spoox
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Well, just got this Marlen today. It had been a double neck, but Jim Palenscar of Steel Guitars of North County had converted it to a single neck. I had gotten a Maverick
Sho-Bud 50 years ago, but lost interest when I started getting into resonators and '30s lap steels, and eventually sold it. Now that I'm pretty much home all the time, and not even able to get together with the rest of our group to record, I figured I had the time to lose what little sanity I have left and fool around with pedal steel again. I've always loved the sound of a Marlen, and the fact that many considered them to be sort of an "outsider" in the pedal steel world of course appeals to my Guild "sensibilities". I like the
"beater" nature of this one--Birdseye maple--I'm not really a Formica lover which so many of the newer steels sport. I'll probably eventually fix or replace the inlays:
Sho-Bud 50 years ago, but lost interest when I started getting into resonators and '30s lap steels, and eventually sold it. Now that I'm pretty much home all the time, and not even able to get together with the rest of our group to record, I figured I had the time to lose what little sanity I have left and fool around with pedal steel again. I've always loved the sound of a Marlen, and the fact that many considered them to be sort of an "outsider" in the pedal steel world of course appeals to my Guild "sensibilities". I like the
"beater" nature of this one--Birdseye maple--I'm not really a Formica lover which so many of the newer steels sport. I'll probably eventually fix or replace the inlays: