Old Marlen 8 string- Lefty!

Rick McDuffie · From: Benson, North Carolina, USA

See lots more photos here

Boy, here's a real piece of steel guitar history! I feel certain this steel is from the mid-50's and must've been one of the first ones Leonard built! I purchased it from a resident of Reidsville,NC (home of the Stadlers and Marlen) who said that it was built by Leonard for his (the seller's) brother.

This steel has no knee levers, and it has Leonard's original pull-release changer. I have set it up for photos, but I have not played it. I feel certain it will need some adjustment. The case is an old plywood job, but it's solid. I think it's probably the original case.

I've got $400 in this little piece of history, and I'll take that for it.

Rick

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Rick McDuffie
Rick's Music Photo Gallery
www.tarheelmusic.com

[This message was edited by Rick McDuffie on 20 September 2004 at 01:33 PM.]

Lefty · From: Grayson, Ga.

Rick,
She's very nice. I'll bet it has a nice vintage vibe too. Wish I could buy it to tinker with, but my wife would have me sleeping outside. This is a fair price too.
Lefty
Dekley D-10
Sho-Bud LDG (natural lefty)
Boogie 1-15

Rick McDuffie · From: Benson, North Carolina, USA

I've had some questions about the setup on this little guitar. I'm going to put some new strings on it on Tuesday, play it a little (should be interesting, since I'm not a lefty), and I'll post the results here.

Blessings,

Rick

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