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Topic: Marlen Owners??? How Many Are There?? |
Bill Howard
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Indiana, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2012 8:46 pm |
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there seems to be several Marlen steels sold and talked about the past 2 months it also seems there is quite a following and Marlens owners seem to like them pretty well due to the quality and tone and feel of the instrument. If you have one post a picture I would love to see yours I know other marlen owners would as well. Heres my gorgeous Marlen notice the quality is second to none.. I'm so glad I bought it (and kept it:).Show us yours..
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Ned McIntosh
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 14 Apr 2012 11:00 pm
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My first Marlen (1975, pull-release, 8X4), rosewood formica...sold in 1992 to a ship's electrician (along with the Dobro 60D in the picture). The amp was a Vibrosonic Reverb with a single Cerwin Vega 15" speaker.
My latest, a re-finished 1972 pull-release (8X4). First, the undercarriage:-
and the top-side view with an unusual background.
and the playing-surface from the player's side:-
Len Stadler built some of the most beautiful steels to come out of North Carolina. If you own one you have a piece of steel-guitar history...however "quirky" it may be. 
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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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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 15 Apr 2012 4:46 am I've got one...
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My little All Pull S10, needing a polish job... Check out the wonderful pattern formica, "The Man" used on this beauty. Thank you Len for building her and Jack for allowing me to buy her.
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Bill Howard
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2012 8:18 am Ned&Dick
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Thanks guys those are really nice ones.
Not met one person who has a marlen that doesn'r love theirs...
I played mine this morning and love it more everytime I play it. I have never had easier pedal action yet still has the firm control factor so you don't feel like your stomping on jelly:).
The biggie is TONE TONE TONE, MAN mine has those old single coil Marlens,I wouldn't change a hair on her head...YESSSS |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 15 Apr 2012 11:33 am
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I bought a basket-case Marlen D10 about 3 years ago.
It had 6 pedals and no knee levers.
I converted it to a padded rear neck 3 pedals 4 levers, making all the bits myself.
Youtube video HERE
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Jaclyn Jones
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2012 3:22 pm
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Here is a 1966 Marlen D10 I bought a few years ago. It was my first steel.
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Lots of guitars, banjos, mandos and a Mullen G2-D10,PAC D10, 1966 Marlen D10,Line6 x3 Pro, Peavey Powerslide, Michael Kelly Dobro and a "Fox Vintage Amp" model 5F8A. Oh Yea, a very patient husband. |
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DALE WHITENER
From:
TRINITY,NC USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2012 4:48 pm
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He is me and my first Marlen circa 1974 or so. I no longer have this one but I traded it for an later all-pull model that I have loaned to a friend that is trying to learn. Dale
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Dave O'Brien
From:
Florida and New Jersey
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Posted 15 Apr 2012 5:09 pm
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Dave O'Brien
Emmons D-10, CMI D-10, Fender Deluxe Reverb, PV 112, Fender Pro Reverb
www.myspace.com/daveobrienband |
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Dick Sexton
From:
Greenville, Ohio
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Posted 15 Apr 2012 5:36 pm Speechless....
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Bill Howard
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2012 7:37 pm Man oh Man
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Dave that is one of the best looking Marlens make that one of the best looking steels I ever saw!!.
that cabinet is beautiful |
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Richard Rice
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2012 4:09 am
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I'm LOVING mine. 1984 D-10. BL 705 chrome pickups. Many thanks to SGF member Bob Moore for having taken good care of it, and to Dennis Wireman,for a wonderful deal. This one eclipses my previous 4 steels in every aspect.
I'll try to get some better pics, this is an absolute stunner, sounds and plays great.
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'84 Marlen Custom D-10, 8X4
Oahu Tonemaster 6 string lap steel
Rice Custom 6 string lap steel
Republic Squareneck Tricone
Homebrew 6 string reso
10 string Melobar- Rice modified
Rice Custom 8 string reso (under construction)
Hohner 6 string lap guitar (acoustic)
Kustom K-500 tuck & roll
Peavey Century
Peavey Vegas 400
Peavey CS-800
Bag End custom 1X12 & 1X15 cabs w.EV drivers
Steelin' thru a '72 Vibrosonic Reverb and a '69 Dual Showman Reverb (Stereo) |
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Dave O'Brien
From:
Florida and New Jersey
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Posted 16 Apr 2012 4:53 pm Marlen U-12
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Thanks Bill - It sounds and plays as good as it looks. I've never had to do anything to it but tune it and never thought about changing the pick up. A very stable guitar, never broke a string!
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Emmons D-10, CMI D-10, Fender Deluxe Reverb, PV 112, Fender Pro Reverb
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Bill Howard
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2012 10:14 am TO Dave
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Dave I have not found one bad thing about this guitar usually when you get a new axe of any kind there is something that bothers you not with this.
I still have the same strings rick fitzgerald put on it I even played 3 or 4 sets with them,not broke nary one:). The Tone and ease of playing just floor me.I have developed a cpl ew rifts with this becase the Pedal action is so accurate and easy,I mentioned the fact not loose or mushy feeling,I played a friends Old Rusler several yrs ago now talk about worn out steel ...I noticed new interest in Marlens
I guess because all of us know how great they ARE!. |
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frank rogers
From:
usa
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Posted 26 Feb 2017 7:59 pm
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| ....still luv my 1974 Marlen |
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2017 8:54 pm
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1971 Pull/Release
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Richard Rice
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2017 1:52 am
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Sweet!
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'84 Marlen Custom D-10, 8X4
Oahu Tonemaster 6 string lap steel
Rice Custom 6 string lap steel
Republic Squareneck Tricone
Homebrew 6 string reso
10 string Melobar- Rice modified
Rice Custom 8 string reso (under construction)
Hohner 6 string lap guitar (acoustic)
Kustom K-500 tuck & roll
Peavey Century
Peavey Vegas 400
Peavey CS-800
Bag End custom 1X12 & 1X15 cabs w.EV drivers
Steelin' thru a '72 Vibrosonic Reverb and a '69 Dual Showman Reverb (Stereo) |
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Jonathan Reynolds
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 30 Mar 2017 7:11 pm My Marlen
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My 2003 (I think that was the year it was built) Marlen D-10
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Steel Guitar at Sammy Kershaw
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