MSA Student Model ?

[Greg Rogan]

Dose any one know if MSA made a student model? There is one in a local store that looks like the body is molded abs plastic. I just would like to know more about it before I start hagaling on price.
FYI it is S10 3+1

[Luke Morell]

MSA had a Sidekick, I beleive was the name. It was a student model.

[Sonny Priddy]

I don't Think It Would Be A Pro. SONNY.

[Jim Eaton]

Unless it's "dirt cheap".....RUN!!!!!!
Put your money into a Zum StageOne if your looking for a great starter steel.
JE:-)>

[Bob Blair]

Probably a Sidekick, but it could be a "Red Baron" (which I think was an earlier model). I started on a Sidekick and learned a lot on it. I've known at least three people who gigged a fair bit with one of those. I didn't - I replaced it with a pro model before I hit the clubs. If it is inexpensive it could be something you can learn on. But remember that there was just a GF"I student model listed on the "Buy Sell" for 600, and you see used cArter Starters pretty inexpensive as well. Either would be preferable, but I am grateful for the start my Sidekick gave me, and I wouldn't turn my nose up at one as a starter if it was what I could afford.

[Donny Hinson]

The Sidekick and Red Baron are about the same guitar. There were several versions of each, but basically they were all single-finger, single raise/lower 3+1 student guitars, with very few adjustments available. They're a lot better than no pedal steel, but still a pretty cheaply made and limited starter guitar. For around $200-$250, one might not call it a a bad investment...if you accept it for what it is. Another similar MSA model, called the "Pro-Am", had a much better changer, but was still a pretty limited guitar as far as adjustments go. There were a couple versions of this one, too. The undercarriages of all of these guitar was nothing like the precise machine works found in the Classic series.