Show off your steel ! (Pros too)

Torben Koch · Post by **Torben Koch** » 30 Aug 2007 1:11 pm

I can see I have some problems upload the pictures

This is the 2007

Bob Knight · Post by **Bob Knight** » 30 Aug 2007 6:56 pm

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Brian Folks · Post by **Brian Folks** » 30 Aug 2007 9:13 pm

OK so I moved it...I guess it will fit in better
here...My 2005 ZumSteel D-10 Hybrid (#3) 8P/9K...
and then it plays so Smooooth...like a Zum should...
Tone down to the Bone...

Torben Koch · Post by **Torben Koch** » 31 Aug 2007 1:07 am

This is my Zum 2005

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 31 Aug 2007 7:38 am

Brian, how does one operate 9 knee levers with only 2 knees? Seriously.

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 31 Aug 2007 3:56 pm

My favorite of favorites.This came in pieces (the top came in 2 halves) from a pawn shop in Vegas about 14yrs ago. I put a "few hours" into the rebuild.

A nice combination for loud...

A nice combination for not so loud...

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 31 Aug 2007 4:00 pm

Chas, please post some more pics of the changer end of you axe! Looks most unusual. Or send them to my email. PLEASE!!!!!

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 31 Aug 2007 5:03 pm

John, the guitar is now a D-10,11. The C neck is bottom->top C E G A C E G A C E G and the bottom C doesn't change. Danny Shields wound for me, Bigsby pickup copies for a 10 and 11. The 2 knobs are blend knobs for the Lawrence 705's.
The changer housing, on these instruments, was held down by 4 little screws and the main resistance to the 300 or so lbs of tension in the strings was the changer against the back of the neck. The person who was responsible for that fit up on this guitar must have had one hell of a hangover on that day.
I welded aluminum "fingers" to the housings to wrap around the end of the guitar. The theory being that it would make a more "integral" instrument and it seemed to make significant improvement. I also completely remade the undercarriage, hence the nylon hex nuts which the "fingers" also protect.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 31 Aug 2007 5:10 pm

Thanks Chas! I thought I was seeing another bizarre Shobud! It's strange, but understandable.

Todd Clinesmith · Post by **Todd Clinesmith** » 31 Aug 2007 7:52 pm

Chas,
Thats a great guitar there. Good job on your few hours of work.
Todd

Brian Folks · Post by **Brian Folks** » 31 Aug 2007 8:56 pm

Barry...One does not operated all these Knee's at
one time with just 2 Knee's...One only operates what
One needs to, or rather has to at any given time...
In correct terms...it means that's a lot of knee levers for me to keep up with!!! Honestly 5 of the
knee levers used on the E-9 neck and the other 4
Knee's are used on the C-6th neck...Sounds complicated but it works out...Brian

Marty Smith · Post by **Marty Smith** » 31 Aug 2007 10:51 pm

Some better shots

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 1 Sep 2007 7:06 am

Yes, Brian, I understand that, being a steeler for (too) many years. I am also realizing how hard it is to be facetious in a written message. At any rate, it must get kinda cramped under there!

Brian Folks · Post by **Brian Folks** » 1 Sep 2007 10:13 pm

Barry that's for sure we just play this most complicated instrument to the best of our
limitations...or what ever works out...or rather
sounds best at the time!!!

Mike Wilson · Post by **Mike Wilson** » 2 Sep 2007 10:16 am

Mike Wilson · Post by **Mike Wilson** » 2 Sep 2007 10:35 am

I took this guitar apart all the way down to the body and cleaned buffed and poished every little piece in it. Had the pickups rewound by Jerry Wallace. This guitar plays and sounds better than it ever has. After all these years (12 yrs of trying to buy it back) I can say for certain, it will never leave again.

A. J. Schobert · Post by **A. J. Schobert** » 2 Sep 2007 7:01 pm

Good looking emmons from the Great Lakes Division!

Be Safe Mike, and get your rest!

Mike Wilson · Post by **Mike Wilson** » 3 Sep 2007 5:47 pm

Thanks A.J. A lot of work and time was involved, but I'm glad I decided to tackle it myself. I replaced worn parts, and like I said in the earlier post, I buffed every piece on a bench buffer except a few of the parts that had to be done by hand. I took all the swivels off the bellcranks, screws, springs and buffed them out. I took the changers apart and cleaned and resurfaced them. When I put it back together, I added a couple of changes that it didn't have and a couple that were missing some parts. Man, it plays good and sounds great. Was such a great project that I might try to find another one if cheap enough to do it again. Anyway, thanks for the comments.

A. Roncetti · Post by **A. Roncetti** » 13 Sep 2007 5:27 pm

JD has taken a real shine to the steel .However he's disappointed that he can't reach the pedals

Bill Brummett · Post by **Bill Brummett** » 14 Sep 2007 5:29 pm

I'll try to get a few shots of my Remington D10 up...

Ronald Sikes · Post by **Ronald Sikes** » 14 Sep 2007 6:17 pm

This is one I just aquired.The tone on this one is amazing.

Roger Light · Post by **Roger Light** » 15 Sep 2007 7:25 am

Don't you dare make fun of the blue socks. The GF made enough fun of me that night!

Larry Scott · Post by **Larry Scott** » 20 Sep 2007 5:01 am

here is mine ! 2 days old

Larry Scott · Post by **Larry Scott** » 20 Sep 2007 5:16 am

my other baby

Larry Scott · Post by **Larry Scott** » 20 Sep 2007 3:45 pm

The Steel Guitar Forum

Show off your steel ! (Pros too)

My MCI

"My Zum D-10 Hybrid"

2 of the best steels I've ever owned

some more pics of the Emmons as it was going back together

Thanks A. J

my steel

75 Emmons P/P