How many old MSA Guitar still around?

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 15 Dec 2003 3:08 pm

I play one of the old MSA Guitars from the 70's (D-10, 8+7), beautiful instrument, very heavy, but very reliable!

How many still use one of the original MSA Guitars?

Walter

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slick · Post by **slick** » 15 Dec 2003 5:18 pm

76 MSA Classic S12 extended E9,love it.

Wayne

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 15 Dec 2003 5:32 pm

I still use my ol' MSA ('73 Classic) from time to time...especially in the venues that the clientele might not appreciate my new Millennium</i), (if you know what I mean

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Carter York · Post by **Carter York** » 15 Dec 2003 5:39 pm

It's not mine, but Jon Rauhouse plays one, a:

Mid 70s MSA Classic Single Neck 10 string, 3 pedals, 4 knee levers. E9 tuning.

pix- http://www.jonrauhouse.com/site/index.php?page=gear

CY

Fred Shannon · Post by **Fred Shannon** » 15 Dec 2003 7:41 pm

Well I have a few of them...
1--Sunburst S12 Universal.
1--White SD12 Universal.
1--Walnut Classic SD10 Universal.
1--SS, SD10 (Factory) Walnut Universal.
1--Very old (moveable xbars) Walnut SD12 tuned E9 Ext.
1--Marlin blue Millennium SD10 Universal.

All are in excellent condition with the possible exception of the old moveable xbars unit..It's so old, Reece doesn't even have a record of the SN. It still plays but it takes 2 people to mash the pedals down.

I also have a very old Marlen SD12 pushpull tuned in Universal.
a beautiful Emmons D10 PP...C6 and E9.
a beautiful pristine 'Bud Pro III C6 and E9..
All are used nearly daily in the school.

I also have my old Fender 400 that took my kids through College and is part of the family. Sits idle most of the time in the studio, but that's good. It needs the rest. And I'm gittin' ready to join it.

FRED

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KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 15 Dec 2003 10:56 pm

1981 MSA Vintage XL. Emerald Green. 9 pedals,and 5 knee levers.

Gil Berry · Post by **Gil Berry** » 15 Dec 2003 11:21 pm

A 1976 (I think) D12 8/5. I don't play it that much since I went universal, but it still sits in my "studio" and it's just as good a guitar today as it was the day I got it from the factory. Built like a tank (and weighs about the same).

Ulf Edlund · Post by **Ulf Edlund** » 16 Dec 2003 4:23 am

Mine is a 1982 Classic SS 8+4 with truetones.
Works and sounds fine.

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Paul Norris · Post by **Paul Norris** » 16 Dec 2003 1:15 pm

70's MSA classic D10 (orginal)

Paul Norris · Post by **Paul Norris** » 16 Dec 2003 2:28 pm

( original )

Tommy Mc · Post by **Tommy Mc** » 16 Dec 2003 5:56 pm

1980 Vintage XL S-10. Originally was 3 + 4, and I added a vertical. Photo: http://www.geocities.com/yonah69/MSA.html

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 16 Dec 2003 8:33 pm

Mine is a 1973 U12. Have a look:
http://www.rahul.net/thinker/images/msa3.jpg

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Keith Murrow · Post by **Keith Murrow** » 16 Dec 2003 9:42 pm

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Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 17 Dec 2003 1:04 am

Keith,

That's exactly right! We had all our band equipment in the bus one night when it started getting really cold! Next day all the musicians had to retune their instruments from scratch (guitars, bass), for my MSA it was just the usual fine tuning and I was ready to play.

3000 years means nothing to an MSA!!!

Walter

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Mike Perlowin · Post by **Mike Perlowin** » 17 Dec 2003 4:55 am

I have 2 U-12s. One is maple/lacquer and the other is a laminate/mica. Both are excellent instruments, and I see no reason to ever replace either one.

Roger Andrusky · Post by **Roger Andrusky** » 18 Dec 2003 9:39 am

I have a 1976 MSA D10 with an 8/4 set up. I love it and I'll never sell it, even if she has racked by back a time or two. I'd like to be buried with it some day, but that wouldn't be practical! I have a Session 400 of the same vintage. Same thing goes for it, too!

Susan Alcorn · Post by **Susan Alcorn** » 18 Dec 2003 11:49 am

I still play an MSA (a D10 Vintage XL) -- in fact, I think it was one of the very last ones built. I've always liked the tone of a wooden neck, and my guitar through most of it's twenty-something year history has had great tone and has played like a dream. Some of the new guitars on the market look very good too and are very tempting, but unless I win the lottery I doubt I will ever have the money to buy one of them. Prices have gone up a little.

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 18 Dec 2003 12:13 pm

I'd like to be buried with it some day, but that wouldn't be practical!

it would be a cruel joke on your pall bearers... "I didn't think he'd put on this much weight"....

I played my '74 MSA d10 classic (I was the original owner.) for 25 years, and it has a new home with A former student of mine to whom I traded it for my ZB.

"how many old MSA guitar still around?" I'd say damn near all of 'em- they are built like tanks and almost impossible to destroy

Walter Stettner · Post by **Walter Stettner** » 18 Dec 2003 2:34 pm

Yeah, it's not easy to get rid of those things...but it looks like nobody really WANTS to get rid of them (I don't!!!)

Walter

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Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 18 Dec 2003 4:07 pm

i have had alot of m.s.a! p.s.g
2 d-10 classic ss 1980
3 d-10 classic 1976 mica &wood
1 s-10 vintange xl with pad 1982
i am using a 1978 black d-10 clasic 8&7
love msa i was taught on a m.s .a vintange xl d-10
paul wade

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David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 21 Dec 2003 5:11 pm

Love my MSA with the Bill Lawrence 705's. Great combination with the wooden necks. How true it is about staying in tune!
Dave

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Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 22 Dec 2003 3:22 pm

Got a couple.

Don Patterson · Post by **Don Patterson** » 22 Dec 2003 7:02 pm

I have a '74 Classic S-10 in nearly new condition.

Vernon Hester · Post by **Vernon Hester** » 22 Dec 2003 10:45 pm

I have a 1977, Classic,maple with BL 710's.
Nice
Vern

Reece Anderson · Post by **Reece Anderson** » 23 Dec 2003 5:24 am

I only wish it were possible for each of you to truly realize the honor it has been for me to be a part of MSA since it's inception.

I truly appreciate each of you who have contributed to MSA's success over the years. All of you have made a positive difference in my life, for which I will be eternally grateful.