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This is great! I have all or most of Reece's available cassettes, and this is totally different stuff.

Thanks Mike,

Jeff

If you really feel you should give it up, understanding that even the best players concede it is an extremely difficult instrument to play, maybe you should go ahead and move on. It does take a certain resolve, and you have nothing to prove. Why make life more difficult than you have to? If you real...

<SMALL>I want Doug to do a Bach album </SMALL>

Yeah!

<SMALL>Jeff....Good information, thanks. Could you please compare the performance of the E66 and TT versus the SS pups as you saw it. Also, what resitance was the TT wound to?</SMALL> The TT is wound to about 17.5. I'll just paste a post I did from June of 2003, which still pretty much says it all ...

<SMALL>3.Will either the George L or the Truetone fit on the pu support plate without the need to modify the pu cavity?</SMALL> An E-66 fit nicely into the aluminum pocket on my '76 Classic. When I went to a True Tone, I just asked Jerry to make sure the single coil's dimensions weren't larger than...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>When Bach wrote his two books of Well Tempered Clavier music, he meant 'well' not 'even' as is commonly misrepresented. In other words, every key was meant to have a distinct personality and sound...

I suppose it's possible Ulf's experience with the Classic SS is slightly different than what can be expected with an older, larger Classic. The E-66 is supposed to be a really good match with older MSA's in general, and putting one on my '76 S-10 Classic was definitely an improvement over the old Su...

I've only heard positive things about the hum level of True Tones in relation to other single coils, so I would guess that anything you've heard is really about single coils in general.

I can vouch for the True Tones, since I have one myself.

<SMALL>Thanks for the info. Were there any mechanical changes throughout the years?</SMALL> Yes. One of the significant ones, besides the Finnish plywood and mica to solid maple and lacquer change, is the aluminum pickup pocket that was later added to spice up the tone a little. I have one of these...

I don't know Paul, except through the Forum, but it is an amazing experience to share his knowledge and perspective on things here. A number of times I've told people how much the Forum has benefited me, and part of that story is usually how the guy who plays on a significant percentage of the Nashv...

Yeah, he's a good guy. Not only did he post a lot of good uplifting stuff on the Forum, but he was also very willing to exchange personal e-mails, when he had something more detailed to offer. I really appreciated his help when I bought my first steel, four years ago. You may already know this, but ...

<SMALL>The thing that is different about the chord drones I have on the CD is that they are absolutely beatless. I had a computer/composer guy make them. They are in pure JI tuning. </SMALL> Bob,that must be why a lot of the single-note drones and root notes of chords are actually flat or sharp fro...

I was there in Grand Rapids. If I have the year right, it's the same year that Hal Rugg was also there, along with John Hughey. Herbie, if this DVD is of your solo set that year, it's SUPER hot. Your playing that show was at least as good, if not better, than any time I've heard you so far. If I was...

<SMALL>If i'm not mistaken Zeringer is his actual last name.</SMALL> Right. On the "Johnny Winter And" album, there is a "Randy Z" playing ... I forget now, drums I think. That was Rick's brother. So Rick played steel for quite awhile apparently -- interesting. I think Union Cit...

"Still Alive and Well" is one of my favorite rock n' roll records of all time. What a great vibe. Maybe the fresh feeling had to do with the fact that Johnny just got out of rehab. Also very good is the black album "Johnny Winter And," with Derringer on second lead guitar. Great ...

<SMALL>I"m not the one with all the arguements, insults, snide remarks, and grade school "challenges".</SMALL> Actually, and not to be challenging Eric, I don't think Bob Hoffnar was necessarily off base in his request for you to post some of your playing. Jeff Lampert posted a respo...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>Another interesting thing is that the pedals occur in the order --- P8 P7 P6 P5 Nice or what?</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yeah. I pieced that together several months ago, and it made a profound impact...

Hi Reece, Thanks for taking the time to comment. I was piecing together my memory today, and I think the conversation I was referring to took place 2 and 1/2 or 3 years ago. I was consulting someone on the telephone, maybe buying accessories. It was around the time I first got my MSA, and the fellow...

<SMALL>Chalker's C6 neck was NOT closest to him, it was the top neck farthest from him, as I posted previously. I'm not "well-respected in the industry" or "close to MSA" in any way... </SMALL> Sorry I didn't check back here before, guys. You're absolutely right. I wasn't intend...

<SMALL>It is an MSA supersustain II D10 4k 8p</SMALL>

Brian, if it's one of the smaller "SS" models, the SS stands for "Super Small."

I have a '76 S-10 with a 3&4 E9 setup. It has a total of six 4-hole bell cranks, with all but two of those directly connected via pull rods to the changer. I'm afraid I can't say anything about the C6 neck on an MSA.

Someone fairly well-respected in the industry, and close to MSA in an indirect way, told me Chalker's C6 neck (closest to him) was reinforced somehow, so it wasn't just a regular MSA with a different setup.

Hi Larry, sorry I didn't make it up to hear you play in Grand Rapids before the move south. I hope the hurricane didn't take anything irreplaceable. Steven, I don't know if this will interest you or not, but just to take care of a few loose ends: The thing that ties this all together in a person's m...

<SMALL>What Doug J. is calling a "Locrian" is actually the "altered dominant scale". </SMALL> Often that's called the "Super Locrian." Maybe that's where Doug was coming from there. I'm looking through Doug's scale syllabus, and there he gives the Locrian scale as it i...

I started with a '76 MSA Classic S-10, and still have it as a back-up. Mine is one of the birdseye maple models, making it a beautiful guitar. Most people think the formica models (with plywood bodies) don't sound quite as good. At some point you would probably want to change out the original pickup...