The Steel Guitar Forum Store 

Post new topic Prototype Zum lapsteel 10 string please close
This topic is locked: you cannot edit posts or make replies.
Author Topic:  Prototype Zum lapsteel 10 string please close
Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2022 7:47 am    
Reply with quote

Bruce made this one of a kind unique lap steel. only one made. it does have the Zum neck. key head and fret board and body, The changer has a moving levers one for all 10 strings. when you move all 10 of them it changes steel to a different setup. He got the aluminum gun case fits nicely in it,
Another fine item you all missed so I will hang on to it for now.


Last edited by Dennis Wireman on 19 Jan 2023 7:48 am; edited 2 times in total
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Bill McCloskey


From:
Nanuet, NY
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2022 7:50 am    
Reply with quote

how do the levers work?
_________________
Check out the Steel Guitar Union Hall Facebook group for you daily dose of Steel https://www.facebook.com/groups/steelguitarunionhall
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2022 8:21 am     levers
Reply with quote

you just push them all down or pull them all up very easy to do.they move smoothly
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Bill McCloskey


From:
Nanuet, NY
Post  Posted 19 Nov 2022 8:25 am    
Reply with quote

So it raises and lowers each string a tone? a half tone?
_________________
Check out the Steel Guitar Union Hall Facebook group for you daily dose of Steel https://www.facebook.com/groups/steelguitarunionhall
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 20 Nov 2022 6:27 pm     strings
Reply with quote

a tone
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Bill McCloskey


From:
Nanuet, NY
Post  Posted 20 Nov 2022 6:48 pm    
Reply with quote

Are their legs?
_________________
Check out the Steel Guitar Union Hall Facebook group for you daily dose of Steel https://www.facebook.com/groups/steelguitarunionhall
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 21 Nov 2022 4:22 am     legs
Reply with quote

no legs it is a lap steel as posted
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

David LeBlanc


From:
New Brunswick, Canada
Post  Posted 21 Nov 2022 9:12 am    
Reply with quote

Fascinated by the levers. Can you change one lever at a time or all at once?
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 21 Nov 2022 10:46 am     levers
Reply with quote

he said all at once. Maybe
Bruce will see this on here and give us more insight about it.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Jon Zimmerman

 

From:
California, USA
Post  Posted 21 Nov 2022 3:14 pm     Zum Zignature 😎
Reply with quote

I like that ‘Portotype’ designator.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

HowardR


From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
Post  Posted 24 Nov 2022 11:54 am    
Reply with quote

Interesting guitar......so the levers move all at one time?.....can any of the levers be moved separately?.....or if you engage one lever they all engage?.....

In this (your) photo it appears that the levers can be engaged separately...so I'm a little confused....can you shed some light on this?....thanks



View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 25 Nov 2022 3:03 am     levers
Reply with quote

they can be moved one at a time, but Bruce stated to move all of them. I am hoping he will see this posted and shed some info on it. Very uniquec and well built by a master indeed
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Bruce Zumsteg

 

From:
Harrisonville, Missouri, USA
Post  Posted 25 Nov 2022 8:37 am    
Reply with quote

Zum Lap Steel with Pitch Changer

This is a totally unique Lap Steel that I built several years ago. It has a changer mechanism that allows the pitch of each string to be changed to another note (within a limited range, of course, providing the string gage is proper for both notes). This is accomplished by merely shifting the levers up or down. Originally the guitar was tuned to an E13 with a high G# on the top, and a low E on the bottom. When all the levers are released to the ‘up’ position, the tuning goes to a C6, with a high G on the top and a low C on the bottom. It could be tuned to change from either of those tunings to an A6. Of course you could use the mechanism to merely change the given tuning within itself, such as changing a 6th note to a dominant 7th, or a sixth chord to a diminished. I’m sure there are other possibilities.

When switching the levers from one position to the other, don’t try to change them all at once, but rather one at a time. Also, when releasing the levers from the locked position , raise them up gently rather than letting the changer finger ‘snap’ down hard against the tuning screw.

With the levers locked in the 'down' position, tune the guitar with the tuning keys, to the HIGHEST note desired for that string (for example, to an E 13th tuning: G# E C# B G# E D B G# E). With the levers released to the ‘up’ position, tune the guitar with the allen screws in the end plate to the LOWEST note desired (for example, to a C6 tuning: G E C A G E C A F C).

The guitar is 10 string, 24 ¼” scale, and has a single coil pick-up. The case is all aluminum, foam lined. I bought the case used, so there are a few small scratches on it.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 27 Nov 2022 8:59 am     levers
Reply with quote

here you go folks and thank you much Bruce for your input and advice on this clearing things up for us.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 16 Dec 2022 5:39 pm     one of a kind
Reply with quote

nothing happening on this soon going to close and put it back on my music shelf.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Sonny Jenkins


From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
Post  Posted 18 Dec 2022 8:18 am    
Reply with quote

Dennis,,,what would be your best price on this shipped to 76012?

Thanks my friend,,,,Sonny
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 24 Dec 2022 5:11 am     time running out.
Reply with quote

well last bump do not mind keeping this it is a very unique one of a kind deal.
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Josh ONeill

 

From:
England, UK
Post  Posted 24 Dec 2022 3:34 pm    
Reply with quote

New member here, , going to be looking in from afar.. this looks really intriguing ,
How much to ship over to the UK ?
I would love to hear and see it played .
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Josh ONeill

 

From:
England, UK
Post  Posted 25 Dec 2022 6:05 am     Zumsteel Lap
Reply with quote

consider me interested. what would be the cheapest and quickest service to get it over to the UK ?
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail

Dennis Wireman

 

From:
North West Indiana 47978
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2023 7:50 am     USA shipping lower 48 only
Reply with quote

Close this one up going to keep it for now
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail


All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Jump to:  

Our Online Catalog
Strings, CDs, instruction,
steel guitars & accessories

www.SteelGuitarShopper.com

Please review our Forum Rules and Policies

Steel Guitar Forum LLC
PO Box 237
Mount Horeb, WI 53572 USA


Click Here to Send a Donation

Email admin@steelguitarforum.com for technical support.


BIAB Styles
Ray Price Shuffles for
Band-in-a-Box

by Jim Baron
HTTP