ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!

Duncan Hodge · Post by **Duncan Hodge** » 21 Apr 2010 4:17 pm

I'll quote me again...

OH MY!!! Russ, you have squarely stepped in it. Great score. Play it in great health, my friend.

I love the sound of a '69 ZB whether it be red, or blue
Duncan

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 21 Apr 2010 4:20 pm

Joe,

I know from a ZB catalog from the late 70's that Tom made SD-10's, 11's and 12's as a standard line product and would assume, because he played them, he made them earlier too.

Duncan,

Whatever made you sell that blue one? I still ask myself why I sold the 71 D-10 and the 80 D-11/10. Oh well.

Larry,

Thanks so much for starting this thread so many years ago. I never tire of reading about the ZB's

Russ

Bob Adams · Post by **Bob Adams** » 21 Apr 2010 4:54 pm

Me neither! This may turn into that blue one!

It belonged to our UK hero Mr Gordon Huntley that picture shows Gordon's friend Frank Bloomfield playing it. he owned it after Gordon passed away, it is now with me! The big question is!!!! ....What would you have me do with it? ....Leave it as it is! Or make it the ‘Dog’s Bollocks! Restoring it to its former glory! ..

Your thoughts!gentlemen! I'll be with Frank in a couple of weeks! ?? So let us know what you would have us do with this piece of history! !!

You too Duncan!

Duncan Hodge · Post by **Duncan Hodge** » 21 Apr 2010 5:14 pm

Darn, Bob, I forget what a handsome devil that Frank is/was. Russ, as far as selling the blue '69 ZB, don't get me started, cause I always end up in some sort of tirade about what a meany Joe Camacho is and find myself sobbing uncontrollably in a corner like a girl. Anyway, I sold the blue one because at the time, I thought I wanted a Fulawka more... at least I think that was what I thought at the time, but I probably should have thunk it through more.

Joe A. Camacho · Post by **Joe A. Camacho** » 22 Apr 2010 10:10 am

Duncan Hodge wrote:I'll quote me again...
OH MY!!! Russ, you have squarely stepped in it. Great score. Play it in great health, my friend.
I love the sound of a '69 ZB whether it be red, or blue
Duncan

Ha! I played a gig with that blue one last night through my 68 Deluxe Reverb, thanks again Duncan, the ladies love it.

Duncan Hodge · Post by **Duncan Hodge** » 22 Apr 2010 10:28 am

Joe...sniff...please call 911 and tell them that Duncan is going to kill himself, and also, please add that it's all your fault. (To all concerned Forumites, please note that I am not really going to kill myself, I'm just having some fun with my friend Joe. To those who wish I was indeed serious...sorry)
Duncan
P.S.: Joe, the red one sounds better anyway, nanny, nanny boo boo!!!

Joe A. Camacho · Post by **Joe A. Camacho** » 22 Apr 2010 10:48 am

Duncan Hodge wrote:Joe...sniff...please call 911 and tell them that Duncan is going to kill himself, and also, please add that it's all your fault. (To all concerned Forumites, please note that I am not really going to kill myself, I'm just having some fun with my friend Joe. To those who wish I was indeed serious...sorry)
Duncan
P.S.: Joe, the red one sounds better anyway, nanny, nanny boo boo!!!

No way Jose, the C6 neck on the blue guitar is the better sounding neck.

Duncan Hodge · Post by **Duncan Hodge** » 22 Apr 2010 11:36 am

What's this C6 neck of which you speak? Do you mean I sent you a pedal steel with two (2) necks. If so, then I believe I was defrauded and will have to ask you to send double the amount that I originally asked for, If not, then sir, as a Southern Man I have no other alternative than to demand satisfaction and call you out to settle this matter I say, I say....mutter...mutter,
Respectfully,
Col Duncan "Beauregard" Hodge, (ret)

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 22 Apr 2010 6:55 pm

Hard to believe that this steel is 41 years old. The steel sounds really strong too.

Paul Frank Bloomfield · Post by **Paul Frank Bloomfield** » 23 Apr 2010 1:00 am

Russ. that ZB looks as good,if not better, than a
Rolls Royce ! If, as it seems, my mate Bob is going
to revitalise my old blue 'un it will be a masterpiece of engineering and I'll probably want it back !
Duncan, you are like me, we all make mistakes concerning guitars,and the ultimate is flogging a ZB ! At least thanks to all the guys we have a bountiful supply of photo's of these magnificent beasts !
I have a photo of my first pro ZB, an SD -10 factory
made with no holes in the C6th changer end (I wonder
what ever happened to that guitar ?),it had a nice red velvet arm rest

All the best ZB'ers
Frank. Corfu

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 23 Apr 2010 5:18 am

I love to post on this thread and just waller in the ZBs.
Several years ago I had a friend who was a retired truck
driver, a little rough around the edges and to look at him
you might think he had no sense. He loved to dabble with
pedal steels and loved to hear them played. He came to me
and told me he had found the best sounding steel in the business. At the time I had a ShoBud and was convinced it
was the best. He told me about this D11/10 ZB. I looked at
it and decided without playing it he was crazy. He passed
and I had an chance to get a Zane and I've been playing one ever since. Pib Lovelace was his name and I miss his
wit and general common smarts. Brother you can't judge a
book.....steel or man.

Paul Frank Bloomfield · Post by **Paul Frank Bloomfield** » 23 Apr 2010 9:08 am

Cheers Chuck ! I think I'll have a look through my
photgraphic archives and put together all the ZB's
I've owned and post 'em for the guys to drool over
( You listening Duncan ?). Will sort them out on the weekend.
All the best, Frank. Corfu

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 27 Apr 2010 3:24 pm

ZB Custom and amp in Nashville.
ZB Here

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 27 Apr 2010 6:41 pm

Russ, I didn't think that there were any of those Standel ZB amps around anymore. Very rare. Are the boards potted?

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 27 Apr 2010 7:08 pm

Not sure. It's for sale in Nashville. You might give them a ring.

The steel looks a bit like my 1971 ZB.

Russ

Bobby Burns · Post by **Bobby Burns** » 28 Apr 2010 4:23 am

I assume that's at Bobbe Seymore's Steel guitar Nashville? I didn't see it on the web page, so I thought I'd better ask.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 28 Apr 2010 5:04 am

No here it is.

http://www.bigjoesguitarworks.com/shop/ ... id%3D49%26

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 28 Apr 2010 1:16 pm

From what I understand the boards in those amps were potted and cannot be worked on.

Duncan Hodge · Post by **Duncan Hodge** » 28 Apr 2010 5:55 pm

Looks, beautiful Russ, but it might could use a couple, or three, more knee levers Not that I would know what to do with more than two knees (apparantly, Jerry G. only had two on his ZB until he let Peter Grant have it), anyway, I only have two knees, one of which is sore right now, so functionally, I have only one functional knee, but maybe someone with 3, or even better 4 functional knees could find a use for a few more knee levers... just a thought.
Have a beautiful night Russ!
Duncan

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 28 Apr 2010 7:00 pm

That package is at least $1000.00 over priced.

Bob Hamilton · Post by **Bob Hamilton** » 30 Apr 2010 4:22 pm

Hi y'all, if anyone is interested, there are a couple of pics of the ZB I "won" on the Forum auction a few months ago. Look in the Pedal Steel section for "ZB Forum Donation- under the red paint"

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 30 Apr 2010 5:51 pm

Kevin, I agree with you. It is quite a bit overpriced and the amp is a bit of a non issue for me. But depending on how long they've had it ... they might be motivated.

Here is the business end on my ZB. Greg does nice work!:)

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 2 May 2010 3:11 pm

I know this is Joe's ZB now but it was listed in my saved pictures as DuncanZB.

This too is Greg's work.

B. Greg Jones · Post by **B. Greg Jones** » 2 May 2010 4:05 pm

Those ZB amps are from the Bakersfield days. They were built by the Risson Company for Tom Brumley, not Standel. They are scarce. Mrs Brumley has one of Tom's ZB amps that he used with Rick Nelson, for sale.

Greg

Joe A. Camacho · Post by **Joe A. Camacho** » 3 May 2010 8:12 am

Russ Tkac wrote:I know this is Joe's ZB now but it was listed in my saved pictures as DuncanZB. This too is Greg's work.

Thanks Russ,
Funny I never realized that it used to have black fretboards. Greg did an incredible job on that guitar, sounds better everytime I play it.

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