Beck musical instruments steel guitar
Beck musical instruments steel guitar
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Zane Beck
Zane Beck | |
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| Birth name | Zane Beverly Beck |
| Born | (1927-12-24)December 24, 1927 Clarksville, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | May 26, 1985(1985-05-26) (aged 57) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, steel guitar manufacturer |
| Instrument | Pedal Steel Guitar |
| Years active | 1947–1975 |
Musical artist
Zane Beverly Beck (1927–1985) was an American steel guitarist and builder of pedal steel guitars.[1] He is best known for his 1952 innovation of adding knee levers to the pedal steel guitar to alter the pitch of certain strings,[2]: 2 a feature which has become a standard on all modern-day instruments.[3]: 115 [1] Other inventors had patented crude knee-operated devices as far back as 1933, but none were successful.
Beck revolutionized the concept into a durable and reliable mechanism and was the first to put knee levers on production guitars. He became a mem