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Topic: New to me Zum came today thanks Erv |
Johnie King
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2018 12:06 pm |
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Erv packed this Zum so well it took One hour to get it out of box thanks Erv
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2018 3:53 pm
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Congrats, Johnie. Zums are among the finest money can buy. Dig that color, too!
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 5:16 am
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| Thanks John I wish I had Tried a Zum in my early years they are everything a pedal steel should be. Just another opinion I know. |
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Ron Hogan
From:
Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 5:59 am
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Really nice Johnie.
Ron |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 6:57 am
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Late model with the good bell cranks.
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 7:04 am
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| Nice snug fitting cabinet end plates touching cabinet that’s what I like to see. Makes it vibrate right down the leg Paul Senior showed me that u need to be able to feel the vibration in the legs. |
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Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 7:35 am
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Johnie,
I don't know if you've had a chance to notice, but I added some additional "flags" to some of the knee levers. It makes them easier to push.
Glad you like the guitar and I take special efforts to pack a guitar when I ship them.
I am really nervous until I hear that the the guitar has been delivered in good shape, enjoy! 
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 11:05 am
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Didn't the Beatles say Happiness was a warm Zum or something like that?
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Richard Alderson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 11:21 am
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Dear Mr. King - I didn't know you played the standard E9 set up; I seem to remember that you only played the Zane Beck copedant. Just wondering. Very attractive guitar of course.
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 12:52 pm
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Richard I played Zane Becks tuning for years or really it played me. But the steels I’ve built lately have E9th. Zane Becks tuning is a lot of fun to experiment with. You know Zane Beck only used 4 pedals an five knees. First time I met Z B was in Scranton Arkansas around was 1974 at his small factory he had a station for each thing he did for manufacturing those BMI steels it was neat as a pen set up like a assembly line. Zane played for me that day with a drum machine he must have played atleast 12 songs every one was a Jass tune. He was a good friend an taught my son Zane steel for years.
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2018 12:55 pm
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| Erv if u let this Zum go makes me wonder what u play know must be something really special.? Yes good job on flags perfect. Wish I had checked Zum out years ago. I may have to get some blue contacts to match the Zum an one of Ken Rollins blue pack a seat an some blue Suede shoes.📫 |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2018 5:50 am
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Johnie,
I have a blue seat that matched the Zum.
I still have a few other pedal steels.
I'm in the process of setting up a Rains guitar.
This was made for me by Bob Rains and it is a beautiful red guitar. I had Bob put separate levers on the right leg for each neck. I learned this from watching Herby Wallace. After Gary Carpenter took over the business he contacted me and was wanting to know how Bob did that!
Take care,
Erv
BTW: Jerry Fessenden is sending me a couple of fretboards for the Rains. I really like those longhorn fretboards. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 17 Jun 2018 7:56 am
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| Erv, that blue Zum is special. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2018 6:37 am
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Yes it is.
Erv |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 18 Jun 2018 3:06 pm
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| What a beauty!!!!! Nice!!!! |
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