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Bill Hatcher

 

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Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 11:59 am    
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Ebay #280007514732.
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Bob Knight


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Bowling Green KY
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 12:26 pm    
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NO!!
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Casey Lowmiller

 

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Kansas
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 2:56 pm    
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Here is the link to the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-PEDAL-STEEL-GUITAR-ZANE-BE CK_W0QQitemZ280007514732QQihZ018QQcategoryZ621QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I'm not expert...but pretty much nothing seems Z.B.-ish to me!!! It doesn't seem nice enough or quality constructed like a Z.B.

Casey

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Chris Lucker

 

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Los Angeles, California USA
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 3:09 pm    
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That is an Emmons Push Pull changer and someone else's pedal rack and legs. The end plates look like they be from the same someone else.

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Dave Van Allen


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Souderton, PA , US , Earth
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 3:57 pm    
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the only thing zb about it I see is the volume pedal...
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Casey Lowmiller

 

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Kansas
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 3:59 pm    
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Exactly Dave!!!

Casey

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Carter-Starter, Fender Pedal 800, Fender Champion, Guyatone Double-neck, a cheap Artisan & a Homemade Double-neck!
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Kevin Hatton

 

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Buffalo, N.Y.
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 4:27 pm    
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Manufactured in the basement by Frankensteel.
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Ben Elder

 

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La Crescenta, California, USA
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 5:36 pm    
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I called this guy last week (after seeing an ad online in the old hometown Oklahoma City newspaper classifieds and hoping to take a look during a family visit next month) and assumed it was a later (short--no horns, no fins) late '70s model. He couldn't find a serial number, which I thought a bit odd, but now that I actually see the thing, I can relax. It'd be nice to have the volume pedal, but the steel looks like Home Brew all the way. And a real player oughta have the Evans amp.
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Bobbe Seymour

 

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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 5:40 pm    
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Kevin Hatten is correct, homemade Frankensteel.
Bobbe

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Colby Tipton


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Crosby, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 14 Jul 2006 9:54 pm    
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Bobbe,
Isn't that a Bigsby cabinet, endplates, legs and pedals mounted on an unknown pedal bar? Maybe the fret board is Bigsby? Maybe the end plate on the changer end is drilled out for the
tuners?

[This message was edited by Colby Tipton on 14 July 2006 at 11:40 PM.]

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Sonny Jenkins


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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
Post  Posted 15 Jul 2006 5:10 am    
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Looks like Blanton type "bell cranks" mechanism,,,maybe Mike Ester (loooong time Blanton player) could comment.
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Justin Griffith


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Taylor, Texas, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jul 2006 6:33 am    
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Im sure Mike would agree those arent Blanton bellcranks.
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Jerry Hayes


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Virginia Beach, Va.
Post  Posted 15 Jul 2006 6:36 am    
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Sonny, that reminds me of Blanton bellcranks too. I had one once and the pedal changes were tuned right on the bellcranks but it didn't have any holes on the endplate. It looks like the guitar was made with parts from more than one brand of steel..........JH in Va.

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Sonny Jenkins


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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
Post  Posted 15 Jul 2006 9:32 am    
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No Justin,,,not Blanton bellcranks,,,Blanton "type",,,they look to tune like blantons,,,with the threaded pivot,,,,,could be wrong,,,been a long time since I've actually seen or played a Blanton,,
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Sonny Jenkins


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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
Post  Posted 15 Jul 2006 9:35 am    
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After looking again I see that they are not that type at all,,,,sorry,,,,
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