Can You tell what it is by looking

Chuck Hall · Post by **Chuck Hall** » 8 Jan 2006 8:29 am

I have posted some pictures of my steel at http://www.thecountryfeverband.com/ to get to them click the link then click on the Open all Night sign.

What's your take?

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?MCI D10 8/4 and Nashville 400

[This message was edited by Chuck Hall on 08 January 2006 at 08:33 AM.]

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 8 Jan 2006 12:05 pm

I don't know what make it is, but it sure looks a dang mess with all those rods in a straight line an' all.

There should be a law against it.

What happened to the good ole days, when steels were steels, men were men, and sheep were terrified?

Just funnin' wid ya

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 8 Jan 2006 12:17 pm

The changer looks lot like an old MSA/Bud Carter style. Does it have a changable pivot bar under the springs?

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 8 Jan 2006 3:00 pm

Looks like it might have been a ZB. The cross straps, the keyhole shaped holes for the rods to hook to the changer, the knee levers look to be the style used after the narrow black ones, the jack on the bottom.

OOPS.. I thought the pic posted here was the one that was on your website. That was definately not a ZB.

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Carter D10 9p/9k, NV400, Korg Triton Le88 Synth, Korg CX-3 organ, Yamaha Motif Rack Module, Regal Dobro, Tele, Gretsch Acoustic.

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Bill Moran · Post by **Bill Moran** » 8 Jan 2006 3:50 pm

If you have a pick & shovel, dig a hole and bury it. I will send flowers !!

Mike Wheeler · Post by **Mike Wheeler** » 8 Jan 2006 5:17 pm

Hi Chuck.

That looks like an MCI to me. I used to have 2 of their U12s. Great guitars!

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 8 Jan 2006 8:33 pm

Its a highly modified ZB Custom. It breaks my heart to see these guitars like this when the original mechanics can be adjusted to be played great. Looks like a seventies long throw. I'm talking about Richard's guitar.[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 08 January 2006 at 08:35 PM.][This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 08 January 2006 at 08:37 PM.][This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 08 January 2006 at 09:21 PM.][This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 08 January 2006 at 09:22 PM.][This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 08 January 2006 at 09:22 PM.][This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 08 January 2006 at 09:23 PM.]

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 8 Jan 2006 10:25 pm

I don't know what steel it is, but I know one thing: if you have hairy arms, you don't want to work on the mechanisme.

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Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp

Chuck Hall · Post by **Chuck Hall** » 9 Jan 2006 2:16 am

I knew Frank Crawley for over 25 years before he passed last year. He played steel in my band for a lot of that time. He and Bobbe Seymour were friends longer than that as they were in the Air Force together, I think in the 50's (help me with this one Bobbe) Frank was a lead player and he always told me that Bobbe turned him into a steel player.

He made his first steel guitar out of pipe fittings and what ever he could find. I think Bobbe called it a monster. lol

When I first met him he was playing a Red ShoBud, then this one and then Bruce made him a Blue Zum (which Bobbe has now)I'm trying to put a sound file on the pix page of what this steel sounds like.

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?MCI D10 8/4 and Nashville 400

richard burton · Post by **richard burton** » 9 Jan 2006 12:08 pm

Kevin,
It might break your heart seeing the extensive (reversible) mods to my steel, but I can assure you that this ZB plays better than any other ZB on this planet.

Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 9 Jan 2006 12:52 pm

What's the problem??

Looks like every other steel underneath - rods, levers, springs, metal plates with screws in 'em!

Terry

Chuck Hall · Post by **Chuck Hall** » 9 Jan 2006 3:02 pm

There is no problem. I'm just trying to identify the make for sure. Can't identify from the top or front.

Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 9 Jan 2006 5:25 pm

Just another failed atempt at humor on my part, Chuck. I looked for a sarcasm emoticon and couldn't find one. Sorry.

Terry

Chuck Hall · Post by **Chuck Hall** » 10 Jan 2006 2:09 am

Terry
That's no problem. Nutin to be sorry for.
Chuck