The Steel Guitar Forum

...There is a reason Bruce installed that great 20k pickup you had, which is now basically junk to anyone else... I appreciate your response, but can't find much to support your above assessment. Normally when asking for advice I wouldn't take the time to respond saying that I simply disagree, but ...

My first and only PSG is a Zum S12. It had a 20k Truetone in it, and I never really liked the tone. Today I unwound it to 17.4k, and I think the tone has improved substantially. I'm wondering if I should unwind more. I know there's no objectively correct answer, just hoping for some general wisdom/g...

Looking for a different tone out of my Zum...

New player, got a nice guitar, been practicing, but don't have a volume pedal, so... Believe I'd prefer an old fashioned pot actuated one, side mounted in/outputs, preferably with bracket. My resources are limited, so hoping to find a deal on one that needs work- eg needs new pot. I do have a couple...

Johnny, Could/would you make this tuning work on a 7x5 guitar? If so, what would be your copedent suggestion for 7x5? Asking for a friend... ;) It can work on 7x5. I would lose P4, the put the 4th and 9th string on LKL and lose LKLO. Sorry, I'm a little confused. Losing P4 and LKLO is clear. But pu...

Johnny,
Could/would you make this tuning work on a 7x5 guitar? If so, what would be your copedent suggestion for 7x5? Asking for a friend...

Thanks for the great advice again. Yes, I should just focus on learning to play for a good while. And yes, after watching some more videos I do believe the sound I was talking about is well embodied by Sho-bud. And yes, this Zumsteel is a fine piece of musical machinery and feel lucky to have it.

... I have a black ZumSteel U12 pretty much like this one, .... But I have two other ZumSteels.... Dave, Do you have much experience with other brands of guitars too? Reason I'm asking is tone. There's a certain classic pedal steel tone I'm familiar with and aspiring towards. For lack of better adj...

Richard Alderson wrote:How about a picture of the Zum !?

OK.

Picture file Picture file Picture file

The signal to noise ratio is far higher here than most places. Been learning my guitar as is - thank you for the great advice.

40 years of guitar has left me with the ability to pick up many new instruments and sound like an advanced novice within a few hours. I can see pedal steel is an entirely different beast. It truly feels like learning from scratch. Should I decide to mod, what are the chances I'll be able to use all ...

Been playing guitar for 40 years, about to tackle pedal steel. Got a Zum S12. Top 10 strings are E9. Engage lock lever and bottom 10 strings are B6. But, now that I've read a bit more on the topic, the idea of universal tuning sounds appealing. Specifically, Johnny Cox seems to make his copedent sou...