Multichord value?

Rick Abbott · Post by **Rick Abbott** » 14 Apr 2009 3:32 pm

Is a nice condition, 4 pedal, six string Harlin multichord worth 200 bucks? I saw one for sale and wondered if it was worth it...even if I just flipped it

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 14 Apr 2009 4:02 pm

Yes, that's nearly what it's worth. Strangely though, they sometimes bring more. Some of the 8-stringers go for $250-$375 if they're in good shape. (Most aren't.)

Robbie Crabtree · Post by **Robbie Crabtree** » 14 Apr 2009 7:41 pm

I thought they were worth more, although I have one and posted it for sale here on the forum when I first joined. Not much interest in it. One guy offered me $550.00 but never got back to me. The pictures are here on the forum, I do not know how to repost them. I would like to trade it for a dobro of similar value.

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 15 Apr 2009 6:54 am

Here ya go Robbie.
These are great project guitars.Fix them up and re-chrome parts and they are an asset to your music room.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 15 Apr 2009 10:29 am

The guitar player in my band bought one of these,he playes lefthanded[he lost the two middle fingers on his left hand years ago] he strung the steel backwards,used two of the pedals and made a palm pedal that pulls two strings,we play somethings together like Sleepwalk,me on E9th,him on his,also it has tone to the bone on some of the blues stuff we do. he build a stand for it so he can play it standing up,and switch back and fourth between it and his guitar.plays it with a flat pick. DYKBC.

Robbie Crabtree · Post by **Robbie Crabtree** » 15 Apr 2009 8:29 pm

Thanks Ron, I should post it in the for sale section again, I would like to trade it for a square neck Dobro.

Fred Glave · Post by **Fred Glave** » 17 Apr 2009 5:28 am

They do have great tone. I'm trying to find new tuning keys for mine. They are really small.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 17 Apr 2009 6:38 pm

It's well worth more than $200. I have three of them. I'm even thinking of converting one to regular pedals, using cords and pulleys. You can change the copedant on one of those in a matter of a few minutes, while on a normal pedal steel it could take all weekend, or be not possible at all.

Dr. Hugh Jeffreys · Post by **Dr. Hugh Jeffreys** » 18 Apr 2009 1:33 pm

I have one (bought new 1953)--same one I used at Sun Studio. 6 pedals; 8 stgs. Never attempted to sell it.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 19 Apr 2009 10:56 am

Fred Glave wrote:...I'm trying to find new tuning keys for mine. They are really small.

Are you referring to the small bolts which screw into the steel block and regulate the extent of pedal pulldown ? If so, they can be bought at a hardware store. I recently bought a box of them.

Fred Glave · Post by **Fred Glave** » 20 Apr 2009 7:31 am

Alan, the tuning keys on the head stock. The plastic grips for turning and tuning strings have become brittle and crumbled apart. The actual tuners work, I just can't turn them.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 20 Apr 2009 10:23 am

That a common problem. You can get replacements from Stuart-McDonalds, but you have to fit them yourself, which requires pressure or heat or both. The good thing is that they're not expensive, so buy more than you need, and if you break one try again.

The plastic covers for the machine head and bridge are very rarely intact. Over the years the oil evaporates out of them and they become brittle. Most MultiKords today are lacking the covers. Someday someone will produce replacements. Until then, the guitars will remain denuded.

(I think they look better that way.)

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