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Topic: Zane Beck Meets Bobby Caldwell (re-mixed) |
Ken Byng
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Southampton, England
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Posted 30 Sep 2007 3:49 am |
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One of my all time favourite albums has been re-mixed and is available on CD now.
http://www.bobbycaldwell.net/purchase.htm
I must contact Mr Caldwell to see if it is available to overseas buyers. Zane's tone on this album is wonderful and matched by his superlative playing. What a pity Zane is no longer around - he was a great technician. |
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Barry Gaskell
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Posted 30 Sep 2007 4:40 am
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Hi Ken
I've got that album as well. It really is tasteful playing across the board. I think the word touch springs to mind, It's a great album. I love the picture on the front with the guitars and amps. My only gripe with it, is the jacket that Zane is wearing on the front cover, woweeee !.
Barry |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 30 Sep 2007 5:45 am
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Yes Barry, the clothes are of the times. The amp intrigues me too. The steel guitar is classic ZB tone, albeit non-country. I could never get my ZB's to sound as good as this.
Bobby Caldwell's playing is very sympathetic to what Zane is playing. He is certainly a steel player's guitarist and there aren't too many of them about. |
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Barry Gaskell
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Cheshire, UK
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Posted 30 Sep 2007 8:04 am
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Hi Ken
The amp between the two ZBs is a Risson. Made in Santa Ana, California and is a two twelve combo converted with a fifteen inch speaker. The model is SSG100, solid state, and were made in the early seventies. They were a highly thought of amp and might have been re-badged for other companies as well.
Cheers
Barry
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Barry Gaskell
From:
Cheshire, UK
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Posted 30 Sep 2007 8:21 am
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Hi Ken
just another thought, maybe the amp was a part of Tom Brumleys sound in the seventies as a member of the Rick Nelson band.
Barry |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 30 Sep 2007 11:37 am
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Barry
Tom used mainly Fender amps to record through, and I'm not aware that he used Risson amps in the studio. I remember the catalogue now - Eric Snowball sent me one. There were a spate of lesser known steel guitar amps that came through the UK in the 70's apart from Risson. Randall, Kustom and Carvin were among amps that I tried but I always went back to my trusty Fender Twin with JBL's. I later went over to Peavey amps. The one Risson amp that Eric imported was a bit on the cumbersome side. |
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Jimmy Queen
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Camdenton, Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2007 4:53 pm
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 3 Oct 2007 2:25 am
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I've just put my order in. It takes me back many years. I was the second player in the UK to buy a ZB. It was 1972 and it was a D10 - blue. Hearing the tone of Zane's guitar took me straight back to that time. I later had a beautiful D10 sunburst that I wish I still had. Just like one that the great Tom Brumley played with the Stone Canyon Band. |
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Barry Gaskell
From:
Cheshire, UK
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Posted 3 Oct 2007 2:43 am
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Hi Ken
See 'Question for Tom Brumley' on the forum.
I asked him if he had ever used a Risson in the Stone Canyon Band and He replied and said he had for about two years. They were made by a friend of his and he said they had a fender like tone.
A little bit of steel history uncovered from one my all time favourite players.
My twin 10 from Eric was number 0328, a gorgeous green maple that I believe is now in Indonesia.
Cheers
Barry |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 3 Oct 2007 3:04 am
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| I saw that post Barry - excellent stuff. Around the mid 70's, one or two guy in the UK were putting it around that ZB's had a bad tone. This led to many chopping in their guitars and going for Emmons or ShoBud. I eventually went over to ShoBud because I liked their tone too, but I also preferred the pedal action over the ZB's. I wish I could lay my hands on my second ZB now though, it was custom made for me by Zane and was a beauty. |
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