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Topic: ***********My new Giles Zum body************** |
Ken Byng
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Posted 22 Jun 2016 2:00 pm |
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| Tony Smart wrote: |
Beautiful job Ken.
Hope you're getting matching curtains for your amp. - After all, you don't want to look silly..... |
You lost me there Mr. Smart! 
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Tony Smart
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Harlow. Essex. England
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Posted 22 Jun 2016 2:10 pm
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| Just a bit of fun Ken because it's such a brilliant finish. |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 22 Jun 2016 2:32 pm
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Sorry mate, I didn't take my sense of humour tablets this morning.
Yes - she's stunning. I will see it in real life on Friday as Dave is dropping it round to me. When I first saw the new body I knew it would look great, but not as good as this. I've had offers for it already believe it or not, but she's not for sale at any price. It's a keeper.
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Paddy Long
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 22 Jun 2016 2:35 pm
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Ken you will need replaceable matching curtains in your studio, depending on which guitar your playing at the time mate 
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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Tony Smart
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Harlow. Essex. England
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Posted 22 Jun 2016 2:45 pm
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Sorry Ken for the confusion. Just thinking about when you get something new for the home, say a carpet or 3 piece suite, you hear the wife's plaintive cry - " must get some matching curtains".
I put my foot down last time though, I told her straight, "it's only a lawn mower". |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 22 Jun 2016 2:57 pm
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| Paddy Long wrote: |
| Ken you will need replaceable matching curtains in your studio, depending on which guitar your playing at the time mate |
They are chocolate brown Paddy, and don't go with any of my steels.  Perhaps Tony is right! 
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Dave Wheelhouse
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Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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Posted 25 Jun 2016 5:41 am
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Hi Ken,
It's been a pleasure to re furbish your Zum and to see the smile on your dial when you finally saw her for the first time yesterday and the tone!!Awesome!!!!
Dave. 😀😀😀ðŸ‘
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SHEFFIELD D10 9+8, Bradshaw Webb 614-E, Pro-Fex 2, Hilton electronic volume pedal & Sheffield tone bars. |
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Don Mogle
From:
Round Rock, TX, USA
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Posted 25 Jun 2016 4:08 pm Zum D-10
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Stunning guitar Ken! Congrats...it looks fantastic. Great work!
Don |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 25 Jun 2016 5:06 pm
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Thank you Dave and Don.
Yes Dave, the tone was always going to be an unknown factor. I had to admit when I acoustically strummed the Zum I knew it was going to sound wonderful. And it did. The sustain and resonance is really good. The new Telonics pickups are just incredible - very quiet but with great clarity and string separation. All of my pedal steels have really good tone, and my Show Pro custom 'Yeller' is the one that I measure all of the others against. The Zum doesn't have the huge tone of 'Yeller', but it has a very nicely defined mid range and the C6 neck particularly sounds terrific. The Zum gets a big thumbs up from me, and I will be taking it and my Show Pro to the North of England Steel Guitar Festival with me when I go to it in August.
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 25 Jun 2016 11:15 pm
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Yes it looks like it b0b. That is a pretty guitar.
Carter would manufacture over 95% of their guitars with a mica finish. The lacquer finished cabinets are highly specialised and as Mark was set up already for this type of work it made sense to outsource it to him. Carter's LE range, had high end cabinets with exquisite inlay and highly figured grain. The type of wood that Mark uses is expensive, and he seems to have an inexhaustive supply in exotic timber. It has also to be remembered that Mark suffered a stroke not that long ago, and while he still suffers from the after effects of this, has nevertheless continued to manufacture cabinetry of the very finest order.
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Paddy Long
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 26 Jun 2016 3:35 pm
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Glad to hear the Zum sounds good Ken, I need to come over to the UK and visit so I can take it for a test drive hehe ...
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 26 Jun 2016 11:59 pm
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Just a couple of minor mods and she's there Paddy. Dave Wheelhouse is coming round today and between us we'll have the guitar running at 100%. The Zum's polished changer rollers have given the guitar's sustain a major boost. I'm just so lucky to have a stable of beautiful pedal steels to choose from. I will be recording the Zum shortly to see how she performs in that area.
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Paddy Long
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 27 Jun 2016 4:45 pm
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Schweeeet !!!
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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Steven Meister
From:
California, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2016 12:06 pm
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Here's mine!
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 28 Jun 2016 12:42 pm
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Wow - that Fessy is about as good as it gets. Mark is just a genius.
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Steven Meister
From:
California, USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2016 12:57 pm
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| Thanks Ken! I just got it a couple months ago (used), and I couldn't be happier! |
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