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Topic: old MSA'S Triple raise, Triple lower? |
Lee Dassow
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Posted 26 Mar 2013 5:14 pm |
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Does anybody know if the old MSA'S,before they went out of business in 85, Had triple raise and triple lower Changer fingers. I Thought I saw an s-10 for sale on the forum that looked like a triple up and down. If so, does any one know what year they made that change. TENNESSEE LEE
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Dave O'Brien
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Posted 26 Mar 2013 6:17 pm Msa
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XL's were triple - starting late 1977 as far as I can tell by all the MSA's I've owned.
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Lee Dassow
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Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2013 6:49 pm old MSA'S Triple raise, Triple lower?
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Thanks DAVE T.L.
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 27 Mar 2013 6:50 am
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Lee Dassow
From:
Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2013 11:30 am old MSA'S Triple raise, Triple lower?
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I thought they did the first time around 1985. I may be mistaken. I know their in business now. T.L.
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Russ Wever
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Posted 27 Mar 2013 9:45 pm
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| chris ivey wrote: |
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MSA closed
up in 1984.
~Rw
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Lee Dassow
From:
Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 7:20 am old MSA'S Triple raise, Triple lower?
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Missed by a year.Thanks for the info Russ, T.L.
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Butch Pytko
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Orlando, Florida, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 10:07 am MSA Classic SS
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Yes, the MSA CLASSIC SS. Here's a full page ad from one of my Steel Guitarist magazines--this issue dates Sept. 1979--so, the guitar was available at that time. Had I known about the Classic SS, I may have bought it, but in 1979 I went ahead and bought the Vintage XL, that had double raise/lower. At the time, I just didn't know about the advantage of the triple raise/lower--just starting out with a basic copedent that didn't require it. Also, note in the ad text, that the SS was a separate model from the XL. What they did on the SS, was basically chop-off the sides and made it more compact and lightweight. But, in doing so, it moved the necks too close on the D-10's, which caused the 10th tuning key on the outer neck to interfere with the 1st key of the inner neck. Also, I remember a local steel player, who had an SS, complained that it lacked the tone of the XL. Whether that's true or not, I don't know. It could be psychological, or player's taste and preference.
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 5:57 pm
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Tony Tims, there's your guitar.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Tony Tims
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Roanoke, Texas, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 9:20 pm Classic SS
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Yes sir it is. Brilliant Burgundy with 6 added knee levers. Still a beautiful guitar after 30 years!
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David Wright
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Pilot Point ,Tx USA.
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Posted 29 Mar 2013 2:17 am
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For the record... 1963 ~ 1983...
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2013 5:35 am
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The Classic SS didn't have quite the features that the latest MSA's have, but it plays and sounds just as good.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Lee Dassow
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Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2013 4:50 pm old MSA'S Triple raise, Triple lower?
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WOW, great history, Thanks for the info.T.L.
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2015 Mullen D-10 Royal Precision 9x8,-1990 BMI S-10 5x5-1972 Silver face Fender pro Reverb amp,-1965 Fender Super Reverb Amp,- 1966 Fender Showman Amp Two 15" JBL speakers,- 2006 65 Fender Twin Reverb reissue Amp,- 1982 Peavey Session 500 amp,-1978 Peavey Session 400,Goodrich Volume Pedals,John Pearse Steel Bars, |
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