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1969 ZB Custom D10, BMI S10,Peavy Musician Mark III, 15 Inch Black Widow

[This message was edited by Lyle Clary on 18 June 2005 at 06:53 PM.]

I will have to try some contact cememt. I think after 35 years a lot of things dry out and come loose such as some of my brain matter for instance.

Frustratin' I tell ya. They're the old Zane Beck signed necks and I don't want to replace them.

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Webb--
Livin' out a dangerous faith :)
GFI Ultra Keyless D10 8+8,
ZB 11/10 8+3 #0008
old as dirt Dobro
Harmony Lap...

Although I am a fastidious speller, grammarian and syntactician (say what?), this is not colloquium of English professors (or German, Spanish, French, Norwegian, German, Japanese...), even I find brittle schoolmarmish knuckle-raps like Professor H's dissertation on "m-o-d-e-l" prickly, self-aggrandizing and out of line. We're just trying to express our thoughts on common topics here. We don't get double-scale for spelling, punctuation or slapping others' wrists and reporting violations of same. Unless a misspelling drastically muddles the meaning (e.g., "E-9th codependent") let's check our egos (postgraduate language degrees, palm blocking, ZB-teardown-and-rebuilding, speed picking, years on the Opry staff) at the door. If one of us wants to really enlighten a Forumite on a non-topical bit of etiquette, email him or her OFF-forum...assuming your motives are altruistic.

The solvent that I found very, very effective for the contact cement discussed above was Goof Off, a commecially available solvent in a small yellow can. Be very careful, and do only a little bit at a time on both the body and back of the fingerboard. Apply, let it sit for a few moments, then carefully wipe with a clean (cotton) cloth or (better yet) a soft toothbrush. It works the dry cement clean, with minimal marking on the surface of the guitar and fingerboard. Patience, though, is key.

Be careful also not to get the solvent on the front of the fingerboard as the paint and position markers will also come off.

When is your history of the ZB steel book coming out? Oh, you weren’t writing one? I think you should.

Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

My friend's mother-n-law is from Germany and she was telling us that she didn't know that smoking marijuana was against the law!

"I cdnuolt blveiee dat it vas agenst da lah!"

Chuck, that killed me!

ZB S-11 - ShoBud Volume Pedal - Fender Tube Amp.

That's IT!!! Several people came up and said, "Man, you've got great tone." Ahhhhhh, ZB Goodness. Lovely, lovely.

Russ, yes, I am still working on my ZB book; just been very, very busy teaching music (which is what I do). I guess I should probably include this thread somewhere, but it'll add about 20 pages... (:

All ZBest, please keep the ZB info coming.
LC

I took the ZB out for the first time in months for a gig and it was beautiful sounding through the NV112. Stayed in tune too. In fact I only had to tune one endplate stop once!

DZ

[This message was edited by Dave Zirbel on 22 June 2005 at 10:35 PM.]

I use a 1980-81 Fender Concert 1X12 combo. It's the Rivera (sp?) designed amp with all kinds of boosts and distortion and all kinds of stuff. But I think it sounds fantastic for steel, it has something like 60 watts, lighter and more portable than a Twin Reverb, and it has an adjustable PA/recording line out - so I can hear the amp's speaker behind me and then send a line to the PA or monitor mix.

Here's my secret - I use the gain (distortion/overdrive) channel instead of the clean channel. A little bit of gain really warms up the ol' ZB! Plenty of headroom for low and medium volumes. I wouldn't use this to perform on the C6 neck at stage volume, and I definitely won't crank it to 10 or 11 anyway, but for E9, it's perfect and sounds like a super-Fender!

And, to return to topic, like the creamy, dreamy ZB Custom pedal steel guitar!

Dave, my bluegrass band is taking a little break this summer, so I'm playing alot of steel. The other night I played with a Bay Area singer/songwriter named Sonya Greta - she's great and writes great songs, too.
http://www.cabinfeverbluegrass.com http://www.sonyagreta.com

Sounds like a student model ZB. I had a red one a while back that had an "S" in the serial number. If this one has the plastic coating (I've seen red, blue, and black) over the body, it's a student model for sure. I'm not sure about the date of manufacture for student models - were they on a different numbering scheme than the regular models (without the S)? I honestly don't know. Anyone out there know???

I'd say that that you're looking at an early 1970s student model ZB. Yes, please do send photos again if you can - and my apologies for not getting back with you sooner.