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Topic: Can anyone identify this ax? |
Chase Samek
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Pekin, IL
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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
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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
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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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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Chase Samek
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Pekin, IL
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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.
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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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