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Topic: New MSA SuperSlide D-12 |
Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2013 4:08 pm |
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wow!
Datsalottastrings!  |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 1 Jan 2013 5:02 pm
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Thanks Doug for posting the picture of my new MSA D-12 and yes that adds up to 24 strings.
I want to thank Reece Anderson and Kyle Bennet at MSA for building this one of a kind instrument and I have not had to do anything but tune up and play it. George L on the C6 gives a nice beefy jazz tone and E/9-6add7 with the Alumitone pickup has a very nice high end almost classic sound.
Also, that is a Guyatone D-8 on right.
Regards,
Lenny |
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Tom Campbell
From:
Houston, Texas, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2013 5:23 pm
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Hi Lenny,
Happy to see you have the MSA D-12 lap. Great looking steel!!!
Appears a lot of "challenging" playing time on the horizon. |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 1 Jan 2013 7:14 pm
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 1 Jan 2013 7:50 pm
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Hey Howard:
What pickups do you have in your D-12? |
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 1 Jan 2013 9:34 pm
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| I think they are George L's......I'm not the original owner of this D12.....I intended to make this a D 10/9 (prefer a wider string spacing) but haven't gotten around to it..... |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 2 Jan 2013 5:39 am
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Hey Howard:
That's the Flexible design about the MSA Super Slide as you are able to change out the strings to a lower amout and MSA has fitted plugs to fill in the tuning head space if you should remove them.
I thought I was the only guy unstable enough to have a D-12 lap steel. To me it is one of a kind. I am waiting for the legs to be made and using a piano stand for the time being as I don't have enough lap for this lap steel.
Huge difference in tone with two different pickups.
Be well,
Lenny |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 2 Jan 2013 5:48 am
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That's a sweet looking guitar. Good luck with it.
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Jerome Hawkes
From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2013 7:35 am
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I saw one of those in person at Dallas last year - it was a beast. it had a sold tag on it later that day.
that is really cool being so flexible on the setup.
my question would be what kind of bar are you going to use?
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2013 9:27 am
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By extended C6th do you mean Reece's -
D
B
G
E
C
A
G
E
C
A
F
D
I got a used one not long ago, set up for twelve but with the bridge & nut to go to ten strings included - which I did almost immediately. Twelve strings afford you an amazing chord selection, but unless you've got transfer credits in brain surgery or writing the Lord's Prayer on the head of a pin, jeez they're close together! I've put the old standard PSG tenner on there now:
G
E
C
A
G
E
C
A
F
C
But next time around, I'm gonna dump the low C and add the top D back in, it kinda splits the difference between those two.
D
G
E
C
A
G
E
C
A
F
Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl7DNHPMH0g |
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Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 2 Jan 2013 11:55 am
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Yes, Reese's C6 12 string tuning and my own compilation 12 string based on a partial E9. Think the first 5 strings with your A pedal in on E9 pedal steel and the other 7 strings a 6th & 7th. Using a volume pedal I can get some nice swells and rolls on the first 5 strings.
Bars: I use Tribotone 7/8 10 string bars and Jay's Stone slides.
Lenny |
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