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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 4:00 pm |
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| Could some one tell me about BMI steels?I went to their web site and they look nice,they don't have any photos of the underside.I've never seen one and am curious,Thanx,Stu |
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Larry Jamieson
From:
Walton, NY USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2006 7:55 pm
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Stu, BMI was originally designed and built by Zane Beck - Beck Musical Instruments. They were well designed, simple mechanism underneath, and worked well. I had one for about three years. It played easily, was solid, and sounded good, had a Bill Lawrence pickup on it. I bought it used, and it had a lot of wear on it, and only three knee levers, so I traded up. I haven't seen any of the BMI's being built today, but I think the gentleman building them has been involved with BMI for a long time, and knows what he is doing. If you do a search in the archives, I am sure there is a lot of information available on BMI.
Larry Jamieson |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 2 Apr 2006 3:03 am
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Also see the ZB thread below,
by far longest running forum thread going.
Now running to 27 pages, 1027 posts!
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/004696.html
I believe before BMI, it was Zane Beck's name on the steels, till he pased away at least. But his legacy lives on happily, with a hardcore group of believers here.
I played Brad Sarnu's at ISGC and really enjoyed it,
while trying out the Black Box the 1st time.
[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 02 April 2006 at 04:05 AM.] |
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Gordon Sharp
From:
Kingston, Tennessee
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 7:47 am
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| Stu I bought a BMI from Bobby Reed few weeks back.Went to look at a Mullen and a Emmons,decided on the BMI.For the money its a better guitar,and is also built great,also easy to work on.Its all so pretty heavy. Gordon Sharp D10 BMI Sierra Artist LDG. Kingston Tenn. |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 9:29 am
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Hey Stu, I've had mine for over 15 or 16 years now and have no intention of ever getting rid of it or "trading up" as someone said. Mine is a S-12 which has 8 floor pedals and 5 knee levers. I bought it used for $1200 in the consignment room at Scotty's convention around 1989 or '90 I believe. When I got it, it had 7 floor pedals and 6 knee levers but I took one KL off as it was an additional RKR inside which was just to hard to use. About a year ago I sent the guitar to Don Fritsche in Arkansas to be totally rebuilt and another floor pedal added in the 9th position for the Ralph Mooney E to F# change on the 4th string. My guitar sounds as good as any I've ever heard and plays better than most of 'em out there. It was built by Zane Beck and he was a master builder to say the least. I'm proud to play one of Zane's creations......JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!
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Graham Griffith
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Tempe, N.S.W., Australia
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Posted 3 Apr 2006 7:19 pm
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I've been playing BMI's since '77 and they're great. I also have an Anapeg and was recently given a Sierra by a dear friend. All great guitars. The BMI is durable and accurate and extremely well designed and manufactured.
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