ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 1 Nov 2009 7:51 am

I'll give you one if you go back to the Fender Forum and read my reply to my thread about double raises!

Email you address
Dave

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 10 Dec 2009 3:06 pm

Greg Jones please contact me brother.
Thanks
Chuck

Joe A. Camacho · Post by **Joe A. Camacho** » 10 Dec 2009 4:27 pm

Wow, 3 great ZB's for sale on the forum! Wish I had some holiday cash left over...

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 10 Dec 2009 10:14 pm

Jim Sliff, I have some ZB spokes if you are still looking for them.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 11 Dec 2009 9:14 am

Nice guitar on Detroit Craig's List.
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/msg/1503841128.html

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 11 Dec 2009 10:57 am

That guitar was not built for Tom Brumley.

Tommy Huff · Post by **Tommy Huff** » 22 Dec 2009 8:33 am

hi Larry, just wanted to let you know I just purchased ZB custom #0655. it is green faded some, has a white fretboard, a reddish brown pad..looks to be original. it is a 3x3 set-up.....What year was this made....thanx Tommy

Tommy Huff · Post by **Tommy Huff** » 22 Dec 2009 8:35 am

and by the way it is an sd-10 ...thanx Tommy

Ben Elder · Post by **Ben Elder** » 27 Dec 2009 1:12 pm

One of the least descriptive, illustrative and literate craigslist ads you'll encounter, but here for what it's worth, is what might be a Bakersfield or Phoenix ZB D-10:

http://tulsa.craigslist.org/msg/1524055490.html

I have no stake in this and am only posting it here (as opposed to FS:I) for the ZB faithful.

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 27 Dec 2009 8:25 pm

I ended up pruchasing the ZB D-10 that John Billings mentioned (the one on Craigslist Detroit). Paul Redmond has, fortunately, agreed to do any needed adjustments for me, so I'm looking forward to playing a smooth ZB again. I will report back with more when I get to play it. steve t

Bob Hamilton · Post by **Bob Hamilton** » 27 Dec 2009 8:45 pm

Congrats on the recent purchase Steve, it's hard to beat a properly adjusted ZB, and Paul will do a great job for you. I'm in the final adjustment stages of refurbishing the red ZB donated to the Forum recently, and I hope to get the pics up here soon. I think the Forum folks will be surprised at what was under that red paint. Good luck with you purchase, Bob H.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 28 Dec 2009 3:17 am

Excellent Steve!

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 28 Dec 2009 12:41 pm

Steve. That looks like a scranton to me. Should be a
beast of a tone with some pretty maple.
Good luck.

Bobby Burns · Post by **Bobby Burns** » 27 Jan 2010 10:45 am

Have any of you rebuilt a ZB pickup? I'd like to know how they're made. I've heard them referred to as triple coils, but i've also heard that they are actually coil tapped single coils with an odd magnet configuration. I'm experimenting with winding a few pickups, and would love to make one similar to a ZB. I have a couple of Zbs , and love the sound, but don't really want to take one of my working pickups apart to see how it's made.
Has anybody got a junk ZB pickup they want to sell?

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 20 Feb 2010 12:01 am

Here is an old video clip on youtube featuring the Hawking Brothers from Melbourne Australia .The late George Zanthos is playing the ZB that I believe is the one I own now :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoSJMJvjYqg

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 20 Feb 2010 12:37 pm

You can hear the ZB tone. Masssive amount of reverb on that recording.

William Barnes · Post by **William Barnes** » 31 Mar 2010 4:37 pm

Hello All,
I need some help identifying the serial number on my ZB D10 8/4. It looks like 0060. The second zero from left appears to have been double struck.

Thanks in advance!

B. Greg Jones · Post by **B. Greg Jones** » 31 Mar 2010 4:51 pm

0060, built in 1969 in Bakersfield, Ca.

Greg

William Barnes · Post by **William Barnes** » 1 Apr 2010 6:14 am

Greg,
Thank you for your prompt response
I bought this guitar in Placerville in 1995 for $500
Will post pics and other info if anyone is interested

Will

Jerry Kline · Post by **Jerry Kline** » 1 Apr 2010 8:08 am

Hi Will.
Please post away with your ZB
pictures. We need some more ZB
centerfold material.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 1 Apr 2010 1:56 pm

Here are a couple pics of my first ZB, an S-10,Black with white fretboard and pickups. The pic in my backyard is when it was 5p & 2k and probably would have been taken in 1971 (judging by my long hair in a pony tail). The one on stage could have been taken between late 71 into 73. I have had 3 left knees added by that time. I forgot about the block that the guy I had add the left knees made to narrow the gap between the levers as the ZB knees were not adjustable.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 19 Apr 2010 3:33 pm

Past ZB's ... all gone.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 21 Apr 2010 11:21 am

Always wanted one that matched my seat. A big thanks to Chuck McGill and Greg Jones for the set up!

Looks a bit like my 1971

Larry Chung · Post by **Larry Chung** » 21 Apr 2010 11:31 am

Nice knobs... there... I said it.

ZBest,
LC

Joe A. Camacho · Post by **Joe A. Camacho** » 21 Apr 2010 11:56 am

Damn Russ, that single neck is really nice! Did ZB ever do a single neck with a pad or are all of the ones I've seen D-10s that have been converted to SD10?

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