Mullen IN THAILAND Sunburst D-10 8x8 case

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 11 Sep 2016 6:03 am

D-10 Mullen for sale IN THAILAND The 8 pedals + 8 levers have a soft feel when engaged and the tuning is precise.The color is a coffee & yellow sunburst.

The serial nuber is 2457; it was built in Dec 1992 and previously belonged to Wayne Pauley (or Wayne Pauly).

It has been played very little since i've parked it inThailand as I don't get there that often, about one month per year and it stays at home even when I'm in Thailand.

There are some bar dings between the neck but no gouges in the body. Mechanically sound. Case is in near mint condition.

1-8 pedals are standard Emmons for both E9 and C6

E9th
KLK 4th and 8th +1/2
LKR 2nd & 6th -1/2
LKV 5th -1/2
RKR 2nd -1/2 & -1 also 9th -1/2
RKL 4th and 8th -1/2
2nd KLK 5th -1/2 & 10th - 1

Notice on the E9th there are two levers that drop the 2nd string, one is a half tone drop and the other is a half tone and full tone drop

C6th
LKR 5th -1 & 10 +1
LKL 4th & 8th - 1/2
RKR 4th +1/2
RKL 3rd -1/2
LKV 3rd -1

. Several of these photos show the Mullen using a flash which makes them too light looking and does not show off the sunburst very well

Price USA $ 3200 Thanks, stevet

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 11 Sep 2016 6:07 am

John Brabant · Post by **John Brabant** » 11 Sep 2016 12:50 pm

Does it come with a musician's work visa? Pretty sharp guitar Steve.

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 11 Sep 2016 3:11 pm

Damir, thanks for the little blue guys and their stunned looks. ðŸ˜Ž
John, sorry no work visa but if you are old enough you can get a no-hassle visa from the Thai government. Almost looks like a passport and says you can stay if you meet the age requirement and have a certain amount of dough in the bank.

Seriously, they are looking for stable and older folks who will spend money while living there. Quite a few Scandnavians have them and show up in the winter months

Luke, check your Forum PM s. I answered your questions about this Mullen.

Thanks guys,
stevet

Douglas Schuch · Post by **Douglas Schuch** » 11 Sep 2016 4:15 pm

Very pretty Mullen, Steve! This seems like a great possibility for an Aussie looking for a guitar - fly to Thailand, have a bit of a holiday, then fly home with a nice D-10.

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 12 Sep 2016 4:12 am

Thanks, Douglas.
I will have to take out some For Sale ads in Aussie and NZ newspapers. Stevet

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 12 Sep 2016 4:15 am

David L. Donald
Thanks, I answered your Forum P M. Stevet

Damir Besic · Post by **Damir Besic** » 12 Sep 2016 5:46 am

steve takacs wrote:Damir, thanks for the little blue guys and their stunned looks. ðŸ˜Ž

you are very welcome my friend, this is one gorgeous guitar...

Dale Rottacker · Post by **Dale Rottacker** » 12 Sep 2016 7:17 am

Steve that is one pretty guitar... I love those PRP Mullen... Gorgeous sounding guitars

Andy DePaule · Post by **Andy DePaule** » 12 Sep 2016 2:46 pm

Hi Steve,
Not too many players there in Thailand.
In Bankok there are some very good luthiers who I have known for many years.
Here is a contact for the best luthier (Nick name Nid) who teaches many other builders.
His wife, Pon speaks english but Nid only very little english skill.
They work in a shop above a church in the center of Bangkok;

Viroon Songbundit
356 Sriayudya Road
Payathai, Rajthevi
Bangkok 10400
Thailand

Ponâ€™s Phone Number; 66-081-2745103
e-Mail; guitarmaker_nid@yahoo.co.th

They may know someone interested in a steel if you copy them with a link to the sale.
I only know of two players in Thailand and just me in Saigon.
Not sure if any in Cambodia.
Good luck selling that nice steel.
Andy

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 12 Sep 2016 3:14 pm

Thanks for that valuable info, Andy. Always good to know these luthiers and will give me an added incentive to learn Thai.

I really appreciate this. Stevet

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 4 Oct 2016 3:22 pm

Bumpo

Jerry Maranville · Post by **Jerry Maranville** » 6 Oct 2016 1:22 pm

Hi Steve. Nice guitar. Long time no see. Are you still based in Bejing?

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 8 Oct 2016 11:30 am

Hello, Jerry Maranville,

What a surprise as it's been 15 or so years i saw you last inBeijing. Believe it or not, we are still here in Beijing going on our 21st year and still enjoying it. Don't get to many Forum folks dropping in but Jim Smith recently was here on a China tour. Unfortunately, they had him busy the few days he was in Beijing and we could not connect.

Earnest Bovine is supposed to be playing with a Canadian group in seven cities in
China in December so I hope to see them perform.

How is your playing and everything else going? Thanks for dropping in. steve

Jerry Maranville · Post by **Jerry Maranville** » 8 Oct 2016 12:55 pm

Steve. We still remember Beijing fondly. I am retired from university work and returned to my roots in Colorado. Played briefly with a local group but now mostly studio work with my son who has a recording studio In Lincoln. Mostly pop music with a few steel licks thrown in now and then. Oh the younger generation.

Jim Reynolds · Post by **Jim Reynolds** » 8 Oct 2016 4:01 pm

To bad I didn't know the out come of the Vietnam War, I'd have just taken my steel instead of an M-16. The end would have been the same. Won every battle, but lost the war. Lost over 58,000 young men for nothing, now we're playing music for them. No wonder we have PTSD.

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 8 Oct 2016 4:31 pm

Jerry,
I'm happy you are still playing; I'm sure that its more than a few licks thrown in to those pop songs. So glad you stopped in all those years ago. I'm playing in a band with four other teachers I've know since 1997 who still work at the International School of Beijing. The Irish guitarist writes his own songs and they are good. Of course I may be biased Lots of fun.

Jim, I hear you and think you'd get a lot of agreement with what you said. Hope you are also still playing pedal steel guitar.

stevet

Jim Reynolds · Post by **Jim Reynolds** » 9 Oct 2016 1:40 pm

Steve, I meant nothing against the Vietnamese people, it was our own government that did it to us, as the one we're in now. It just hurts every once in awhile. I didn't play steel when I went to Nam, but have taken it up since (1985) and I still can't play the darn thing. I have three maybe someday it will light up. I hope cause I'm getting old.

Jeremy Threlfall · Post by **Jeremy Threlfall** » 14 Oct 2016 8:11 pm

In Australia, the Brisbane Steel Guitar Club buy and sell page:

http://brissteelguitar.com

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 15 Oct 2016 6:22 am

Man, that is one beautiful guitar,,,love that MOP inlay!! Someone in OZ should jump on that!

Sonny Jenkins · Post by **Sonny Jenkins** » 16 Oct 2016 4:46 am

TTT for a good man and a great guitar!

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 17 Oct 2016 10:28 pm

Jeremy and Sonny,
Thanks a lot for the comments! Stevet

wjpauly · Post by **wjpauly** » 9 Feb 2017 8:41 pm

A little more history: the guitar was first owned by Junior Knight, in the DFW area. I was the second owner. Sold to Steve years ago.

Wayne

steve takacs · Post by **steve takacs** » 10 Feb 2017 4:45 am

Wayne, I had forgotten that Junior Knight owned this steel for a little while. I do know you took excellent care of it .Good to hear from you.
I will send you a PM later today, Stevet

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