Twin Bonanza D-10

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Dave Zirbel
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Twin Bonanza D-10

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https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/msg/d/ ... 53871.html

Not mine....just an interesting old pull/release one off home made job? Check out the leg sockets...if I lived closer I might make an offer. :lol:
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D11. I had one a long time ago but different color. I think I tracked the badge to the Beechcraft. Now we know there's two twin bonanzas out there (and 2 dechromed planes?). Anyone with a single, there's a logo on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Beechcraft-Bon ... 4197834138
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Hey Chance! Nice to see you.

Did it sound good?

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Re: Twin Bonanza D-10

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Dave Zirbel wrote:https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/msg/d/ ... 53871.html

Not mine....just an interesting old pull/release one off home made job? Check out the leg sockets...if I lived closer I might make an offer. :lol:
If this is the sellers idea of "good" condition I'd hate to see what he considers poor ;-)
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Handcrafted on the Ponderosa Ranch?
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Johnie Helms
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Twin Bonanza pedal steel guitar

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Hey all,

I recall several, several years ago My mentor Vernon Page telling Me of a venture he and a gentleman named Bob Seis, went togather, to build a few Steel Guitars....

If I recall there were a couple Double Neck 11 & 10 string’s built.. And those Headstocks do look familiar....
I do remember Vernon saying they did git the emblems from a plane manufacturer in Wichita Kansas, (Twin Bonanza) ... hope this helps, as My memory has seem to fade a Lil over the Years. Ha.!


Best regards


JH
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Good info, Johnny! Thanks!
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twin bonanza

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https://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/msg/ ... 62823.html

this guitar sure gets around. advertised on phx craigslist as being in Parker AZ.
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Post by Greg Forsyth »

I take it it's a twin prop.
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Post by Chance Wilson »

Hey Dave,miss you-sorry I don't come around much anymore.
To answer your question, NO, it was a POS. If I remember right, it was a solid finger with undersized mechanical parts-maybe from an RC plane instead of the real thing. One step above balsa and rubber bands.
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bonanza info

Post by Ned Sokol »

johine is spot on i new bob sies and saw a single neck that was never finished . bob passed away in january he was a great player and loved to play c6
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