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Topic: Marlen S10 Pedal Steel info (ANY GOOD?) |
Richard Grasty
From:
DEKALB Illinois, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 3:20 am |
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| I know ehis info is out there but can't seem to find it,so this is the best place. Would one make a good stater guitar??? thanks |
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Jaclyn Jones
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 4:12 am
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I started on a Marlen d10 a couple of years ago. I found the mechanics a challenge. Mine is 1966 so newer ones may not be so hard to deal with. Once I got used to the tricks of dealing with it I was ok. I don't think it would be my first choice to start now.
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Richard Grasty
From:
DEKALB Illinois, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 4:55 am
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| THE SERIAL NUMBER IS 664991 SO IS THIS A NEWER OR OLDER AS LOOKS NEW????? |
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Gary Dunn
From:
near Camel City, NC
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 5:23 am
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Richard,
Watch Tony Arrowood on youtube. He is playing an all-pull model. Then you will have your answer 
gd |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 9:15 am
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Richard,
If it has the all pull changer(like this), it's the one to get, this is not a Marlin guitar, but a Marlin changer...Bill
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 10:37 am
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Richard, Yours is probabbly a 1994, and will likely have the all-pull system, and should be a great guitar--beginner or pro. My opinion. Got some pics?
I started on a singleneck Marlen. Great guitars. |
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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 11:28 am Marlen S10?
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Got mine used in 80/81, an all pull. It is true, fast and doesn't break strings. I have owned fours steels, 2- S10s and 2- SD10s. It is the heaviest of the bunch, the cabinet is made of thicker wood. Great tone. The changer is unique in its design, very fast, faster then I'll ever be. Mine is a triple raise, double lower exactly like my newest steel, which is only a couple years old. It has a 3 pedals 4 knee levers, but could easily be a 3/5 or even 4/5 if I wanted to do the mods. If the Marlen you are looking at, is an all pull, hasn't been abused or hacked up(Modded), and if you can get it reasonably, I can not see how you could go wrong. It can take you a very long way down the steel guitar road.
Good luck,
Dick Sexton |
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Chris Dorch
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 1:07 pm
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Me thinks this post was regarding the Marlen that was F/S on the evil-bait... It was pretty cheap and looked as if it were in good condition... Had a low BIN, under a grand...
It's not there any more... |
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RD Bennett
From:
Central IL, USA
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Gary Dunn
From:
near Camel City, NC
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 4:47 pm
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| Yup, a one piece neck--a good one. |
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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 5:50 pm That was a find for some one!
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| Same color and neck as mine. Ser# 1473891. Any one know how to date them from the ser#. Bought mine used as I said above, in 80/81. |
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Jim Dempsey
From:
Belmar, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 5:51 pm Marlen
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| I have a 1974 Marlen S10,and I love it. Marlen's are very well built,and the tone is awesome.-Jim |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2010 9:40 pm
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Dick; you read the serial number backwards and that gives you the year.
Yours is 1983
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Gary Dunn
From:
near Camel City, NC
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Posted 25 Mar 2010 2:35 am
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Ricky,
I read this to be built(completed) on 6/6/1994.
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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 25 Mar 2010 5:59 am Marlen Serial Number Dateing...
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Thank you Ricky, I must surely have my dates mixed up badly. Could have sworn I got it in 81. Must have been 91 or at least late 80s, early 90s. It was like new and had been very well taken care of. Don't you just hate it when your cranial group lets you down. 
That could mean I've been playing 10 years less then I thought.  At this rate, with a 10 year break from steel, finding it in a ditch on the way to the gig, might not get such a good laugh. |
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Gary Dunn
From:
near Camel City, NC
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Posted 25 Mar 2010 8:16 am
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Sorry Ricky,
Wrong guitar I was looking at the one on ebay... |
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