MSA owners....past and present!
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MSA owners....past and present!
Starting with production in the summer of 1963, MSA produced many thousands of guitars, many of which are still being played today all over the world. The reputation and success of the MSA name is attributable to those who have owned or still today own an MSA. We wish to contact as many of those people as possible so as to express our most sincere appreciation for their trust and support over the past 40 years and we respectfully ask for your assistance.
If you own, or in the past have owned an MSA, we would appreciate your contacting Maurice Anderson at www.msapedalsteels.com at your earliest convenience.
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I have owned more MSA guitars both new and used than I can count or remember. I bought my first D12 MSA in 1968.
All great guitars , well built, Excellent construction, played in tune.
I still have a Sunburst Lacquer U12 with 8/5 that is a beauty! Just like new.
A fine engineered steel guitar.....al
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My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
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All great guitars , well built, Excellent construction, played in tune.
I still have a Sunburst Lacquer U12 with 8/5 that is a beauty! Just like new.
A fine engineered steel guitar.....al
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My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
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Well here's my first MSA, 1970, it was a cross breed, top MSA, bottom Brads Rack, my very first steel,
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I am proud to say I played M.S.A. for 20 years, then went to Sierra for 10, now I'm back with M.S.A. and am very happy with the new Millenium I will give my indepth experience with the guitar in the very near future...
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I am proud to say I played M.S.A. for 20 years, then went to Sierra for 10, now I'm back with M.S.A. and am very happy with the new Millenium I will give my indepth experience with the guitar in the very near future...
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Reese....My first D-10 guitar was a Rosewood Classic D-10 in 1972. Bought it brand new, and after having played on a Fender 400 (my first steel) and then on a Sho-Bud Maverick (I thought then, Wow what a great guitar) and then to the MSA D-10 (and I thought "again" well I'd died and gone to heaven )the finest playing guitar that I'd ever sat down to...! I can recall telling some buddies of mine who were playing various other guitars, and were having to constantly tweak tuning, etc.....how well my MSA played....and I never had to tweak tuning, nor was the guitar flimsily put together, in fact, Reese, there wasn't one single solitary thing about the MSA guitar that was bad. The capabilities of that guitar back then were far superior to anything on the market of that day....I've owned 5 or 6 MSA guitars since then....and they've all proven to be great guitars. I haven't had the opportunity to play the new MSA Millenium, but hope to do so in the near future.....I must say that I am quite satisfied with my present guitar, would love to have a new MSA, but I find that my wallet can't stand the price at this time, so I guess I'll just have to stick with what I have for the moment and hope someday I'll be able to purchase a new MSA....of course it will have to be Black with 8 and 7...D-10. Just let me dream about it for now.....OK? Seriously though Reese, I wish you and the whole MSA team the best of success...A friend always....HAL
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Be Blessed........HAL
'85 Emmons LeGrande D-10, Rack w/Evans, Lexicon MPX100 (2)1501-4 BW's IN PRO Cabs, & a Sound Tech PL500 Power Amp.
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Be Blessed........HAL
'85 Emmons LeGrande D-10, Rack w/Evans, Lexicon MPX100 (2)1501-4 BW's IN PRO Cabs, & a Sound Tech PL500 Power Amp.
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- David Wright
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Gary,
Both my Dad and I were working at MSA in 1970, that guitar was as sturdy as a Sherman Tank!!!!!!, As far as the hair thing goes, I finally figured it out, God created the perfect head, then he screwed the rest up with Hair !!!!
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Both my Dad and I were working at MSA in 1970, that guitar was as sturdy as a Sherman Tank!!!!!!, As far as the hair thing goes, I finally figured it out, God created the perfect head, then he screwed the rest up with Hair !!!!
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David, I was in Dallas in April of '70 and couldn't resist coming MSA and I had a short but nice visit with your dad. I thought so much of him and couldn't pass up a chance to see him and of course, I wanted to see my new friend Reece, but I didn't get to meet that handsome kid with all the hair playing that Brad's Rack MSA. Well, I know him now and none of us are as incumbered with as much hair as 33 years ago.
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- Charles Tilley
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My first steel guitar was a MSA S-10 I bought from Charlie Norris Music. I then went to Sho-Bud but immediately came back to a MSA D-10 (1973 model). I have since bought a 1998 Emmons LeGrande II. There is a great difference there in the playing and the feel. My MSA is like an old pair of shoes. You put them on and everything else don't seem to be out of place.
With all the respect that Emmons guitars receives from dedicated players, I will always play my MSA FIRST. It is my pick of all the guitars I have ever played. If I sold guitar, it would be the Emmons.
NOONE gets my MSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Charles Tilley , President
"East Texas" Steel Guitar Association
Bullard, Texas
1998 Emmons D-10 LeGrande II, 1973 MSA D-10 Classic,TubeFex,Nashville 400
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With all the respect that Emmons guitars receives from dedicated players, I will always play my MSA FIRST. It is my pick of all the guitars I have ever played. If I sold guitar, it would be the Emmons.
NOONE gets my MSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Charles Tilley , President
"East Texas" Steel Guitar Association
Bullard, Texas
1998 Emmons D-10 LeGrande II, 1973 MSA D-10 Classic,TubeFex,Nashville 400
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Ernest C....Thank you for your post. The delivery time for a new Millennium is 90 days or less. There have been instances in which a customer requested their delivery date be extended for various personal reasons, and as a result, at times we have the ability to offer almost immediate delivery.
At the present time we have such instances and there are two models now available which could be shipped within days while still providing us the necessary production time needed to accomodate the wishes of our customers with another like guitar.
At the present time we have such instances and there are two models now available which could be shipped within days while still providing us the necessary production time needed to accomodate the wishes of our customers with another like guitar.
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Ernie C:
Just as a comparison for time, not to start up about any brand "issues" (I owned and played an MSA D10 Rosewood classic for 25 years):
I waited 9 months in 1998 for my Zum... 180 days is _not_ long to wait for a quality instrument.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 20 October 2003 at 11:12 AM.]</p></FONT>
Just as a comparison for time, not to start up about any brand "issues" (I owned and played an MSA D10 Rosewood classic for 25 years):
I waited 9 months in 1998 for my Zum... 180 days is _not_ long to wait for a quality instrument.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 20 October 2003 at 11:12 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Reece, I bought a beautiful birdseye maple red laquer D-10, supersustain brand spanking new in 1974. The late great Doug Campbell from Okla. City helped me get it from you. After 26 years and no real problems I bought an Emmons in 2000 mainly due to the weight factor. I love my Emmons but it just don't quite "fit" like my MSA. Now the ultra light weight MSA makes me wonder about the new MSA but like most pickers I am not made out of money. However nothing is out of the question. I just wish someone here in my area played one so I could try one. Oh well, one of these days.
Thanks and keep pickin', Larry
Thanks and keep pickin', Larry
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Hey Reece, I still have my MSA that you made for me in 1974! I won't part with it for all the money in the world. It was and still is an excellent guitar!
John www.johnheinrich.com
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- Steve Stallings
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Well,
My first steel was a green S12 E9 5x4 MSA. Bought it from Earl Sexton in the late 70's.
This Friday night I am meeting Tom Mcdonald at Hillsboro, Texas to pick up my "new" MSA D10 SS 8x5.
Maurice, Do you still wish us to contact you after we have posted here?
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God Bless,
Steve Stallings
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My first steel was a green S12 E9 5x4 MSA. Bought it from Earl Sexton in the late 70's.
This Friday night I am meeting Tom Mcdonald at Hillsboro, Texas to pick up my "new" MSA D10 SS 8x5.
Maurice, Do you still wish us to contact you after we have posted here?
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God Bless,
Steve Stallings
www.thenightshiftband.net