ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!

Ben Elder · Post by **Ben Elder** » 25 Feb 2006 12:44 am

Anyone have or know of a good headshot photo of our Mr. Beck? I don't know that I've seen anything except the SGHOF plaque and the Student ZB LP cover...

Pat Kelly · Post by **Pat Kelly** » 25 Feb 2006 1:09 am

There's a reasonable profile shot on page 81 of Winnie Winston's Pedal Steel Guitar.

Lyle Clary · Post by **Lyle Clary** » 26 Feb 2006 4:07 pm

There is pretty good shot of him sitting at his universal keyless is Scotty's E9th book.

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Lyle Clary · Post by **Lyle Clary** » 26 Feb 2006 4:09 pm

By the way ,instead of sounding like a zither, I think you mean sitar do you not?

Pat Kelly · Post by **Pat Kelly** » 26 Feb 2006 4:33 pm

ZB sitar just doesn't have the same ring to it. Call it poetic licence.

Lyle Clary · Post by **Lyle Clary** » 27 Feb 2006 10:30 am

I guess we Yanks have always had a problem with the Queen's English.

Dave Seddon · Post by **Dave Seddon** » 27 Feb 2006 11:53 am

Only 19 more replies and this is the Z B Bible. AMEN. Keep it goin' Larry.

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 2 Mar 2006 7:05 pm

Hey everyone... I just got my ZB s10 from Brad Sarno, via Greg Jone's shop. It's pretty sweet. Sounds and plays great. Needs a lift kit and new strings and I'm good to go!

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 3 Mar 2006 4:53 am

Henry,

Enjoy your new S10. You will love the sound and feel. I was playing my ZB last night and it just sounded fantastic.

Russ

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 3 Mar 2006 6:41 am

Henry. The "lift kit" on a ZB is pretty simple. The front legs, which need to be rigid, use a wooden dowel rod inside to prevent the legs from collapsing any further. So you don't need legs. You will however need 3 longer pedal rods. Enjoy that beauty. It hurt to let her go, but that cracked water heater of mine didn't give me much choice.

Here are some old pic's of it from when I first got it. This is before the 4th lever was added and before the thing was cleaned up.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bradsarno/ZBpage.html

Brad

Chris Erbacher · Post by **Chris Erbacher** » 3 Mar 2006 9:10 am

enjoy that s-10 henry looks great, man it seems like s-10's are hard to come by, but that is as nice as i have seen. enjoy it. between you, dave zirbel, larry chung and i, i think there are like 9 or so zb's within about an hour of each other...

Pat Kelly · Post by **Pat Kelly** » 3 Mar 2006 11:48 pm

Just noticed after all this time that the #1 strings on both my necks don't run straight on to the tuning peg. They are rubbing against the retaining bracket behind the nut rollers. Could be something less than a mm deflection but evident to the naked eye. Seemed a bit odd to me. Is this normal? Does it matter?

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 4 Mar 2006 12:17 am

That blue S10 is one of the nicest looking guitars I have seen . I wish it was mine .
Brendan

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 4 Mar 2006 6:20 pm

Hi Chris... Don't forget, Chip McConnell still has my old ZB s10 in San Francisco.
Does anyone know if Billy Knowles has a new e-mail address? I've been trying to get in touch with him and have recieved no reply.

Duncan Hodge · Post by **Duncan Hodge** » 4 Mar 2006 6:54 pm

Hello Henry. Mr Knowles just posted on another topic this week and this was the email that was on his post. cknowles@intrstar.net
Hope this was helpful.
Duncan

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 5 Mar 2006 7:27 am

Rob Bleestien in San Rafael has an S-11 that he hardly plays! He won't sell the darn thing either. I've been trying to talk him into it for years.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 5 Mar 2006 2:32 pm

Keep on him Dave...one of these days he'll give in!

An S-11 would be sweet!

Russ

James Cann · Post by **James Cann** » 5 Mar 2006 4:53 pm

Not to give offense, but let me be the first to offer pre-congratulations on the "millenium."

Well done,and no jinx intended!

Duncan Hodge · Post by **Duncan Hodge** » 5 Mar 2006 7:33 pm

Good evening gentlemen.
I hate to waste a post with a comment about not making a post...But, I believe that we should leave the big uno, zero, zero, zero (1000) for the very fine gentleman, and friend to all us all, Larry Chung. I can't thank him enough for all of the information and great fellowship I have encountered as a result of his first innocuous post dated October 28, 2002, at 3:12PM California time. It all began something like this:
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"Hello Fellow Forumites:
As a pet project for my copious free time, as a labor of love, and as a service to all of you, I've decided to compile a database of all information pertaining to ZB guitars that I can find."
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I for one have enjoyed this post above all others on the Forum. The ZB Custom pedal steel sound was the sound in my head that originally drove me to pick up the steel guitar in the first place. ZBs are not an easy steel to play. I can only compare them to playing a Telecaster. You, or more accurately, I, have to work for each note, but when the note is hit correctly the result is chilling. My ZBs have driven me crazy when I work on them, but I suppose that is part of the ZB "experience". I, for one, will continue to scrape my knuckles on my ZB for the beautiful sound I get when I turn it right side up.
Larry, I hope that you have achieved your original goal of finding out "all information pertaining to ZB guitars that I can find". As a person along for the ride I know that I have. I thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for the ride.
Duncan
[This message was edited by Duncan Hodge on 05 March 2006 at 07:34 PM.]

Pat Kelly · Post by **Pat Kelly** » 5 Mar 2006 7:53 pm

I'd like to second the motion put in the last post. Hold off y'all and let Larry get the millenium. In case anyone missed it here is a thread posted elsehere:

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Topic: Hey b0b,are ya gonna close....the "ZB" thread when it reaches 1000??
Smiley Roberts
Member

From: Hendersonville,Tn. 37075
posted 28 February 2006 10:08 AM

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posted 28 February 2006 11:21 AM profile send email edit Naw, I think I'll wait until it reaches 10,000. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

So let's not forget dear old b0b in this celebration. He's da man that makes it all possible.

I only came in here on page nine or so, but I feel like this is part of my day - checking in. Love ye's all.

ps. haven't seen too much ill feeling on this thread either. Seems ZB men are a friendly bunch.[This message was edited by Pat Kelly on 05 March 2006 at 08:58 PM.]

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 6 Mar 2006 7:27 am

I've enjoyed the ZB thread and all the helpful people here.

Larry, you deserve our thanks.

Russ

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 6 Mar 2006 9:57 am

I saw one once.. in Vineland NJ

Pat Kelly · Post by **Pat Kelly** » 6 Mar 2006 12:17 pm

Seems my my post above got swallowed by the millenium bug. Is it normal for the #1 string to drag on the steelwork behind the roller nut on its way to the tuning peg?

ps: 11 string neck.[This message was edited by Pat Kelly on 06 March 2006 at 12:18 PM.]

Henry Nagle · Post by **Henry Nagle** » 6 Mar 2006 5:28 pm

On my ZB the saddle that the roller nut sits in is "carved" out for the 1st and 10th strings. I think mine is a 73 or so? It's #0554.

Jim Walker · Post by **Jim Walker** » 6 Mar 2006 7:39 pm

Does all ZB's have a balance pull system?

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