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Keith Wilson


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Post  Posted 23 Oct 2014 4:43 am    
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Hi - can anyone help with finding a date of production of my MSA S10 - the serial number is 1C6090

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Lee Dassow


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Post  Posted 24 Oct 2014 11:32 am    
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Probably late 70's. Based on my D-10 Sn.2c2339 Built in May-74, According to Reese. Maybe someone else
can pinpoint it better. Tenn.Lee
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Keith Wilson


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Post  Posted 24 Oct 2014 11:59 am     Dating an MSA Classic XL
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Thanks Lee - I thought it might be mid- 70s but wasn't sure

Keith
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Lee Dassow


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Post  Posted 24 Oct 2014 12:06 pm    
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Your Welcome Keith. T.L.
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Dave O'Brien


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Post  Posted 24 Oct 2014 12:15 pm     Classic XL
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My vote 1977.
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Tommy Mc


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Post  Posted 24 Oct 2014 2:30 pm    
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Reese dated my S10 Vintage XL #1C6924 as June 1980. Can we guess that the first number shows the number of necks and the rest are sequential? If so, yours would probably be in the late 70's......just a guess.
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Keith Wilson


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Post  Posted 24 Oct 2014 8:33 pm     Dating MSA Classic XL
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Thanks again - as long as I have an approximate date I should be OK.

I am just ordering some parts ( bell ranks etc) from psgparts.com and wanted to check that the guitar was pre-1985

Keith
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Donny Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 25 Oct 2014 8:09 am    
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All of the MSA "Classic" series were made between 1971 and 1983, when the old company went out of business. Reece told me the numbers were roughly sequential, but that there were exceptions, as some guitars took longer to complete than others, and the numbers were assigned at the start of the build process.
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Keith Wilson


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Post  Posted 26 Oct 2014 5:52 am     Dating an MSA Classic XL
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Thanks Donny

Keith
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Mike Perlowin


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Post  Posted 26 Oct 2014 6:07 am    
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Donny Hinson wrote:
All of the MSA "Classic" series were made between 1971 and 1983, when the old company went out of business.


I'm confused. I thought the double raise Classic discontinued when MSA started making their triple raise guitars, around 1980.
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Bruce Repka


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Post  Posted 26 Oct 2014 9:09 am     Mine is...
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I have an S10 Semi-Classic which Reece told me was completed in September 1975 and the serial # is 1S4900
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Donny Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 30 Oct 2014 2:55 pm    
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Mike Perlowin wrote:
Donny Hinson wrote:
All of the MSA "Classic" series were made between 1971 and 1983, when the old company went out of business.


I'm confused. I thought the double raise Classic discontinued when MSA started making their triple raise guitars, around 1980.


Mike, there were 3 guitars in the MSA "Classic" series:

Classic
Classic SS
Classic XL
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