MSA aluminum neck

Greg Albright · Post by **Greg Albright** » 26 Aug 2010 4:45 pm

Can anyone tell me pros/cons to a D10 MSA aluminum necked axe?? In theory, what were the aluminum necks suppose to do better that maple? Did they accomplish what they set out to do? I'm assuming that only the necks and not the entire top of the guitar was aluminum, right?

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 27 Aug 2010 3:37 am

What year's l are you talking about???

Greg Albright · Post by **Greg Albright** » 27 Aug 2010 5:24 am

mid 80s is my guess

Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 27 Aug 2010 8:50 am

As far as I know, (and I could be mistaken) MSA did not make aluminum necks. But Barry Thomas did. When I visited his shop in Modesto, he was making an aluminum replacement neck for an MSA.

I don't know if he made more than the one I saw, or if anybody else did the same thing. If you saw an MSA with such a neck, it might have been the one he made, or one of several if he made more, or one made by somebody else.

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 28 Aug 2010 4:47 am

here is a picture of bobbie seymor with a msa d=10
with metal necks. may be bobbie can shed some more light on this

p.w

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 28 Aug 2010 4:47 am

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