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Topic: Vintage MSA S-10 two tone green & natural all wood |
T. C. Furlong
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Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2007 2:38 pm |
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Vintage MSA single neck 10 string. 3 + 1 has a really nice case. I will be offering this steel here on the forum until Saturday afternoon 3/24. After that I will probably take it to a local vintage guitar show and offer it for sale there. Price is $750 + shipping to lower 48.
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2007 3:09 pm
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Got any pic of the undercarriage?
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2007 3:10 pm Steels on the Forum
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Oops, double post.
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T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 22 Feb 2007 5:16 pm
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Here you go Mike
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2007 12:54 pm
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I'm not a huge expert, but this is nothing like any MSA I've ever seen, T.C. Looks like a Marrs, perhaps. I DO believe it has an MSA sticker, and that logo IS vintage. Be curious what Reece and others have to say about this unique steel.
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Mike Spaeth
From:
Springdale, Arkansas
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Posted 26 Feb 2007 6:25 pm re:MSA
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| I've had a number of MSA's through the years and I would also say it does not appear to be the real deal! |
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T. C. Furlong
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Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2007 5:16 am
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When it comes to vintage instruments in general, I am no huge expert either but I do know something about what looks right. This is definitely not a typical MSA that you would see and I don't know for sure that it is an MSA. But it looks right as a factory made steel guitar. The green flocking on the underside is really nice. The pedals are castings. The machining on the parts is very nice, much like an MSA. The inlay is perfect. The finish is very glossy.
I too would be very interested to get the history on this guitar. It plays really nice and it sounds very vintage, almost like a Fender. Would anyone who was at MSA in the very early days care to comment? Has anyone ever seen another like it?
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Charles Mechenbier
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2007 6:38 am MSA 3x1
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| I was going to get pictures together and post my MSA Mini Pro in the for-sale column tomorrow, but I'll try to get them up today, and post one of the underside here for comparison. There are a few similarities (mine is green also, but not two-tone), but the mechanics seem pretty different. |
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Jerry Erickson
From:
Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 27 Feb 2007 11:15 am
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| The changer looks like a Sidekick changer. The inlay is really cool! From the pics,it looks like the headstock is from an Emmons. |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2007 9:32 pm
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| I think the changer looks like an Emmons push-pull, or a Marrs push-release or whatever that system is called. It's definitely not an all pull like every MSA I've ever seen. Hey Reece... |
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T. C. Furlong
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Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2007 5:01 am
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Thanks for all of your interest and information. I would like to find out more...keep it coming!
The keyhead is similar to an Emmons, but it is definitely a different casting, about 1/2" longer and 1/4" narrower.
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 28 Feb 2007 6:37 am
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Looks alot like a miller changer. The keyplate? looks like a miller too. It's a pull-release type changer
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2007 1:11 pm
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Rick,
It sure does have Miller characteristics! Here's a Miller on eBay with 8 hours to go. Compare the pics,
http://tinyurl.com/23v3gh |
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T. C. Furlong
From:
Lake County, Illinois, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2007 1:26 pm
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John, I have a Miller and none of the castings or parts are the same. I would think if it were a Miller, it would at least share one identical feature. The keyhead is similar but different, the keys are different, the changer is similar but different, the pedal castings are completely different, the pedal bar is completely different, the cabinet construction is different, all of the underside parts are different, the underside flocking is different and the fretboard is different. Thanks for pointing out the Miller S-10 on eBay. It would pretty much say to me that this guitar isn't a Miller. The mystery continues...
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2007 1:31 pm
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| TC, that's why I said it had Miller characteristics. I guess I should have been clearer. There are similarities. Things sorta look alike, but they're NOT the same. But then, my first guitar was a Miller, and it wasn't remotely like either of these. Mine musta been a bit newer. |
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2007 1:45 pm
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T.C., have you contacted Maurice? He would be the obvious choice as to whether this is an MSA or not.
Maybe post the pics over in "Pedal Steel"...might get more info there...just a thought.
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David Martens
From:
Montana, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2012 2:00 pm MSA mini-pro Pedal Steel
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Hi,
I just wanted to say that I have a pedal steel that looks exactly like the one pictured and it has a sticker in the same spot that says MSA Mini-pro. Mine is just solid green. The C pedal doesn't quite work on it. The Serial number on it is 6001 or it is also possible that it is 1009. It says ser num upside down, and the actual numbers appear right side up. |
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Jeremy Threlfall
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now in Western Australia
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Posted 2 Oct 2012 8:14 pm
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I've seen other pictures of old pull-release MSAs that look just like this
Doesn't raise any alarm bells with me .... |
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 3 Oct 2012 3:26 am
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| It looks like an authentic, vintage "pull-release", MSA to me, have seen another like it somewhere in the past. About 40 years ago, I had that same "Star Of David" inlay in a D-10 Marlen, very pretty & rare inlay. |
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Reece Anderson
From:
Keller Texas USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 3 Oct 2012 7:38 am
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| The guitar pictured is a pre-MSA micro production model designed as an entry level guitar. Everything on it appears to be made by MSA. Since we were not keeping accurate records that long ago, even if I had the serial number I doubt I could find it. That being said, I would guess the guitar was made in about 1971. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 6 Oct 2012 9:05 am
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this thread has been a good example of misinformation from what some people 'think' as to facts that some people 'know'.
it should serve as a warning to those who approach the forum looking for facts. be cautious. |
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