ZB Pedal Steel Guitars - Please help!

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 26 Nov 2011 11:57 pm

Here is some video from the show I saw in '78 .On the second tune --about 1:50-- Al Perkins takes an extended solo playing country rock in the style he made famous {in my mind anyway }
BTW thanks Dave Zirbel for that link , I haven't seen those ones .

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 27 Nov 2011 6:41 am

Hey Brendan, is there a link to the video from '78?
thanks
dave

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 27 Nov 2011 10:34 pm

Whoops
here it is here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2iCFiYKKj0

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 28 Nov 2011 10:19 am

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country".

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 28 Nov 2011 9:20 pm

Well that's a shame , I will see if my son can post it somewhere else .

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 3 Dec 2011 12:39 am

OK I hope this link works :
https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1303534882/d ... 00&s=19105

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 3 Dec 2011 5:35 am

Works like a champ Brendan. Al at his best with his Burrito Bro. shirt and Gene Simmons hair do. I saw a pic of me in the 70s and had the same hair.
Sad

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 3 Dec 2011 7:24 am

Doesn't work here.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 24 Dec 2011 11:59 am

Merry Christmas to all the ZB players.

Chuck McGill · Post by **Chuck McGill** » 24 Dec 2011 12:55 pm

Merry Christmas to you too and all steelers

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 27 Dec 2011 9:36 am

Anyone end up with this 65 ZB G.C. Ser. # 1008?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ZANE-BE ... 500wt_1202

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 28 Dec 2011 9:24 pm

I think k**n got it .

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 31 Dec 2011 1:40 pm

I posted this about Manassas over in Steel on the Web :

There seems to be a new batch of videos on utube featuring this great band . Start here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J40goLBt ... re=related

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 31 Dec 2011 4:03 pm

Seems like Al Perkins was doing what Robert Randolph is doing now 35 years ago on his ZB. He is an original who was way ahead of his time.

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 1 Jan 2012 5:28 pm

Al Perkins is probably why I play steel today .

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 1 Jan 2012 6:37 pm

Brendan, myself also. I just spoke with him a couple of days ago. He's going strong. He has inspired a whole generation of steel players.

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 16 Jan 2012 9:39 am

ZB Custom in Vermont if anyone is interested.

http://burlington.craigslist.org/msg/2801188524.html

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 16 Jan 2012 12:10 pm

That went fast. An original Zane Beck CZB guitar. What a sound!

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 16 Jan 2012 5:55 pm

It looked pretty nice and for $1500 seemed like a deal.

John Ducsai · Post by **John Ducsai** » 17 Jan 2012 1:43 am

I tried to go take a look at it - it was sold in less than a day - the seller said Greg Jones had worked on it, and it was a 1968 ( I believe the s/n was 1126 ).

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 17 Jan 2012 5:12 am

Well, if Greg worked on it, it should be great. Greg set up my 69 and it play and sounds super ... even in my hands.

Hopefully the lucky dog that got it is a member and will chime in!

Eric Dahlhoff · Post by **Eric Dahlhoff** » 6 Feb 2012 10:28 am

For the holidays this year I convinced my wife to travel down to southern California & visit Jim Palenscar's shop. I've been trying to play pedal steel for less than 2 years, and it was such a BLAST to finally get to see and play all these different makes & models.
And well... here's what I came home with. Jim made sure it was set up & played well. I am a very happy camper!

Ser# 0560. Any idea when it was born?

B. Greg Jones · Post by **B. Greg Jones** » 6 Feb 2012 10:46 am

Eric, welcome to the ZB club!!! Thats a nice looking guitar you just got. Dont have any invoice records after 1968 but going by the serial number puts yours in the 73' to 74' range. Built in Phoenix , Arizona.

Greg

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 6 Feb 2012 6:00 pm

Alright! Another ZB guy in Northern Ca!

Eric Dahlhoff · Post by **Eric Dahlhoff** » 6 Feb 2012 11:37 pm

Thanks Greg, it sounds great too. Well, at least when other people play it...

Dave, hope to meet you sometime when I travel inland away from the fog!
I was amazed that the short, stiff pedals on the ZB actually seem easier to me than others I played that were softer. The mechanics of this thing fascinate me about as much as the music. What fun!

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