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Daniel McKee
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Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 5:59 pm |
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| I have been looking in to these guitars lateley mostly due to their prices.i really want to hear from people who play these guitars maybe some of your opinions on these guitars the msa classic.if anyone has any soundclips they could post that would also be great.daniel mckee |
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Dave Harmonson
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Seattle, Wa
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 7:22 pm
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There are two reasons for their price: their quantity and their heft.
Very well made, easy to work on, and they sound good. The stock pickups tend to produce a darker tone than many are used to: but you can brighten it considerably at the amp, or by playing over the pickup. (I'm finding mine sounds a LOT like a Tele if I get between pickup and changer, my Emmons and Zum can sound brittle down there)
I like mine: my "one that got away" was an MSA U-12 back in 82; if MSA existed in 90, I probably woulda bought one after my 89 burglary (I still love my Zum, Bruce builds a damn good guitar)
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects
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Andy Jones
From:
Mississippi
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 7:24 pm
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Daniel,I have a '74 model myself.It stays in tune very well and doesn't break strings often.It isn't as smooth as some of the newer guitars,but it is certainly not rough by any means.You can usually find one reasonably priced,too.
As others have stated,the only drawback is the weight.Mine weighs 82 pounds in the case.
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Todd Brown
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W. Columbia , South Carolina
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Posted 29 Oct 2011 8:13 pm
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Here you go Daniel, you won't find too many that are this clean and all original anymore.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=214364
I've played this guitar out every weekend since I got it a little while back, definitely well worth the money.
If you email me, I'll send you more pics and some audio samples. |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 5:07 am
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 8:34 am
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MSA changed the design of their guitars around 1975, but called both the earlier and later designs "Classic." The earlier ones were made of dieboard with a mica finish, and had the neck extend all the way to the pickup well. The later ones were solid maple, with a lacquer finish, and the pickup was surrounded on all 4 sides by an aluminum housing.
You can see this if you look at Johnny Cox's "Show Us Your MSA" Thread. (Hi Johnny.) Look at the pickup area on the older guitars. If the neck extends all the way to the pickup, it's pre- '75.
I had both a dieboard/mica and maple/lacquer for over 25 years, they were both great guitars. The cliché is apples and oranges, but the difference between them was more like oranges and tangerines. The only reason I sold them was that I got a pair of Millenniums. Otherwise, I'd have kept them for the rest of my life.
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Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 30 Oct 2011 8:38 am
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P.S. Daniel, of you want to hear a sound clip, all the music on my web site was recorded on the green classic shown in my avatar except "(The Jets Are Gonna Have Their Way) Tonight" from West Side Story. For that tune, I alternated between the maple on the left channel, and dieboard one on the right, to represent the 2 different street gangs.
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