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Topic: Documenting the Marlen Steel Guitar/Stadler Music Company |
Jonathan Reynolds
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 10:14 am |
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I'm Jonathan Reynolds and I'm writing a piece that will be published about the history of Stadler Music Company and Marlen steel guitars. If you could give me any information about Leonard Stadler, Marlen, or any copies of and brochures, advertisements, or anything, that would be greatly appreciated, and if you would be kind enough to help, I will cite and mention you in the writing.
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Steel Guitar at Sammy Kershaw
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Damir Besic
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Nashville,TN.
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Posted 17 Feb 2017 11:17 am
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very interesting, great guitars... I would suggest tho, to move this to "pedal steel" section...you will get more responses there...
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 21 Feb 2017 6:47 pm
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 21 Feb 2017 6:59 pm
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 21 Feb 2017 7:13 pm
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 23 Feb 2017 4:31 pm
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Jonathan, here's some shots of my S-12 Marlen "keyless" guitar. It's the only one I've ever seen anywhere. I'm told that Leonard Stadler bought the keyless head from Kline guitars to make this baby.. Feel free to use the pix anyway you want.....JH in Va.
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 23 Feb 2017 5:43 pm
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Somewhere on the forum I recall seeing a statement that Joe Kline also made the all-pull changer for the Marlen steels.
Emmons and Marlen shared some components early on which were made by Quality Castings of Greensboro. (Possibly keyhead castings and end-plates?)
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The steel guitar is a hard mistress. She will obsess you, bemuse and bewitch you. She will dash your hopes on what seems to be whim, only to tease you into renewing the relationship once more so she can do it to you all over again...and yet, if you somehow manage to touch her in that certain magic way, she will yield up a sound which has so much soul, raw emotion and heartfelt depth to it that she will pierce you to the very core of your being. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 24 Feb 2017 5:46 am
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| Ned McIntosh wrote: |
Somewhere on the forum I recall seeing a statement that Joe Kline also made the all-pull changer for the Marlen steels.
Emmons and Marlen shared some components early on which were made by Quality Castings of Greensboro. (Possibly keyhead castings and end-plates?) |
Interesting. The keyless head definitely looks like the Kline I owned.
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frank rogers
From:
usa
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Posted 26 Feb 2017 9:21 pm
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| I own the Blue Marlen pictured on the brochure. I played it on my "Blue Plate Special" CD in the early 2000's. I bought it from Leonard in either 1975 or early 1976. Luv it!!!! |
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frank rogers
From:
usa
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Posted 26 Feb 2017 9:24 pm
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 27 Feb 2017 3:43 am psg
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| Is Tony Arrowwood still playing his S-10 blue Marlen? Hadn't seen him lately. |
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Bob Carlucci
From:
Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2017 2:16 pm
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I find it VERY interesting that he priced Formica bodies the same as the lacquer bodies.. Nowadays its what, about a $1,000 or so option for lacquer?... bob
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 27 Feb 2017 2:49 pm
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Here's the one I had... Serial # S-157791.
Best playing guitar period. But also the heaviest.
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Dan Robinson
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2017 9:47 pm Marlen Pull-Release and All-Pull
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Jonathan,
Can you tell us about your Marlen? Until you told me about your all-pull guitar I though every Marlen was pull-release. It was a surprise to learn that your's was among a small number of all-pull Marlen pedal steel guitars.
Pictures? |
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Clyde Mattocks
From:
Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2017 10:50 pm
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There were a lot of all pull Marlens. After he went to the Kline changer, they were very stable, great sounding steels. Like the MSAs, they were a little heavy, but still the best bang for the buck you can find today. Check out guys like Arnett Mills, Tony Arrowood and Joe Turner playing their Marlens.
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John H. McGlothlin
From:
Raton, New Mexico
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Posted 28 Feb 2017 10:31 am
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Here is my Marlen SD 10 All Pull guitar with 3 floor pedals and 5 knee levers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy2uTzTAc4w
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Brian Adams
From:
Nevada, USA
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Storm Rosson
From:
Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2017 2:35 pm
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| It's a pull release changer for what it's worth. |
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Brian Adams
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 2 Aug 2017 2:53 pm
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| Storm Rosson wrote: |
| It's a pull release changer for what it's worth. |
Thanks. I asked the Ebay seller and he had no idea. |
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Charley Hill
From:
The Dirty South
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Posted 2 Aug 2017 2:54 pm
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I went to the shop where they made Marlen. MAR-LEN for Marvin Hudson and Leonard Stadler. Met Leonard and had a great conversation with him. This was back in the early 90's.
After my visit, I received a very nice letter from him. The shop was in back of a drug store as well as well as I can remember.
Great Guitars!!
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