ZumSteel [Please close]
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
ZumSteel [Please close]
Off the market. Please close.
Last edited by Jerry Overstreet on 20 Mar 2016 5:02 pm, edited 10 times in total.
-
- Posts: 82
- Joined: 6 Jun 2012 1:48 pm
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Contact:
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
-
- Posts: 82
- Joined: 6 Jun 2012 1:48 pm
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Contact:
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
Orange Zum
Hey Jerry,
Can you tell me about the evolution of different pickups on this guitar? Previous pictures show single coils originally and then it was changed to the alumitones (spelling ?). I'm sure it sounded great with the SCs. Where you going after something different tonewise?
Also, I've heard some people prefer the sound of these early 80s Zums. I believe Bruce made a change to the changers sometime around 2000.
Thanks,
Don
Can you tell me about the evolution of different pickups on this guitar? Previous pictures show single coils originally and then it was changed to the alumitones (spelling ?). I'm sure it sounded great with the SCs. Where you going after something different tonewise?
Also, I've heard some people prefer the sound of these early 80s Zums. I believe Bruce made a change to the changers sometime around 2000.
Thanks,
Don
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
It's just tinkering, Don.
I had acquired these AT's through trades etc. over time, so I put them in a couple years ago. They sound good, they're noiseless and they look good too.
I think the guitar sounds like the guitar no matter which pickups I've had in it. Differences are subtle in certain frequency ranges. These AT's have more volume, but that's probably because they sit closer to the strings due to their height.
This is the only Zum I've owned, so I don't know how it compares to other eras or other models. It does play easy though and it sounds very good.
I had acquired these AT's through trades etc. over time, so I put them in a couple years ago. They sound good, they're noiseless and they look good too.
I think the guitar sounds like the guitar no matter which pickups I've had in it. Differences are subtle in certain frequency ranges. These AT's have more volume, but that's probably because they sit closer to the strings due to their height.
This is the only Zum I've owned, so I don't know how it compares to other eras or other models. It does play easy though and it sounds very good.
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
-
- Posts: 1042
- Joined: 21 Mar 2006 1:01 am
- Location: South Carolina, USA
- Contact:
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
- Barry Yasika
- Posts: 383
- Joined: 13 Dec 2002 1:01 am
- Location: Bethlehem, Pa.
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
To save me from half a day packing and rounding up packing materials, etc.: Pick it up here or I'll drive up to 100 miles to meet a verifiable established forum member in the region.
Last edited by Jerry Overstreet on 20 Mar 2016 4:56 pm, edited 2 times in total.
-
- Posts: 380
- Joined: 15 May 2013 9:46 am
- Location: Arkansas, USA
Jerry, to me, that orange vinyl is a turn-off. Especially since you disclosed that it's got some issues. How hard would it be to remove it and go back to the original mica? Goo-Gone? I ask because this guitar should sell for $3500+-.
Drew Pierce
Emmons D10 Fatback, S10 bolt-on, Zum D10, Evans RE500, Hilton volume and delay pedals.
Emmons D10 Fatback, S10 bolt-on, Zum D10, Evans RE500, Hilton volume and delay pedals.
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
The issues are not much at all. I just wanted to make sure they were disclosed. Most mica finishes have as many flaws.
If you read the link to the covering job, you will see that I stated the vinyl can just peel off and the mica can be wiped down with ordinary rubbing alcohol to remove any minor residue if there is any. Easy job. It is sandwiched under the necks, but a hobby knife should take care of that.
Each to his own, but I like the orange vinyl a lot better than the faux wood grain mica under it.
It's a nice old axe...well worth the price and I'm not going to beg anybody to buy it. It really shouldn't be an issue, but if someone demands it, I will remove the vinyl but only after payment has been made and the funds transferred.
If you read the link to the covering job, you will see that I stated the vinyl can just peel off and the mica can be wiped down with ordinary rubbing alcohol to remove any minor residue if there is any. Easy job. It is sandwiched under the necks, but a hobby knife should take care of that.
Each to his own, but I like the orange vinyl a lot better than the faux wood grain mica under it.
It's a nice old axe...well worth the price and I'm not going to beg anybody to buy it. It really shouldn't be an issue, but if someone demands it, I will remove the vinyl but only after payment has been made and the funds transferred.
Last edited by Jerry Overstreet on 6 Jan 2016 10:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-
- Posts: 380
- Joined: 15 May 2013 9:46 am
- Location: Arkansas, USA
- Larry Lenhart
- Posts: 2923
- Joined: 12 May 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Ponca City, Oklahoma
PM sent
Zum Encore, Pedalmaster D10, Remington D8 non pedal, Hallmark Mosrite clone, Gretsch 6120 DSW, 1976 Ibanez, Eastman archtop, Taylor Dreadnaught, Telonics pedal, Squire Tele, Squire Strat, Fender Tonemaster, Gold Tone 5 string banjo, Little Wonder tenor banjo, Boss Kamatra 100, 3 Roland cubes 30s and 80, Carvin combo bass amp
- Jerry Overstreet
- Posts: 12622
- Joined: 11 Jul 2000 12:01 am
- Location: Louisville Ky
-
- Posts: 26
- Joined: 18 Dec 2017 12:10 am
- Location: Alabama, USA
Zum steel
Is this zum available