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Topic: Boen (msa) D-10 8&4 -- Sold Please Close |
Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2017 6:39 pm |
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Bill,
Any idea of the weight, packed up?
Nice axe! |
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Bill Ladd
From:
Wilmington, NC, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2017 6:44 pm
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| Jim Fogarty wrote: |
Bill,
Any idea of the weight, packed up?
Nice axe! |
No, but it's definitely not light! |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 4 Oct 2017 6:56 pm
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Bill, You will never be permitted to join the "flippers club" with that attitude of pricing the guitar as you have. Shame on you. 😎😎
I had a Boen D-10 like your in black years ago and really liked that steel. It was dependable in every way.
I remember it being lighter than a ZB I had which was a D -10 with 8+4.
Good luck with the sale. Stevet |
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
From:
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 4 Oct 2017 8:46 pm
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Thanks, Bill. Guitar serial number 101185 ... (though it didn't stamp well, that's an "8" before the "5") ... Boen used guitar completion dates as the serial numbers, so that guitar was completed on Oct 11th, 1985. As to the woodgrain, I remember the description stamped on the back of the mica being listed as Colonial Walnut, so I guess you could definitely call it a walnut finish.
Seeing the added photos, I see the changer is 3+3 and the serial number narrowed it right on down. This is one of the few guitars we did in a woodgrain while I was working with Boen (most of the guitars we built while I was with him were black). This is a fine guitar and I envy whoever is able to jump on it before I can. I'm still crunching numbers, but I'm sure it'll be sold before I can afford it.
By the way (for Jerry Roller), looking back at my records, I was actually with Boen sort of twice; off and on from Feb thru Nov 85, and then solid full-time from Mar 86 until Nov 87. I also see that my guitar had two serial numbers; 042585 (which was when it was initially completed as a D-10 with 8&5). I later turned it into 10&7 (when I came on full-time with Boen) and gave it a second serial number, 031886.
And, here's a little fun trivia on the fretboards; the concentric diamonds on the fretboards weren't inspired by US Steel or the Steelers ... Leroy Prine simply wanted diamonds with curved sides, so he used a $1.50 plastic school protractor with varying sizes of concentric diamonds for the diamond designs (I've actually still got that old protractor tucked away in a storage box). The original batch of fretboards were monochrome with simple white on black. Boen later had them colored in "Emmons colors" and I've always loved those fretboards. 
My guitar, with 10&7, weighed in at 77 lbs in the case.
Good luck on the sale, Bill. Though I'd love to have it, I hope it moves quickly for you. I know what doctor bills are like! Best regards, Jim.
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1986 Mullen D-10 with 8 & 7 (Dual Bill Lawrence 705 pickups each neck)
Two Peavey Nashville 400 Amps (with a Session 500 in reserve) - Yamaha SPX-90 II
Peavey ProFex II - Yamaha R-1000 Digital Reverb - Ross Time Machine Digital Delay - BBE Sonic Maximizer 422A
ProCo RAT R2DU Dual Distortion - Korg DT-1 Pro Tuner (Rack Mounted) - Furman PL-8 Power Bay
Goodrich Match-Bro by Buddy Emmons - BJS Steel Bar (Dunlop Finger Picks / Golden Gate Thumb Picks) |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2017 1:53 am Boen steel guitar reply.
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| Bill I am crunching numbers too as Jim is, I will keep you posted, Steve B. |
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Bill Ladd
From:
Wilmington, NC, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2017 4:43 pm
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Sold
Last edited by Bill Ladd on 22 Oct 2017 6:27 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Bill Ladd
From:
Wilmington, NC, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2017 12:33 pm
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Sold
Last edited by Bill Ladd on 22 Oct 2017 6:27 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Bill Ladd
From:
Wilmington, NC, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 10:53 am
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Sold
Last edited by Bill Ladd on 22 Oct 2017 6:28 am; edited 1 time in total |
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