Steel Guitar Builder

:D Might be easier to list where in Rui I haven't played hehe. I worked with Fred at the Villa, right across from the intersection of the Hwy and Rui's main drag. I played the Prime Time just after it was built, the Hollywood Bar across from the Villa , uptown at Winners Circle, across the street at...

Maybe someone here has a pic they could post of a real ZB, it's quite simple but hard to describe you just gotta see one...Stormy

:) Firstly they have completely different mechanics .....flat bars and and things on the original ZB's this and the attending center bar did make for a hefty piece ......all the newer rebuilds and such have usually replaced this setup with more conventional crossrods and bellcrank systems....Stormy ;)

Folks we have a BINGO ......please check your cards

:roll: call it what u will, you may have heard of Fred Justice, he makes some garage psg's he calls Justice/the Judge. Used to play in a band with Fred in Ruidoso ,NM in the early 70's, another old bud and former road dawg, Chuck Back, he makes a relatively unknown board called Desert Rose, Vintage....

Lookin good buddy

UPDATE!!!....I just talked to my old bandmate Fred Justice and he told me his were 2 5/8" spacing, so it's all good....Stormy

:shock: Holy crap Batman,.....Dave your playing is as superb as your craftsmanship, my hat is totally blown off....hey would mind posting some pics of the undersides of your guitar(s)? Maybe some info on your changer ie: working ratio of raise and lowers ,total length from center of axle to bottom o...

Here's one place....http://www.mcmaster.com/#sleeve-bearings/=bqvyul

Make it the thickness that fits your end plates..