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Topic: Bmi Sd10 WHAT IS THE VALUE?? |
Terry Pendlay
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Effingham Illinois, USA
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Posted 15 May 2018 5:59 am |
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Looking at a sd10 bmi with 3 pedals locally. any ideas on this guitar ? qualty. playing any prolems. also what it would be worth looks like it very good condition with case/ thanks
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 15 May 2018 7:48 am
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How many knee-levers are on the guitar?
Parts are readily available, by the way. They are still being produced.
I can't comment on that guitar; but, I will say that I thoroughly enjoy playing my BMI S-10.
Nothing fancy, mind you. Easy to adjust, stays in tune, sounds great.
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Lee, from South Texas - Down On The Rio Grande
There are only two options as I see it.
Either I'm right, or there is a sinister conspiracy to conceal the fact that I'm right.
Williams Keyless S-10, BMI S-10, Evans FET-500LV, Fender Steel King, 2 Roland Cube 80XL's,
Sarno FreeLoader, Goodrich Passive Volume Pedals, Vintage ACE Pack-A-Seat |
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Damir Besic
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Nashville,TN.
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Ron Hogan
From:
Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 16 May 2018 5:53 am
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Demir is right. I tried one not to long ago and was pleasantly suprised. Great action and the sound was great.
Different mechanics too. They think out the box. Pricing was good.
Ron |
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Terry Pendlay
From:
Effingham Illinois, USA
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Posted 18 May 2018 8:50 am Bmi
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| HAS 5 KNEE LEVERS AND 3 PEDALS SERIAL #337 WHAT IS IT WORTH? |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 18 May 2018 6:48 pm
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| BMI great steels very easy to maintain unique changer |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 18 May 2018 7:01 pm
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 like to give a old BMI a face lift new inlay, new maple top, new front panel , new custom maple fret board buff, new nylon for pull Rods etc |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 18 May 2018 7:19 pm
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 no wonder they last forever look at the aluminum frame an all the pedal an knee lever stops are invisible because they are built to stop in frame the big hole in frame u see is the stop hole. each cross bar has a axel an a stop pin that's why they use a One inch cross bar to get a axel an stop pin. The pedal rod use the axel allso. Give credit due to the genius of. Zane Beck |
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Terry Pendlay
From:
Effingham Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 May 2018 9:56 am
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Jon Schimek
From:
Lyons, Co - USA
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Posted 22 May 2018 1:27 pm
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not really enough info to get an accurate price.. but assuming its keyed and otherwise standard, they run $3100 new according to the BMI website.
Using the search option on the top of the page, it seems like $1300 is around where basic mica have sold... This can go up or down.. for instance Johnie's 12 string would be way up. Keyless would add value... I would imagine if it was one of the push pull double changers you'd probably add value, nice pickup, etc. BMI don't command top dollar or really have a collectors market but like dekley or MSA are considered solid guitars.
The two nicest steels I saw sold fairly slowly and I would expect to be about top dollar for BMI:
Cowboy Eddie Long's PP keyless 12 string didn't seem to sell quickly (if at all) at $2500 and a really nice keyless PP 11-stringer was advertised for around $2100 and didn't sell for at least a year....
Smarter folks may have different opinions, but that's what I'm seeing....
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 22 May 2018 4:31 pm
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| Jon u hit the nail on the head. Why a BMI don’t bring more is a mystery to me. Some say it’s the flat cross bars underneath but some of the popular steel being made to day could benefit from this design. The changer in a B M I is just about bullet proof no ruibbing An grinding like a Sho Bud when u lower a string. Very easy to change copeadent. The thinnest bell cranks on the market today. Full Extruded aluminum frame with invisible pedal an knee lever stops. |
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James Sission
From:
Sugar Land,Texas USA
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Posted 23 May 2018 6:02 am
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| Johnie King wrote: |
| Jon u hit the nail on the head. Why a BMI don’t bring more is a mystery to me. |
The ones I owned we like trying to carry a Volkswagon. That may be part of the reason. Steel players always seem to be concerned about weight of equipment. I love every BMI I had as long as I didn't have to take it anywhere. |
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Terry Pendlay
From:
Effingham Illinois, USA
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Posted 25 May 2018 7:40 am Ttt
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 25 May 2018 1:09 pm
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I don’t agree that a BMI is heavy they sell a flight model that’s 26 pounds An the older ones are no heavier than a Emmons all pull the cases they use to make were to heavy.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 25 May 2018 3:03 pm
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| A quick check reveals that most of the singles have sold for $1200 - $1600. But an SD10 BMI is pretty rare (the singles and half-pads are more common), so it might go a hundred or two extra. I agree they seem undervalued, but the market is what it is...for right now, anyway. Carter and MSA have appreciated pretty recently, so maybe BMI will follow suit. |
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