Johnny Cox and his Laquer Zum
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Johnny Cox and his Laquer Zum
Saw Johnny tonight on the Oprey. Great tone on his Zum as usual. I didn't know Zum made Laquer bodies.
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Being a steel player, I thought Johnny's solo was the very BEST OF THE SHOW !!!!!!!
His Zum sounded wonderful !! ***
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His Zum sounded wonderful !! ***
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If you think Mr. Cox's All wood Zum is nice(which it surely is); you should see and hear Mr. John Hughey's...all wood D-10 (yeah that's right wood necks too like a real steel is supposed to be)>absolutely beautiful Zum Steel. I saw and heard John's Zum down on Broadway when I was there last; and it is super great. Yes Bruce Zumstead has out done himself on these two Zums. Hell he should build them all like that; then he'd really be on to something......
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You folks will have to check out Johnny's new triple-neck Zumsteel pedal steel.
Johnny Cox is a masterful steel-player and Bruce Zumsteg is a master-craftsman as a builder who can do just about anything a customer asks for. The two of them make for quite a team. I myself have owned several of Bruce's guitars since '83.
Johnny also has a good sense of humor... in '77 I believe it was, he was working for Cal Smith and I was with Johnny Russell if I'm not mistaken at the time. We did a show in NJ and our bus had problems so we sent some of our stuff back to Nashville on Cal's bus, including my two LTD 400s. Johnny had been joking with me at the show that I should swap my LTDs with him for his Session 400s because the LTDs were smaller and nicer to carry. When we got back to Nashville I went over to Cal's driver's house to retrieve my LTDs off the bus only to find Johnny's Sessions sitting in the bin where my LTDs had been !! After some cussin' in disbelief that Johnny really had done the switch, the driver walked me into his garage and pointed to my amps, laughed and said, "we got ya Tiny." Johnny's a class act and a great player.
Tiny Olson Zumsteel D-10 8x8
Johnny Cox is a masterful steel-player and Bruce Zumsteg is a master-craftsman as a builder who can do just about anything a customer asks for. The two of them make for quite a team. I myself have owned several of Bruce's guitars since '83.
Johnny also has a good sense of humor... in '77 I believe it was, he was working for Cal Smith and I was with Johnny Russell if I'm not mistaken at the time. We did a show in NJ and our bus had problems so we sent some of our stuff back to Nashville on Cal's bus, including my two LTD 400s. Johnny had been joking with me at the show that I should swap my LTDs with him for his Session 400s because the LTDs were smaller and nicer to carry. When we got back to Nashville I went over to Cal's driver's house to retrieve my LTDs off the bus only to find Johnny's Sessions sitting in the bin where my LTDs had been !! After some cussin' in disbelief that Johnny really had done the switch, the driver walked me into his garage and pointed to my amps, laughed and said, "we got ya Tiny." Johnny's a class act and a great player.
Tiny Olson Zumsteel D-10 8x8
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Well Bruce is dang good and he did a dang good job on John's Pedal Steel.
But the only person I know doing exactly what you discribed(and I'll have to agree...on it being real and all wood and silk screened)...is the one and only "Ed Fulawka".........and you will soon see my new Fulawka and see for yourself that a real pedal steel can be built in todays modern society.....but again I'll have to say that Mr. Bruce Zumstead went all out on Hughey's pedal steel......man I can still see it in my mind........AWESOME!!! Oh and I've seen Mr. Cox's was a double but now single and soon to be a double All WOOD ZUM up close and personal......and it is "ALL THAT" and more....sounds great too.....but look at the player playing it......GENIOUS!!!
Ricky
But the only person I know doing exactly what you discribed(and I'll have to agree...on it being real and all wood and silk screened)...is the one and only "Ed Fulawka".........and you will soon see my new Fulawka and see for yourself that a real pedal steel can be built in todays modern society.....but again I'll have to say that Mr. Bruce Zumstead went all out on Hughey's pedal steel......man I can still see it in my mind........AWESOME!!! Oh and I've seen Mr. Cox's was a double but now single and soon to be a double All WOOD ZUM up close and personal......and it is "ALL THAT" and more....sounds great too.....but look at the player playing it......GENIOUS!!!
Ricky