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Chase Samek

 

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Pekin, IL
Post  Posted 16 Jun 2018 4:29 pm    
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I bought this blast from the past last summer, and would like to know what I’m working with. I believe it’s a 73ish MSA super sustain (double neck). Every google search I’ve done, I can’t find much that looks comparable. The only marks on it besides the brand is “super sustain”on the pickups.

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Lee Baucum


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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
Post  Posted 16 Jun 2018 4:38 pm    
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Does it have only two knee-levers?

That vertical lever sure is short.
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Richard Sinkler


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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Post  Posted 16 Jun 2018 6:03 pm    
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It's an MSA Classic. That is the model. The Super Sustain dealt more with the pickup and maybe the wood it's made from. That is a very common guitar. Many, many of them built.
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Chase Samek

 

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Pekin, IL
Post  Posted 16 Jun 2018 7:33 pm    
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It’s has five knee levers. The D lever works, but I haven’t started using it yet, so I have it unscrewed. MSA classic, hmmmm. Thank you! I’ll start doing some digging.
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Donny Hinson

 

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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Post  Posted 16 Jun 2018 10:20 pm    
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This was their first solid-wood guitar in the "Classic" series, easily recognizable by the flat pillow block design. It was replaced after a short while by the very similar "Vintage XL" series. "Super Sustain" was merely their name for the redesigned, high-output pickups, which replaced the old (exposed-pole) single-coil ones they first used.

Quite a few around, here's a couple featured in videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86kgYpZIRyU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIA39ifvxRQ
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