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Topic: Show us your MSA please. |
Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Ken Adkins
From:
Galena, Mo
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Posted 26 Oct 2019 12:00 pm My MSA |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 26 Oct 2019 12:33 pm
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That's when they started making maple bodies, but still had the external fretboards, and glued on MSA and Classic logos. I think they started silk screening those things under the lacquer in '77.
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Al Evans
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Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2019 5:07 am Re: My MSA
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My MSA looks just like that, but not in as good an aesthetic condition. It's obviously seen a lot of honky-tonks. Sounds amazing, though.
--Al Evans
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David Decker
From:
Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2019 5:44 am
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Here's mine !!
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Joe Alterio
From:
Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 2 Nov 2019 9:53 am
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| Mike Perlowin wrote: |
| That's when they started making maple bodies, but still had the external fretboards, and glued on MSA and Classic logos. I think they started silk screening those things under the lacquer in '77. |
Which is what ALL steel builders should be doing with their logos (or using a waterslide decal on mica).
Putting a big square clear sticker with your logo on it is about as tacky as can be, and for the thousands of dollars spent on a new guitar, it's the one thing done to a guitar (and arguably the last step in the process) that makes an otherwise beautiful instrument look like a generic knock-off. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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David Decker
From:
Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2019 3:36 pm
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| No,not really! Love both guitars! The Millie has tone aligners. And the XL has 409's, I think the XL has a brighter tone. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 2 Nov 2019 4:51 pm
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The only way to truly compare their inherent tones is to play them with the same pickups.
BTW, after trying out a bunch of different pickups, I settled on an Alumitone.
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Matthew Walton
From:
Fort Worth, Texas
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Posted 4 Nov 2019 7:47 pm
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I recently got my “new†S-12 back from being set up!
It’s my first universal copedent but I’ve already gigged with it once and will again this week, for better or for worse. 
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If something I wrote can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, I meant the other one.
1981 MSA "The Universal" 9/5 | 2009 MSA S-12 SuperSlide | Peavey Nashville 112 |
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Jeremy Moyers
From:
Lubbock, TX
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Posted 11 Nov 2019 9:19 pm
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Here's my new MSA. Man this guitar plays like butter! Incredible guitars!
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Terry Winter
From:
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 12 Nov 2019 3:37 pm
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| yea my heart is fluttering too!! MSA has always been a soft spot for me...I've had three. |
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Jacek Jakubek
From:
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Nov 2019 8:38 pm
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I've never played an MSA, but one interesting thing I noticed from seeing pictures of them on the forum is the large metal mass at the changer that supports the changer axle on both sides. It looks larger than on most other steels, and compared to my Carter, the difference in size is huge.
This large, nicely polished metal chunk is probably amazing for ergonomics and playing comfort to be able to rest the edge of the palm of your hand on there while picking. I would also guess that this heavier metal mass probably gives better tone and sustain compared to lighter/smaller changers. |
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Bruce Repka
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2020 3:23 pm Ser. #1S4900
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Here's my 1975 Semi-Classic. Got sometime around 1985 for $300. Lots of miles on this one, has some stories to tell. Maurice told me it was completed in September of '75, originally a Charcoal color. Amazing what years of "ultraviolet light" will do to a finish.
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Ron Shalita
From:
California, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2020 5:31 pm Just silly
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I cant believe some people saying that Mica is brighter than wood with lacquer on it? Think about it... what is the mica glued too?
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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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Ron Shalita
From:
California, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2020 5:35 pm 2018 Msa
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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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Johnny Cox
From:
Williamsom WVA, raised in Nashville TN, Lives in Hallettsville Texas
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Posted 1 Feb 2020 6:37 pm
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My SD12 Legend
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Johnny "Dumplin" Cox
"YANKIN' STRINGS & STOMPIN' PEDALS" since 1967. |
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Ron Shalita
From:
California, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2020 7:57 am
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I think we are so lucky to have these wonderful instruments and to still be able to play! I will never that for granted!
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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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Ellio Martina
From:
Netherlands
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David Hodan
From:
Denton, Texas; USA
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Posted 3 Feb 2020 8:34 am trio
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It took me a while to round these up. One usually stays at the Cowboy Church... They are all early 80's, with almost identical copedents now.
Two of these I rebuilt. The middle one is pretty much a match to Matthew Walton's 9X5...
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Sam Inglis
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 4 Feb 2020 12:35 am
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Here's mine, sorry about all the clutter -- we have smaller houses over here...
Any information would be welcome. I'm guessing it's a 70s model? I know nothing of its history other than that it came from the estate of a composer who lived on the south coast of England. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Jos Roderkerken
From:
The Netherlands
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Posted 2 Mar 2020 1:38 pm
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This is mine
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Why are you playing an ironingboard??
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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