Need ID help on this steel guitar

Tom Young · Post by **Tom Young** » 3 Jan 2023 6:47 pm

Can anyone help me identify this Marlen Steel guitar? I have not seen this model ever mentioned. Thanks.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 3 Jan 2023 6:59 pm

210 is a common Marlen model number. Hopefully, someone will know what the R indicates.

I believe the serial number, read backward (backwards?), is the build date.

In this case, the serial number is a palindromic number!

~Lee

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 4 Jan 2023 8:39 am

Do ya have any more pictures??
Ricky

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 4 Jan 2023 10:40 am

Mid-1966 Marlen D10 pull/release. (The 19th one built that year.)
The red flocking (R) was a special order.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 4 Jan 2023 3:31 pm

There ya go; Donny came in with model and year info.
Ricky

Tom Young · Post by **Tom Young** » 7 Jan 2023 7:14 am

Thanks for the help everyone. Now just to figure out the electronics on this model.