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Hey everybody, thanks for all your suggestions and especially Bobby D Jones and Geoff Noble! I'll look at this all again when I get time to put the thing back up on the bench. Right now I'm having too ...

I've got an 80s MSA and the legs slip even after all the possible cleaning and mods I could find. I settled on some small hose clamps below the adjustment collars and I leave them on at my preferred h ...

The rollers are definitely gauged and I thought that it would be an easy job of just matching the roller gauges to the strings - thickest string deepest groove etc. but that didnâ€™t work.
Thing ...

So I was cleaning up the 80's MSA Legend XL 12 I bought to learn on and I removed the roller nut to clean and lubricate it (gungy!). With my experience working on electric guitars I thought it would b ...

Hi all,

After getting my first pedal steel, an 80's MSA, I noticed that the legs slipped when I pressed the pedals. I'm a bit taller so I have the legs higher than most folks. Anyway, I took apart ...

Probably of no interest at all to the pros here but a few newbies like me just starting out may find it useful. Custom copedents, tunings, scales, intervals, chords, it looks well thought out.

http ...

Itâ€™s arrived! Iâ€™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? ...

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 Iâ€™ll post some pics to add to the library.

In the meantime can someone enl ...

Hi all,

I am new to this forum and a complete novice on pedal steel so Iâ€™m casting this out to see if anyone can shed some light on the guitar I have just purchased but have yet to take deli ...

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Topic: MSA Roller Nut - oops!
Hyram Ballard Replies: 12 Views: 4671	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 22 Jun 2022 3:59 pm Subject: MSA Roller Nut - oops!
Hyram Ballard Replies: 12 Views: 4671	Hey everybody, thanks for all your suggestions and especially Bobby D Jones and Geoff Noble! I'll look at this all again when I get time to put the thing back up on the bench. Right now I'm having too ...
Topic: Steel Guitar leg clutches won't hold
Hyram Ballard Replies: 21 Views: 5403	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 22 Jun 2022 3:44 pm Subject: Steel Guitar leg clutches won't hold
Hyram Ballard Replies: 21 Views: 5403	I've got an 80s MSA and the legs slip even after all the possible cleaning and mods I could find. I settled on some small hose clamps below the adjustment collars and I leave them on at my preferred h ...
Topic: MSA Roller Nut - oops!
Hyram Ballard Replies: 12 Views: 4671	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Feb 2020 11:43 pm Subject: MSA Roller Nut - oops!
Hyram Ballard Replies: 12 Views: 4671	The rollers are definitely gauged and I thought that it would be an easy job of just matching the roller gauges to the strings - thickest string deepest groove etc. but that didnâ€™t work. Thing ...
Topic: MSA Roller Nut - oops!
Hyram Ballard Replies: 12 Views: 4671	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 6 Feb 2020 7:02 pm Subject: MSA Roller Nut - oops!
Hyram Ballard Replies: 12 Views: 4671	So I was cleaning up the 80's MSA Legend XL 12 I bought to learn on and I removed the roller nut to clean and lubricate it (gungy!). With my experience working on electric guitars I thought it would b ...
Topic: Steel leg creeping down
Hyram Ballard Replies: 49 Views: 16987	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Aug 2018 1:07 pm Subject: Slipping legs
Hyram Ballard Replies: 49 Views: 16987	Hi all, After getting my first pedal steel, an 80's MSA, I noticed that the legs slipped when I pressed the pedals. I'm a bit taller so I have the legs higher than most folks. Anyway, I took apart ...
Topic: Steel guitar fretboard mapping app
Hyram Ballard Replies: 10 Views: 9346	Forum Section: New Product Announcements Posted: 22 May 2018 3:21 pm Subject: Steel guitar fretboard mapping app
Hyram Ballard Replies: 10 Views: 9346	Probably of no interest at all to the pros here but a few newbies like me just starting out may find it useful. Custom copedents, tunings, scales, intervals, chords, it looks well thought out. http ...
Topic: Show us your MSA please.
Hyram Ballard Replies: 378 Views: 243594	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 28 Apr 2018 7:22 pm Subject: Here it is! My new-to-me Classic XL S-12 5 & 4
Hyram Ballard Replies: 378 Views: 243594	Itâ€™s arrived! Iâ€™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? ...
Topic: Show us your MSA please.
Hyram Ballard Replies: 378 Views: 243594	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 21 Apr 2018 3:02 pm Subject: Iâ€™ll show you mine soon but first a question...
Hyram Ballard Replies: 378 Views: 243594	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 Iâ€™ll post some pics to add to the library. In the meantime can someone enl ...
Topic: Newbie: Old MSA Classic XL info
Hyram Ballard Replies: 1 Views: 1136	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 17 Apr 2018 3:08 pm Subject: Newbie: Old MSA Classic XL info
Hyram Ballard Replies: 1 Views: 1136	Hi all, I am new to this forum and a complete novice on pedal steel so Iâ€™m casting this out to see if anyone can shed some light on the guitar I have just purchased but have yet to take deli ...