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Topic: Tom Brumley, I Sang Dixie, ZB |
Billy Knowles
From:
Kenansville, N. C. 28349 usa
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Posted 30 Jul 2012 6:23 pm |
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This wonderful ZB has a new home, thanks to Rolene and Steinar Schroder
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B. Greg Jones
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Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 30 Jul 2012 8:52 pm
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That is one nice score there Billy!!!! I played it for a couple of hours and loved it. I know Tom loved it too. There should be a quarter slot on the endplate I think. Just drop a quarter in it and it will play "I Sang Dixie" all by itself!!! LOL
Congrats my man!!!
Greg |
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Daniel Policarpo
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Posted 30 Jul 2012 11:22 pm
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What do you have to do to get it to play "Before I Go"? 
Man, black never looked better. A beautiful piece. |
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Chuck McGill
From:
An hour from Memphis and 2 from Nashville, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Jul 2012 6:30 am
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| So Sweet!. Greg what's the copedant? |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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B. Greg Jones
From:
Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 31 Jul 2012 7:54 am
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Chuck, this was Tom's favorite guitar. I did some work on it a few years ago and then Billy added helper springs and ball bearing nut rollers to the guitar. I think he went through the whole thing and even polished all the castings, did a wonderful job!! Tom was going to use this guitar in Texas at his new show before he passed, he was that pleased with it. I think thats right, Billy can chime in here and set me straight. I use the same set-up on my 11 stringers and my D-10's.
1st pedal---7th string F# to G#
10th string B to C#
then A,B,C pedals.
LKL in, E's to F
LKL out 4th string E to F#
LKV G#'s to G
LKR E's to Eb
RKL B's to Bb
RKR in, D# to D
RKR out F#'s to G
Its a great set-up and Tom got alot of music out of it.
Greg |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 31 Jul 2012 10:40 am
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| Beautiful! |
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Tim Heidner
From:
Groves, TX
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Posted 31 Jul 2012 2:08 pm
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I wish I had an 11 string!  |
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Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
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Billy Knowles
From:
Kenansville, N. C. 28349 usa
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Posted 31 Jul 2012 5:36 pm Zb
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| Greg is correct on the coped. He and I both did work on this guitar, it plays and sounds great, but I don't sound exactly like Tom yet, guess that will come later. |
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Billy Knowles
From:
Kenansville, N. C. 28349 usa
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 7:55 am year
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Greg, do you know what year this was built?
Thanks |
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B. Greg Jones
From:
Middleport, Ohio USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 9:15 am
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Billy, I am guessing somewhere between 81' and 83'. Tom sold the company in 85'. I know the serial number on that one makes no sense at all to me. I dont even know if there would be an invoice record for that guitar since it was built special for Tom. Rolene has several pictures of Tom playing the guitar, some are posted on Facebook, and she may have some dates when the pics were taken.
Greg |
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Duane Dunard
From:
Troy, MO. U.S.A.
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Posted 7 Aug 2012 12:36 pm
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Outstanding piece of steel guitar history!  |
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Billy Knowles
From:
Kenansville, N. C. 28349 usa
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Posted 8 Aug 2012 5:53 pm Zb
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| Sid Hudson played this guitar today and he could not believe how much sustain it has!! |
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Sid Hudson
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2012 7:42 pm
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Billy Knowles did some adjustments to my horn the other day. Additionally he re covered the top of my steel seat. It now feels wonderful.
Billy Knowles is great when it comes to working on Steel Guitars. Billy's shop is a 6 hours round trip for me but well worth the effort.
Check out his website http://www.steelguitareast.com/
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Mickey Adams
From:
Bandera Texas
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Posted 10 Aug 2012 8:50 pm
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BOOYAH!...PEace of history!.....
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Sid Hudson
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2012 5:28 am
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| Mickey Adams wrote: |
| BOOYAH!...PEace of history!..... |
Billy or the steel? LOL!
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Billy Knowles
From:
Kenansville, N. C. 28349 usa
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Posted 11 Aug 2012 10:37 pm History
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| Could be both |
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