The Steel Guitar Forum

Bruce, thanks for the info and feedback. Yes, there is another right knee lever that is tied with a twisty to keep it up and out of the way. Not sure why Dad did not have that one configured.

And also, thanks for the warm welcome and good advice, guys!

Here is a view of the guitar from the top. I'd really like to get the C pedal to pull the 4th string E up to F#, which seems to be pretty standard. I'll probably be giving the Billy Cooper shop a call in the near future, as they are only a couple hours away from where I live. As far as learning and ...

Close up of undercarriage.

Photo of the end plate.

Photo of the Marlen undercarriage.

Greetings everyone. This is my first post to the forum. I just inherited a steel guitar from my recently departed father. It is a Marlen, appears to be a model S-10W , built in 1977 I think, based on the serial number (127791). Dad bought it new back in the day, and played it regularly down through ...