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I'll be at the San Jose steel jam with one or another ZB on April 3rd - check out Bill L.'s post on the Announcements page for details. S-11? D-10?

It was a pleasure to see and play your new (old) ZB D-11. I just returned from your sister's house in San Jose. Beautiful guitar and well taken care of by a fellow Illinois steeler - I was raised in Illinois!

The guitar is a red double 11-string with 8 floor pedals and five knee levers. It's strung up as a 10 string on both C6 and E9, which can easily be "fixed" with the addition of a really thick string on either or both necks! (:

The pedals and levers all work well - the only small-minor thing that I noticed was that there doesn't seem to be a lever that works on the C-6 neck, but everything else is there and wonderful. Serial number is 0839 which makes this a late 70s early 80s version of the ZB with short keyheads and changer mounts - no horns. BEAUTIFUL birdseye and marble maple on the front apron, too.

Pat - you will enjoy this guitar and I wish you the best - also, very, very beautiful fiddle playing! (:

Ya beat me to the post! Congratulations and welcome to the ZB family.

FYI - I'll be attending the San Jose steel jam and bringing my S-11 4+4. You're all welcome to have a look and try it out, too.

Brad Sarno

Brad, I'm hoping to have a really great imprint on my forehead from passing out at the ZB after playing it until I drop. A least I'll have ten really cool grooves, along with a cowhide imprint pad imprint all over my face. I can't figure out how to post pictures, but I'll keep trying. I'll send you a couple Brad. I already sent some to Larry. All of this good cheer depends on the gentleman from Texas actually sending the guitar after receiving my payment.

Y'all have a great evening and I'll try and get one of me playing it on the beach.

Duncan

[This message was edited by Duncan Hodge on 01 April 2004 at 06:50 PM.]

Brad Sarno

zbcustom73@dvanet.net

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"to...be publicly hazed and humiliated and have a giant Z and B tatooed on each cheek."

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but the SOUND is worth it!

a ZB tattoo, eh? Hmmm....

[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 02 April 2004 at 12:02 PM.]

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Thanks to David Van Allen for posting the pictures. Dave, ya done good...real good.

[This message was edited by Duncan Hodge on 02 April 2004 at 08:10 PM.]

Welcome to the ZB family here on the Forum. Your ZB serial #0021 is an early Bakersfield guitar (the serial numbers started at #0001 when the company moved from Scranton, AK) from 1968 or thereabouts. I, too, own an S-11 which has been set up with 4+4. They usually came 5+1. Please be sure to let us know how yours is set up, color, features, and definitely any road stories about your guitar.

And congratulations - I'm sure it sounds almost as amazing as it looks... or is that the other way around...

Great thread on Zane Beck in the Steel Players section (thanks to Kevin Hatton): http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum15/HTML/006230.html

Duncan

[This message was edited by Duncan Hodge on 08 April 2004 at 07:31 PM.]

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BTW-Nice shirt... "hey now."

[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 08 April 2004 at 07:18 PM.]

He talks about ZBs.

Larry - thanks for letting play your ZB at the jam. Tone to the bone!!!!
Can hardly wait to get mine.

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Dave Zirbel-
Sho-Bud Super Pro, 8 x 5, ZB Custom D-10 8 x 5, Webb 6-14E, Fender Vibrasonic Custom,
The Mother Truckers

Thanks for the detailed information! I have an old S-11, too, set up with 4 pedals and 4 levers. The 11th string is a .050 guage thanks to Greg Jones advice. Standard Emmons setup, except I have a half-stop on the 2nd string and then lowers both the 2nd and 9th string a half-step after that. My 4th pedal lowers my 10th and 5th strings 1/2 step.

This is the same guitar I took down to the steel jam in San Jose a couple of weeks back. It sounded awesome!!!

Keep ZGood information coming, everybody!

Keep ZInformation coming, too!

Sorry I've not been in touch with you all and also with ZSuper Thread... I went off and got engaged. Does this mean that my ZBs will sit idle? Only time will tell... (:

Naaaaaaah.

Brad - thanks for the Tom Brumley info - I THOUGHT SO! AHA! I like switching between all three options. The thin setting is very cutting, almost like an old Fender (but not quite!); the middle setting is clean and super-glassy; the bass setting is pretty fat and round. All good!

Duncan - I'm always a little shy about posting other people's email addresses anywhere, but if you'd like to see "the list", I can email the serial numbers and approximate dates. Thanks for asking. Still living in the stone age and almost time to get a ZB website up and running - Greg Jones and Billy Cooper already have their own!

Phillip - Yes, please, please send photos - I own a D-10 #1077, which dates back to 1966-67. Which makes yours right around that period - an early Scranton ZB. Very, very nice and pickups handwound by Zane himself. Congratulations.

OK, back to wedding planning...(:

All ZBest,
Larry

I'm getting married on the 22nd of this month. I'm not interested in knowing exactly who owns which one, and I am interested, though, in which serial numbers you have recorded, where the ZB currently resides and about what year and place it was born in. I don't need the email addresses of anyone else. I'm through harassing people and trying to get them to sell me their ZBs, honest. All except for Steve Takacs. I'm resorting to bribery at this point since my threatening and crying like a girl had no effect on him.
Have a beautiful engagement Larry!
Duncan

[This message was edited by Duncan Hodge on 11 May 2004 at 08:02 PM.]

All ZBest,
larry