ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!
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Sorry Joe it was just a little humor.
I talked to Billy Knowles on the phone last year and he told me if they were easy to work on they'd still be in business.
If you have a question I'd send an email to Greg Jones. He has helped me a great deal with set up questions and he really knows his stuff!
Oh...cussin' helps...
I talked to Billy Knowles on the phone last year and he told me if they were easy to work on they'd still be in business.
If you have a question I'd send an email to Greg Jones. He has helped me a great deal with set up questions and he really knows his stuff!
Oh...cussin' helps...
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This could be a whole topic on its own! I'm aware that I need to (try to) set up the pulls so that two pulls operating together "close" at the same time. I assume that's whats meant by "equalising." What do we mean in this context by "stabilising?" This is a subject I would like to see more posts on preferably with some practical tips .......perhaps diagrams etc.
Anybody?
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Anybody?
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The end plate tuners on a ZB have a tendency to loosen up over time and get sloppy. If they do (and I have seen many) one way to remedy this is to crimp the tuner with a pair of nippers or the back half of a pair of needle nose pliers half way down the tuner shaft. If those end plate tuners are loose, every time you press a pedal or knee lever the tuner can creep out of tune making the guitar unstable. The guitar just won't stay in tune.Once the end plate tuner is crimped it will hold snug. The problem is that you can't crimp the tuner too hard or you will never get it back on the finger. Also if you crimp it too hard and screw it back on and try to force it you can snap the weld on the finger and then you are really screwed. Which is why I suggest you take it to a ZB mechanic. You can also use lock tight but it will be more temporary.
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Hey Fellow ZBers:
Hope you're all enjoying the summer (or at least the end of it). Just a little helpful hint that I happened upon the other night.
I noticed that the pickups on my 1970s D-10 were a little far from the strings, so, being the resourceful ZB mechanic that I am, I loosened the strings, unscrewed the pickups and added a small length (1/8") of small rubber tubing to the existing rubber tubing around each of the pickup mounting screws. I think Greg Jones had told me about this trick before - the original rubber tubing shrinks with age, and, as a result, the pickup can sit a little lower than optimal. Well, 45 minutes later, I have a louder signal (which means more hum, too) on both necks, and, by bringing the coil closer to the strings, what I believe is a warmer tone, too.
A disclaimer, too - it's still nowhere near as warm as my '67 D-10. Rubber or not. That's still got a LOAF of tone.
Update - I've moved the pickup closer on my S-11, too, and the results are lovely. Still, both the D-10 and S-11 are not quite as warm and full and the '67 D-10... Zane-wound pickups!!!
Just my two and a half cents. Hope this is helpful!
ZBest,
Larry<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Larry Chung on 28 August 2006 at 12:54 PM.]</p></FONT>
Hope you're all enjoying the summer (or at least the end of it). Just a little helpful hint that I happened upon the other night.
I noticed that the pickups on my 1970s D-10 were a little far from the strings, so, being the resourceful ZB mechanic that I am, I loosened the strings, unscrewed the pickups and added a small length (1/8") of small rubber tubing to the existing rubber tubing around each of the pickup mounting screws. I think Greg Jones had told me about this trick before - the original rubber tubing shrinks with age, and, as a result, the pickup can sit a little lower than optimal. Well, 45 minutes later, I have a louder signal (which means more hum, too) on both necks, and, by bringing the coil closer to the strings, what I believe is a warmer tone, too.
A disclaimer, too - it's still nowhere near as warm as my '67 D-10. Rubber or not. That's still got a LOAF of tone.
Update - I've moved the pickup closer on my S-11, too, and the results are lovely. Still, both the D-10 and S-11 are not quite as warm and full and the '67 D-10... Zane-wound pickups!!!
Just my two and a half cents. Hope this is helpful!
ZBest,
Larry<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Larry Chung on 28 August 2006 at 12:54 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Can we take that to mean that Mickey is exhausted from hearing about ZB guitars, plain fed up with this post or is there some other esoteric message far too meaningful for my meagre intellect?
PK
Uh Uh the penny has dropped. It was a hot day in Arizona. Sorry guys.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Pat Kelly on 03 September 2006 at 05:57 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Uh Uh the penny has dropped. It was a hot day in Arizona. Sorry guys.<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Pat Kelly on 03 September 2006 at 05:57 PM.]</p></FONT>