later version and has the string through pickup. If you ever take the pickup apart be sure not to change the magnet ...
Topic: Dobro bridge material
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 27 Views: 18003	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Nov 2010 9:15 pm Subject: Dobro bridge material
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 27 Views: 18003	I have used Lignum Vitae for a compensated bridge and also for the nut on an archtop guitar and it was an improvement over the rosewood bridge and plastic nut. Has anyone tried this wood for a resonat ...
Topic: Instrument scale length - what difference does it make?
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 11 Views: 5264	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Nov 2010 9:41 pm Subject: Instrument scale length - what difference does it make?
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 11 Views: 5264	I have found that Peter is correct about string spacing. The 7/16" string spacing makes a big difference in keeping 3 string slants in tune. I have an old Multi-Kord with 7/16" spacing and a ...
Topic: If you had to learn one tuning.....
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 13 Views: 5709	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 7 Nov 2010 9:59 pm Subject: C6
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 13 Views: 5709	If you only want to learn one tuning then it has to be C6th CEGACE (low to high). Jerry Byrd's lessons are available for this tuning as well as others. I have even used it for "pedal to the metal ...
Topic: ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 3087 Views: 961298	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Oct 2010 4:26 pm Subject: ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 3087 Views: 961298	It's a ZB "student" model. That's what the 'S' in the serial number stands for. It was an economy model kind of like the Sho-Bud Mustang. The Emmons company also came out with a student ...
Topic: ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 3087 Views: 961298	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:38 pm Subject: This one is a real ZB
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 3087 Views: 961298	I got this one on eBay and it seems stock except for one of the pedal holes looks as if a pedal was there at one time. The serial is 289S. The setup is standard ABC pedals and E to Eb on the knee lev ...
Topic: Pre--Electric Favorites
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 20 Views: 8725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Oct 2010 8:07 pm Subject: Pre--Electric Favorites
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 20 Views: 8725	And now to Tom, if it wasn't for the Summer issue of the HSGA Quarterly in which they mention Lani McIntire played with Jimmy Rogers and they have Jimmy's picture there, I wouldn't win first prize ...
Topic: Pre--Electric Favorites
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 20 Views: 8725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Oct 2010 2:07 pm Subject: Pre--Electric Favorites
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 20 Views: 8725	Was it not Lani McIntire who played on Jimmy Rogers' records?? George That's what I thought at first but someone told me it was Dick McIntire.
Topic: Great examples of how to use the foot volume control........
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 14 Views: 4449	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:53 pm Subject: Thanks Ray
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 14 Views: 4449	I can't get enough of Jerry Byrd and this is one tune I don't have. I heard somewhere that he had his pedal wired so that the volume increased as he rocked the pedal back. Do you know if that's true?
Topic: Pre--Electric Favorites
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 20 Views: 8725	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:41 pm Subject: Dick McIntire
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 20 Views: 8725	Dick McIntire and His Harmony Hawaiians were the backup band for Bing Crosby's Hawaiian album. It was that album (an actual album of 78 RPM records) that peaked my interest in the Hawaiian guitar. I l ...
Topic: Differences between a round bar and a "dobro" bar?
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 14 Views: 9482	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Oct 2010 2:05 pm Subject: Best of Both Worlds
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 14 Views: 9482	Years ago I realized what Jerry Byrd was doing to get those minor chord slants and ground one end of a Stevens Steel to a semi-bullet. I use it on my National Tri-cone, Regal Dobro and the Muti-Kord. ...
Topic: Great (non pedal) steel guitar players
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 53 Views: 21223	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Oct 2010 6:53 pm Subject: Dick McIntyre
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 53 Views: 21223	Don't forget Dick McIntyre.
Topic: Volume and Tone controls
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 13 Views: 5699	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 25 Sep 2010 1:54 pm Subject: Tone control circuit
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 13 Views: 5699	If you are going to use the passive tone control circuit then it is a good idea to run the leads for the capacitor out of the guitar so you can experiment with different capacitors to get the sound yo ...
Topic: Volume and Tone controls
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 13 Views: 5699	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Sep 2010 5:57 pm Subject: Tone control
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 13 Views: 5699	George is correct about the tone being in the hands and how you attack the strings. A passive tone control grounds a specific frequencies to ground and you lose a lot with this old time circuitry. Tod ...
Topic: Jess Hurt
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 3 Views: 1976	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 18 Sep 2010 4:52 pm Subject: Re: Jess Hurt
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 3 Views: 1976	Does anyone around Toledo Ohio know Jess Hurt and is he still playing? He sure is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRXxxNKtUuc I took this video a while ago and I saw Jess last Thursday at the s ...
Topic: edit
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 11 Views: 3662	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Sep 2010 12:22 pm Subject: Great!
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 11 Views: 3662	You get a great tone out of that reso and your intonation is spot on.
Topic: Lubricants for Steel Guitars
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 75 Views: 41022	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 9 Sep 2010 3:12 pm Subject: Microil
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 75 Views: 41022	The best lubrication products I have found are made by Kano Laboratories in Nashville. Their Microil is the best oil for fine lubrication. From their website http://www.kanolabs.com/ Precision ...
Topic: IMHO The Top 10 Things that ruined modern music
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 49 Views: 13605	Forum Section: Music Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:26 pm Subject: It's not really as bad as you think
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 49 Views: 13605	You older steelers probably remember WLAC Nashville 1510 on your AM dial. We could get that as far north as Detroit. While local stations were playing Pat Boone we were listening to Howlin' Wolf. The ...
Topic: ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 3087 Views: 961298	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 25 Aug 2010 5:08 pm Subject: ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 3087 Views: 961298	Tom's guitar looks amazingly like my Walters guitar-- Dave, That's almost a carbon copy of mine except mine is still a D10. When I saw the underside that clinched it. I just talked to Jess Hurt ...
Topic: How Many Fingerpicks Should be Worn?
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 20 Views: 6306	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 24 Aug 2010 2:47 pm Subject: It depends on what I'm playing on
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 20 Views: 6306	Reso with Bluegrass - Thumbpick & 2 Fingerpicks (need the volume) Reso at home - Thumbpick and 3 fingers (easier to block strings) Lap Steel C6 - Thumbpick or the strings buzz and sometimes 2 Fi ...
Topic: IMHO The Top 10 Things that ruined modern music
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 49 Views: 13605	Forum Section: Music Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:59 am Subject: That's $40 per man
Tom Karsiotis Replies: 49 Views: 13605	In case you thought the $40 was for the band.