The Steel Guitar Forum

I'm recently retired and would like to start playing again with other old farts. I'm too old to lug this monster around anymore and I never did learn C6. I'm hoping to get enough to buy an single E9.

1976 Sierra Double Olympic (SDO-10), SN: 00-139-6 (Harlow Manufacturing). For sale by original owner. Very good condition. Red & Silver. 8 pedals, 3 knees. Removable/interchangeable pickups (no spare). 1 leg release button repaired. Original case in fair condition.

gary,
here is one d-10 that sold:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... ght=sierra

p.w

Gary.. another possiblity would be a straight across swap for an S10... Guys swap steels all the time here.
Sierra is a great pedal steel, but from what I have seen they aren't always easy sells... Might be worth posting and seeing if someone wants to upgrade from an S10 to a D10... bob

I think I counted 9 of their D10s that have sold in the past couple of years, and most all them were in the $1600-$2200 price range.

Maybe arrange a trip to meet Jim Palanscar in Oceanside CA at "Steel Guitars of North County".
He buys/sells Steels and has many Steels in his showroom.

Thanks guys! Paul, I did search for Sierras for sale but 1) I didn't go back 2 years like Donny (wow) and 2) It looked to me like all of the price negotiating was done by pm. Donny's estimate sounds about right to me. Thanks Donny! Bob, yeah, as a matter of fact, I've already been contacted by a forum member via pm about a trade + cash. Thanks. He's eastern U.S. and I'm in Long Beach, CA. So if we do the deal, we'll both have to rely on pictures only. Pete, I know of Jim at SGNC and that SGNC is the "official" whatever for Sierra. I didn't know he/they deal in second-hand instruments. Good to know. Thanks. I'd need a pretty firm offer from him before lugging this monster down to SD.

Gary, it's too bad these amazing guitars are so damn heavy. I bought a SD12U Sierra about five years ago (before my back surgeries) and haven't considered selling it, yet. Mine weighs 54 lbs. out of the case. That's a 54 lb. dead lift up into or out of the case and I imagine your D-10 is a little heavier. It's heavier than some D-10 guitars.

I may experiment with doing the setup on the floor and tipping the guitar up--seems like I tried it before to mixed results. My Sierra rides in two soft cases with the main guitar case (actually a keyboard case) reinforced with thin plywood and lots of foam rubber. This case weighs 11 lbs. so hoisting that main case with the guitar is 65 lbs. About the same as a Fender Twin Reverb and just as bulky. The pedal rack and rods go in a soft guitar case and are easily moved.

So the Sierra stays home mostly unless I get inspired or simply want something different than my Zum 12. Both guitars play and sound great. The Sierra has a quieter undercarriage and is smooth as glass plus the tone is to die for. There's great value in these old Sierras they were over-engineered back in their day.

I'm sorry I'm not interested in your D-10 but I understand your sadness having to part with this fine instrument.

For those who might be interested, my for sale posting is here http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=301430
(more pics!)

John,

I'm curious how you managed to actually weigh them! But "dead lift" is an exact description. I used to pack it into my 1977 Honda Civic hatchback along with a Fender Twin Reverb and a couple of guitars. I was under 30 then. We had mostly one-night stands so I rarely had the luxury of leaving it setup at gigs. There's no way the case would fit in the trunk of my Nissan Altima coupe - without sticking out a couple of feet!

Gary, you must be one sturdy guy with the Sierra D10 and 1972 Les Paul Custom!

I don't remember exactly how I weighed the Sierra, probably in the case then subtracted the weight of the empty case.

I'm real fond of this particular guitar--I'll send a picture next time I'm at my other computer. It's black and gold. When I first got it I spent a couple of weeks re- configuring the setup--these aren't the easiest guitars to change things especially removing the cross axles and bell cranks. I had Jim Flynn in Salado make a LKR knee lever--I find the right moving knees a little squirrely on these guitars. Also I had to do some jerry rigging to get the E to F raise since the guitar requires three raises on string #4 and it's a double-raise double- lower changer.

After some considerable effort and frustration, I got it all working perfectly and I regularly spend hours playing this amazing guitar. I'm hoping some dedicated person will revive the Sierra pedal steel production and make a few improvements--starting with making it a little lighter.