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Topic: BMI S12 Keyless |
Jake Bopp
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Tallahassee, FL
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Posted 4 Nov 2017 7:01 pm |
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Today on my usual pawn shop circuit, this beauty was sitting out on the floor. I debated not buying it at first, because it lacked a case and rod bag. There's some slight rust on the player-side legs. It's a 4x5 with the 5th knee lever unhooked. Weird pedal layout, but it's Extended E9th. I thought most BMI's were Mica, but this one is wood... and damn pretty wood, Purple tinted lacquer. It's also got a double sided changer, and is keyless... I have no idea what I've got here. No date stamp or sticker, nothing. I'm debating just selling it. It's a quite small guitar for me, and I feel like my MSA sounds better. Any advice, information or opinions would be excellent. Perhaps this could find a nice home with any of you gentleman/ladies, if there's any interest. I've been "playing" it for a couple hours. Great player, I say, and doesn't sound bad at all. Very tight and Mechanical. It's different from my Day setup, but it isn't Emmons, either. So... mystery there, too. ha.
Thanks in advance!
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David Higginbotham
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Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2017 8:57 pm
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Jake, please check you PM's.
Thanks,
Dave |
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Jake Bopp
From:
Tallahassee, FL
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Posted 5 Nov 2017 4:55 am
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Ian Worley
From:
Sacramento, CA
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Posted 5 Nov 2017 11:17 am
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I have one just like this but clear maple, there should be a 4-digit serial # stamped on the bottom edge of the aluminum frame on one end. Mine is #1200, Don Fritsche at BMI told me it was from around 1985. It is very compact, which has its advantages, but still fairly heavy for its size. Mine is about 55# in the case.
It's not my primary guitar but it is a really solid little unit. There are no scissors in the changers, the push and pull rods connect directly to their respective fingers, so it plays like a pull-release with a really nice, smooth pedal feel. Tuning is very stable.
Raises are fairly easy to switch around but the "push" lowers have 2-piece rod and take a bit of finagling. If you're changing from Emmons (or ?) to Day you will need to fabricate a few new rods. I did the opposite to mine when I got it. Swapping the raises on A-B-C is straightforward like any all pull guitar, but the raise and lower rods are completely different so reversing the E raises and lowers for example required modifying or replacing all four of those rods. |
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Jake Bopp
From:
Tallahassee, FL
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Posted 5 Nov 2017 2:47 pm
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| 1151 is what this one is stamped! The more I inspect, the nicer it is to my eye. Hardly any wear other than dirt on it. I had some folks message me about purchasing it, and I do think I am going to put it up for sale. It wasn't a necessary purchase, I mostly bought it out of curiosity, and to "get it in the family." It should belong to a forum member, not sitting in some dingy junky pawn shop. |
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