This guitar sounds wonderful sustains well and has very little cabinet drop. These Marlens are great playing guitars that have very positive action.
Emmons setup Es are on the left. 3 pedals 4 knees. This is an ALL PULL Marlen and is a factory SD-10 not a convert. The changer end, end plate does have a window milled out for the C6th but this guitar has never been a D-10. I would like to keep the guitar but I am partial to my Dekley right now and can't afford to have a steel sit around. Case is a little beat up but is perfectly functional and sturdy. Thanks for looking!
Leo GrassL
Last edited by Leo Grassl on 5 Aug 2019 10:31 am, edited 5 times in total.
Dude...the Marlen all pull models are TOTALLY RIGHTEOUS GUITARS!!!
Best of luck brother with the sale. I’m an Emmons guy at heart, but I’d totally have one of these in my stable if it was feasible to do. Damn bills and responsibilities!! These will hold their own against guitars twice the price or more and this is probably the best deal on the forum that I’ve seen in a while.
These were ahead of their time, innovative changer, as good as any and a lot better then a lot of them. I play my all pull Marlen every day. Never once had an issue with it. Wish I had the room.
Here is the cabinet drop readings using the Peterson tuning app connected to the guitar using an irig2 (this is my preferred tuner live and in the studio)
Both Es tuned to 440 with A and B pedals down when released = between 2 and 2.3 cents sharp. When tuned to 440 with both pedals UP and THEN pressed down = between 2 and 2.3 cents flat
So the conclusion for cabinet drop on the Es is about 2.3 cents which IMO is excellent.
On the 6th string when the A pedal is pressed down it drops between 3.8 and 4 cents
IMO also very little for the 6th string
Johnny Cox once told me to never measure cabinet drop on the 6th string and to only consider it on the Es. I think his advice was solid but in my experience (at least how I tune personnally) having less cab drop on the 6th string makes for easier tuning.
Thanks for your question! I secretly love talking about the touchy topic of cabinet drop.
