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Topic: ZB d-10 Scranton |
tom anderson
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leawood, ks., usa
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Posted 27 Feb 2010 9:26 pm |
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I would like to sell my ZB to someone who wants a classic steel with a great tone. This has been refinished to the original colors and has the original fretboard. I buffed all of the underside parts and have it set up with 8 pedals & 4 knee levers. One knee lever is original and I added the rest. The pickups are original except I had the e-9 pickup rewound by Jerry Wallace to original specs. $1800.00 includes shipping & paypal ok. It has a new case.
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Duncan Hodge
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DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 2:20 pm
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Oh my!!! What a beauty. Is it an orange finish, Tom? I have trouble with colors due to having two different colored eyes.
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tom anderson
From:
leawood, ks., usa
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 3:45 pm Red
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| The color must be off on my computer-it's a lovely red. |
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 6:57 pm Driving me inZane
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And the red pickup tops are for-true original?
As far as I'm concerned, the debate about Most Beautiful PSG Ever ends right here.
(And given its pedigree, it must sound even better than it looks. Must...remove...jaw...from...floor...)
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Duncan Hodge
From:
DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2010 7:00 pm
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Tom, your ZB is a beauty and it may in fact look red on most computer monitors. I was serious about my inability to truly distinguish colors due to one blue and one brown eye. I'm not really color blind, but as my wife points out, I might as well be...as often as she has to correct me on my statements regarding colors.
In any event, Best of luck on the sale. It looks wonderful and the price is nice too.
Duncan
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Jerry Kline
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Macomb County , Michigan, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 1:11 pm Hokey Smoke!
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| Just when I thought it was safe to look in the 'for sale' section again. Beauty! |
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tom anderson
From:
leawood, ks., usa
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 8:25 pm
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| I think the red pickups rock. This is probably the only pedal steel with red pickups. Note how he matched the pickups with the knee lever. Pure artistry. The fretboards are metal and are tacked in with small brads. They also say "Zane Beck" not ZB. Serial # 1038. |
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Larry Chung
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San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2010 8:33 pm
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Pretty cool ZB - if you're looking for an early era, Zane Beck-built steel (and you are, believe me), here 'tis...
This is most likely one of the very early ZBs, you can tell by the low serial number (I believe that #1001 was the first, only went to #0001 until later years), also, note the curved wood necks, and the signed fingerboards, plus, importantly, the red (cool) triple-coil pickups, again, early issue. What you don't see - these early guitars have changer fingers that are built into the string mounts, the later ones have a round, removable saddle-piece. Some say (like me) that this helps the tone. Really great!
Bleh-bleh-bleh... this is a great looking guitar with the right features. Did I say good looking? (:
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Duncan Hodge
From:
DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2010 1:08 pm
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Even if it's not orange.
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tom anderson
From:
leawood, ks., usa
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Posted 2 Mar 2010 7:32 pm underside photo's and copedient
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A couple of guys have asked for photo's of the underside and for the setup. This is typical Emmons set up on the ABC pedals and standard c-6 changes on those 5 pedals. The knee levers are LKL 4 & 8 E-F; LKR 4 & 8 E-Eb; RKL 1 F# to G# and 2 D#-E; RKR D#-D-C# and one change on the C-6 neck.
They also asked how it plays, so I set it up and started playing it. This made me wonder why I am selling this. The floor pedals play very very smooth with little effort-much easier than my Emmons push pull. The pedals are close together, so fat feet or big shoes could be an issue. The knee levers are also very smooth & easy, but I don't think they have quite the solid stop feel that other guitar's knee levers do. It stays in tune as fine as any. Notice the newer pull rods I added for the knee levers(you can see them better in the second photo). Most are on the E-9 neck as opposed to the original rods on the C-6 neck. The newer style are a little easier to adjust.
Finally, I noticed two small chips in the finish where I added the knee levers on the bottom of the back apron. They are pretty small, but I thought I should mention them. A little bit of the paint on the fretboards is coming off in a couple of spots, but I think that makes them cooler.
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Kevin Hatton
From:
Buffalo, N.Y.
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Posted 2 Mar 2010 9:17 pm
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| Just a note. This is the 38th ZB that was built by Zane Beck. Its a 1966 and was built for Mr. Johnny Williams and was delivered on July 2 of that year. These early ZB's were tone monsters. This guitar also needs a setup but is priced quite fairly to include that. If things were a little different right now I'd buy it. Stick it through the right amp and it will take no prisoners. |
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