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Topic: Show us your MSA please. |
Brian Henry
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Posted 8 Apr 2018 3:28 pm
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I agree with you Johnny Cox that MSA are the best on the market these days! |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 8 Apr 2018 3:29 pm
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I agree with you Johnny Cox that MSA are the best on the market these days! |
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David Hodan
From: Denton, Texas; USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2018 6:18 am Best in 1980 too!
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Ron Shalita
From: California, USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2018 12:18 pm I want!
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after reading and viewing all of your MSA's I want one... BAD! looks like the best guitar on the market today... I use to have a 12 string years ago and always wished I would have never traded it for that d10 sho-Bud.. oh well maybe its time for a new one... wonder how long it takes to get one? _________________ Been playing all of my life, Lead Guitar, and Pedal Steel, sing Lead and Harmony.. play other Instruments also but I hate to admit to it.. |
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Mike Beley
From: Alberta, Canada
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Posted 15 Apr 2018 11:44 am
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Here is mine.
Bought it used at Acoustic Music Shop in Edmonton.
Sounds great and plays great. It's a great guitar for me to cut my teeth on, although I'm sure I'll buy another guitar in a couple of years.
Not sure what the story with the notes in the finish...that's always what people ask about for some reason.
These guitars were certainly well built.
This guitar never goes out of tune except due to temperature changes when it's cold out.
Serial # is 2C4956
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Hyram Ballard
From: New Zealand
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Posted 21 Apr 2018 3:02 pm I’ll show you mine soon but first a question...
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I am new to pedal steel as a player and have yet to take delivery of the MSA Classic XL I have purchased. When I do I’ll post some pics to add to the library.
In the meantime can someone enlighten me as to the difference between the Classic and Classic XL guitars?
Also, it seems that the pickup was swapped out for an Emmons one. The original Super Sustain II us still with it. Any comment on tone difference? I’m assuming the MSA pickup is still operational.
Thanks! |
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Posted 21 Apr 2018 3:29 pm
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Keep the Emmons pickup. MSA steels were always very well made, which is why so many of is love them, but the one thing they did not do well was make pickups. Many players, including me, replaced them.
The green one in my avatar had a George L. _________________ Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Posted 21 Apr 2018 3:32 pm
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Mike Beley wrote: |
I'm sure I'll buy another guitar in a couple of years. |
The only reason to do so is the weight. Aside from that, those older MSA guitars are still professional grade instruments, even by today's standards. _________________ Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Hyram Ballard
From: New Zealand
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Posted 28 Apr 2018 7:22 pm Here it is! My new-to-me Classic XL S-12 5 & 4
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It’s arrived! I’m slowly taking it apart, cleaning, doing maintenance, re-stringing then the work really begins.
Its serial number is 1C6089. Can anyone tell me the manufacture date?
It’s missing the nut screws, can someone send me a picture of them or tell me what kind they are so I can get some replacements?
Thanks everyone!
Dr Twang
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 5:06 am Re: I’ll show you mine soon but first a question...
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Hyram Ballard wrote: |
I am new to pedal steel as a player and have yet to take delivery of the MSA Classic XL I have purchased. When I do I’ll post some pics to add to the library.
In the meantime can someone enlighten me as to the difference between the Classic and Classic XL guitars?
Also, it seems that the pickup was swapped out for an Emmons one. The original Super Sustain II us still with it. Any comment on tone difference? I’m assuming the MSA pickup is still operational.
Thanks! |
There are significant differences in the Classic and Classic XL series. The Classics were a die-board body, and the XLs were solid maple wood. The Classics had a center support on the double neck guitars, whereas it was eliminated on the XL double neck models. The XLs had an aluminum neck stub (pickup surround) and the Classics did not. The pillow blocks on the XL changer are larger, and shaped differently. The Classics were all double raise/lower, and the XLs were mostly all triple raise/lower. The end plates are also a slightly different design on the XL series. Lastly, the XL models were a few pounds lighter, and had slightly better sustain, but they were the same physical size as a Classic.
As far as pickups go, many players like the 710 or E66 pickups better than the SuperSustains, but very few players put Emmons pickups in these guitars. I'd guess yours was made in late '79 or early 1980. |
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Dale Rottacker
From: Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Ken Byng
From: Southampton, England
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 1:07 pm
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Wowzer!! _________________ Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 2:15 pm
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Dale, have you noticed any difference in tone between the purple one with the aluminum neck and the red one with the wood neck? _________________ Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Bobby Nelson
From: North Carolina, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2018 5:07 pm
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I hope this counts.
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Mike Beley
From: Alberta, Canada
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Posted 1 May 2018 9:21 am
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Mike Perlowin wrote: |
Mike Beley wrote: |
I'm sure I'll buy another guitar in a couple of years. |
The only reason to do so is the weight. Aside from that, those older MSA guitars are still professional grade instruments, even by today's standards. |
For sure Mike...completely happy with every aspect of this guitar...until I go to haul it out the front door and drag it into a club for a gig....and then reverse the process at the end of the night.
A lighter guitar will be in my future for weight reasons only. |
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Dale Rottacker
From: Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Posted 1 May 2018 10:36 am
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Mike Perlowin wrote: |
Dale, have you noticed any difference in tone between the purple one with the aluminum neck and the red one with the wood neck? |
Mike, I haven’t done a lot of AB’ing, but from the what I have done, I keep coming back to this S10 being a little warmer and really rich, but with plenty of the bite that I like... I have no explanation for it, as I would think that a Single neck, especially one with a metal neck would perhaps be a little thinner and brighter, but NOT THE CASE!!!... But then having played only Double necks for the last 40+ years, what do I know about Single necks... All I can say is how pleased I am with what I’m hearing when I play it... The S10 MSA’s are a Magnificent sounding guitar.
Mike Beley wrote: |
Mike Perlowin wrote: |
Mike Beley wrote: |
I'm sure I'll buy another guitar in a couple of years. |
The only reason to do so is the weight. Aside from that, those older MSA guitars are still professional grade instruments, even by today's standards. |
For sure Mike...completely happy with every aspect of this guitar...until I go to haul it out the front door and drag it into a club for a gig....and then reverse the process at the end of the night.
A lighter guitar will be in my future for weight reasons only. |
Mike if you get an S10, you’ll not only love how it sounds, but you’ll love the weight or lack there of. Mine weights 33.4 Pounds fully loaded with 5x6 _________________ Dale Rottacker, Steelinatune™
*2021 MSA Legend, "Jolly Rancher" D10 10x9
*2021 Rittenberry, "The Concord" D10 9x9
*1977 Blue Sho-Bud Pro 3 Custom 8x6
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https://www.p2pamps.com
https://www.quilterlabs.com |
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Posted 1 May 2018 12:31 pm
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Mike Beley wrote: |
...completely happy with every aspect of this guitar...until I go to haul it out the front door and drag it into a club for a gig....and then reverse the process at the end of the night. |
Putting wheels on your case will help a lot.
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A lighter guitar will be in my future for weight reasons only. |
By all means, buy a lighter guitar for gigging, but keep the MSA. Everybody needs a spare. _________________ Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Bobby Nelson
From: North Carolina, USA
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Posted 8 Jul 2018 1:18 am
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Klas Andersson
From: Sweden
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Posted 9 Jul 2018 11:34 am
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Here is my contribution for this thread. D12 Classic and "The Universal".
_________________ ''From the west coast city of Bakersfield , came a brand new sound on the pedal steel.
It was a clean clear sound with a funky feel. It was played by Mr. Moon.'' |
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Cholly Nachman
From: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2019 10:14 am Could Someone Help me Identify My MSA restoration project??
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Hi!!! My name is Cholly - and I've recently bought and started restoring an older MSA 12 string pedal steel. I bought it from reverb a few weeks ago and I knew when I saw the original pictures it would need some TLC - the bottom was very butchered up - missing lots of the pulls and mechanisms, but I knew with some determination and patience I could bring this old guitar back to life. As you see in the picture it's a 12 string and the original body is on the floor next to it. I decided to make a new body using the old one as a template as the underside looks a whole lot worse than the top surfaces. Can anyone tell me the exact model of this pedal steel?? I can't find a picture that is quite like mine as it has 10 pedals and no model name on it at all - it doesn't say universal - or S12 or D12?? I actually did get to play a little on it before I decided to rebuild it - but I played it like a lap steel. It had what looked to be an original pick up in it but the volume and tone knob were missing. I've since bought a new lace 4 1/2" wide pick up for it with new 500k pots for volume and tone. I also bought one lever mechanism for it but I'm pretty sure it's not the correct one as the under side of this guitar had only one lever on it and it had one flat aluminum "pull" which looks to be from one of the 1st gen MSA's that I've seen pictures of. Anyway - I joined this forum so I could make some new Steel guitar friends and get some help bringing this old guitar back to life. I've built the new body from birdseye maple and I'm still doing all the inlay work to it. I plan to make my own custom fretboard for it with lots of inlay work as well. Thanks in advance for any help or encouragement or discourgemant anyone can offer for me on this project! This is my first pedal steel. I didn't pay much for it compared to what a new one costs and I was willing to do the work needed to make it a nice guitar again. I've played music most of my life - piano, guitar, lapsteel, mandolin and this lapsteel is something I've wanted to play for a very long time.
_________________ Cholly Nachman |
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Jeremy Reeves
From: Chatham, IL, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2019 11:57 am
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trying to learn this d10 thing. love the sound of these pickups!
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Posted 16 Jan 2019 1:27 pm
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Jeremy, your guitar was made between 1970 and '75. It was probably assembled by Bud Carter.
The pickups don't appear to be original. _________________ Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
http://www.mikeperlowin.com http://soundcloud.com/mike-perlowin |
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Mike Perlowin
From: Los Angeles CA
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Jeremy Reeves
From: Chatham, IL, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2019 1:48 pm
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Mike Perlowin wrote: |
Jeremy, your guitar was made between 1970 and '75. It was probably assembled by Bud Carter.
The pickups don't appear to be original. |
Thanks Mike- it is signed by Bud Carter. |
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