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66 marlen
Posted: 2 Oct 2015 3:30 pm
by Mike Verdetto
How do i get the pickup mountaing plate out from under the pickup mine is cracked its plexi glass its a d10 pedal steel HELP Mike
Posted: 3 Oct 2015 11:55 pm
by richard burton
If I remember correctly, when I converted my basket-case 1966 Marlen D10 to a SD 10, I had to remove the changer housing to get at the pickup mounting plate.
As I didn't want to do that every time I tried out a new pickup, I scrapped the original mounting plate, and made a new plate that could be passed through the pickup slot from above.
If you don't want to remove the changer housing, you could maybe fragment the already-cracked mounting plate, and make a new one that can be fitted from the top.
Richard 66 marlen
Posted: 4 Oct 2015 5:56 am
by Mike Verdetto
Rich you are right the whole roller plate will have to come off so i am going to break this one and put it in from the top but i also need a pickup the wires are broke off. rich havent talked to you in a while on uyube. you sent me a tab girl in the glass. great to hear from you. what pickup will fit them. how about a GLE66 let me know. i bought this from Damir that blond one plays nice e9th Damir is a great guy to do business with.Let me know on the pickup. your friend mike
Posted: 4 Oct 2015 6:45 am
by Lane Gray
I don't like the E66. I'd keep the Marlen twang with a Jerry Wallace Truetone.
When I was a kid, I had a Marlen S-10 in which I put a 705. That sounded great.
Of all the pickups out there, the E66 is my least favorite. It has decent tone, but seems to suppress soul and personality.
My biggest steel regret was not letting Bruce talk me out of E-66s on my Zum.
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Posted: 4 Oct 2015 9:53 am
by Mike Verdetto
lane i'll take you advice and stick to the original
Posted: 4 Oct 2015 10:54 am
by Lane Gray
You said the wires were broken. You'll either need a rewind or a new pickup.
Jerry is really good at giving you what you want in a single coil. I'd consider getting one wound to modern heavy standards with a tap at old-fashioned honky-tonk standards.
Posted: 4 Oct 2015 11:12 am
by richard burton
The original single-coil pickup on my Marlen had far too much hum, so I tried an E66 for a while, then swapped it out for an Alumitone.
The E66 and the Marlen was a good marriage, but I hankered after the single-coil-like clarity of the Alumitone, so swapped them out.
Ironically, I first tried the Alumitone in my Emmons push-pull, but it was too bright, so the E66 is now in the Emmons, and it sounds excellent
