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Calvin Walley
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colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 11:19 am |
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my new Simmons arrived today
this is the most under rated under priced steel on the market today
i didn't even have to tune it ( maybe just a tiny bit on 3rd string) the pedal action is perfect the knees smooth as silk
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Jimmie Martin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 11:48 am steel
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Thats a great looking steel Calvin. It looks like granite. WOW  |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 12:16 pm
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Beautiful guitar Calvin.  How's about postin a sound sample. |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 12:30 pm
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Andy
let me get the pedals and knees adjusted first
it takes me a little while to get everything the way i like it
i am really suprised at this guitar it is better than i expected
it plays as well as my Mullen did
has a killer tone
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick
Last edited by Calvin Walley on 8 Jun 2009 12:54 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 12:44 pm
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| Is that the "Mother of Pearl" finish that was so popular with the early lap Steels (Oahu's, Dickerson's). Looks like a beautiful Guitar. |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 12:55 pm
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Billy
i'm not sure about that but, i love the fret board
its got a beautiful design
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 1:01 pm
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Now you're going to have to change your profile, to reflect your current guitar in your signature.
Lee |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 1:45 pm
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Lee
thanks for reminding me haha ...done
by the way guys , this thing is rock solid, both in the way its built and steady while you play it
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2009 2:55 pm
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forgot to mention ,
it has the standard Emmons set up except RKR lowers the 9th string D to a C#
as well as 2nd string D# to D
if anyone would like to talk about these great guitars, send me a pm and i will give you my cell number
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Billy Carr
From:
Seminary, Mississippi, USA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 4:54 am psg
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| All pull changer or Pull release ? |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 10:02 am
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Billy
i really don't know , i never got into changers much, as long as they worked i was always happy
i know its something i should know more about
i can say that the strings return to pitch
and the guitar has a very smooth action on everything
yesterday was the 1st time i have ever called a man and told him that he did not charge enough for a guitar ...
that should tell you how pleased i am with this one
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 2:35 pm
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Calvin, It sure looks like you got yourself a winner here. I am really curious now. You say it is a great guitar with killer action and tone. You make comparison to Mullen which is a well-known tone monster.
We need to know more about this beauty. Would you please post some clear pics of the underside? Especially the changer. Maybe a few details like pedal/knee lever stops. Simmons was around way back in the 70's...am I correct about that?
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 2:44 pm
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Brent
as you can see i'm not very good with a camera but i will try to take some of the underside as soon as i get off the computer ,
while talking to Bob Simmons i asked him how long he had been building steel guitars, he told me that he built his 1st steel in 1967
and please don't misunderstand me, i still love mullen guitars and in no way am i putting them down
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2009 3:01 pm
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as promised the underside
let me just add this :
the pedals and knee's take very little pressure to engage, just enough to give a good feel to them
and all the knees have the same feel to them , meaning that one is not any harder feeling than the other
...maybe this is why i like it so much ?
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 10 Jun 2009 4:58 pm
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| That sure looks like a pull/release (single-piece finger) changer. |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2009 5:40 pm
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Donny
you got me , all i know is it works and he told me he could set it up any way i wanted
just got an e-mail from him today making sure i was happy with the guitar...to me that's a man that stands behind his guitars
oh one other thing
i think he will soon be adding more pictures to his web site in the next few days
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proud parent of a sailor
Mullen SD-10 /nashville 400
gotta love a Mullen!!!
Guitars that i have owned in order are :
Mullen SD-10,Simmons SD-10,Mullen SD-10,Zum stage one,Carter starter,
Sho-Bud Mavrick |
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Bob Simmons
From:
Trafford, Alabama, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2009 1:24 pm changer
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| this changer works well and stays in tune - I never though of it when I found this formica but it does look like the marble you mentioned - give us a call. bob 205-647-6400 www.genesissteelguitars.com |
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