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Topic: '69 was a great year....... |
Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2009 4:17 pm |
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...for great sounding gear! This is a deadly combination! 
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Brian Herder
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Philadelphia, Pa. USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2009 9:03 pm
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| Not to mention great looking. I'd like to hear that. |
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richard burton
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Britain
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Posted 28 Feb 2009 10:22 pm
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What year would my ZB be ?
Serial number 0650, with the long front legs, white fretboard, white pickup
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 28 Feb 2009 11:01 pm
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| Most steel players have never heard a ZB. They would freak if they coiuld here that combo pictured pictured there. Equipment DOES make a huge difference. Smart man that Dave Zirbel. |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Duncan Hodge
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DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 10:23 am
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Yes it was Dave...yes it was
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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." |
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 10:28 am
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| My ShoBud Professional sounds amazing through that ShoBud amp too! It's probably from around that same era. |
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 11:08 am
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Wow! I'm impressed David!
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 11:43 am
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| Thankyou dave, thats beautiful! |
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Kevin Hatton
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Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 11:48 am
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I will never make Universals. I don't believe in them. I respect the people who play them though. The ten string ZB's keep me busy enough. Alot of people who hear a ZB for the first time say the same thing. "Thats what a pedal steel guitar is supposed to sound like". They share alot of the same qualities as the P/P but have just a little more mid range. Dave, as you know, you've got a monster guitar there.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 11:49 am
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Dave - this is a new (to you) ZB? That thing is gorgeous (as are the others in this thread).
And where did you find that Sho-Bud amp? Remember that one that Dave Berzanky had? Man, that thing sounded awesome, and he found it pretty cheap!
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 11:55 am
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Mark, you saw me play that ZB at the Last Day Saloon last year! I've had it for 6 or 7 years but had Greg Jones restore it three or four years ago. The amp is new to me as of three weeks ago. I took it out last night for the first time and really enjoyed it. Got it from Lee Jeffries.
I will take the ShoBud D10 out next time and see how it works in a live situation with it's counterpart ShoBud amp! |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 11:59 am
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I wasn't sure...it didn't look so bright, but then it's dark in that club. For that matter, I've seen you play it before that - I thought maybe you were possibly adding to the herd.
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 12:08 pm
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Hey Richard B. I think your ZB is early to mid 70's by the look of the knee levers and the floor pedals. I don't know the scoop on the serial numbers. I've heard the numbers don't have any logical sequence and Zane didn't keep good records? It's somewhere on the ZB thread. Also I remember a page with all known ZB numbers on it somewhere out there in cyberspace!
Mark-I'll be thinning the herd soon starting with a 59/60 Fender 1000.
Brian H. someone was talking vids of last night where I played the ZB and SB amp. If anything winds up on youtube and my playing doesn't suck totally I will post it here to hear it.
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Joe A. Camacho
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 12:22 pm
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| Hey Dave, I dig my '69 ZB through my Christmas Tree amp as well, what settings are you using? Joe |
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Dave Zirbel
From:
Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 12:43 pm
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I think the volume was between 3 and 4, bass around 3 or 4 and treble around 6 or 7, I think. I was twiddling the knobs a bit. I used an outboard reverb and the speaker is an Altec 418b.
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 1 Mar 2009 12:48 pm
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| Whadda ya know... i've had an Altec 418B in my old Session 400 for 30 years. It's the eight ohm version, but still sounds great with plenty of power and has never let me down... |
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Chuck McGill
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An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Mar 2009 7:58 am
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Dave. What a combination. I just got my 67 back from
Greg. As allways he put the mojo on it. |
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