What year is my MSA Classic?

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Travis Egnor
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What year is my MSA Classic?

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I’m curious what year my MSA was made. How do I figure it out?

The serial number is 1C 5401. Does that help?
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I don't have my book handy right now, but I'd guess it was made sometime in late 1976.
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What year is my MSA Classic

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I have MSA S10 White Drift wood, Ser. No.1C2921 It was born July 9,1974 by MSA's records.
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Travis Egnor wrote:I’m curious what year my MSA was made. How do I figure it out?

The serial number is 1C 5401. Does that help?
Kyle Bennett told me my MSA D10 Classic, 2C5069, was made March 1, 1976.

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November 20, 1976
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David Wright wrote:November 20, 1976
Thanks so much for that!
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Bobby D. Jones wrote:I have MSA S10 White Drift wood, Ser. No.1C2921 It was born July 9,1974 by MSA's records.
They must have been cranking them out that year. Mine is 1C3726 born 11/5/74 : 805 units later (if they are sequential).

I'm going to list mine for sale soon here by-the-way. Built by Bud Carter, shipped to Chicago Musical Instruments on 11/5/74. I have to get some photos taken.
A banjo, like a pet monkey, seems like a good idea at first.
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Brooks Montgomery wrote: They must have been cranking them out that year.
Definitely... averaging 500-1000 per year over 10 years. I doubt you'll ever see any company do that again. :\

(Kinda like what Henry Ford did with the Model T.)
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