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Wade Romonosky
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2005 7:54 pm |
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Who is still playing an MCI and what model do you play.
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Steve Dodson
From:
Sparta, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2005 10:05 pm
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| Wade I don't have one at this time.But I have had an EMCI in the past,and wasn't smart enough to hang on to it. Would like to own another one MCI or EMCI. They have great Tone. Mike Cass use to play an EMCI and sounded Great, But then Mike would sound good on anything he Played. |
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 11 Sep 2005 11:59 pm
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I'm playing an MCI RangeXpander S-10 3+4 and love it 
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
[This message was edited by Klaus Caprani on 12 September 2005 at 12:59 AM.] |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 12 Sep 2005 6:51 am
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I have a MCI D-10 Serial # 4002 great guitar and has a wonderful sound. Lawrence 705's make the difference.BE was playing this guitar at the convention in 86 I believe and I obtained it from the original owner. He never learned to play it and it sat in his music room for eighteen years.
This is the third MCI I have owned and should have kept them all. |
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Webb Kline
From:
Orangeville, PA
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Posted 12 Sep 2005 9:15 am
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| I had to let mine go a while ago to help a friend out, but it was a fantastic guitar. It had BL 705s and tone to die for. |
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Steve Dodson
From:
Sparta, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2005 9:16 am
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| Klaus, The Range Expander has the welded aluminum end plates doesn't it? Great sounding guitars. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 12 Sep 2005 1:13 pm
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I got a new D10 MCI Rangexpander in 1986 and played that guitar up until a few months ago when I sold it to one of my students - it was a great pedal steel and served me very well over the years (Yes it had the welded frame)
I changed the original Barcus Berry pickups to GL 10-1 on E9th and GL E-66 on C6th.
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Dan Sliter
From:
Dardanelle,Arkansas
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Posted 12 Sep 2005 3:55 pm
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One of my guitars is a MCI D-10 Waco with Wallace TT pickups in it.
Sounds and Plays Very Good!.
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 13 Sep 2005 5:57 am
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Steve! You are correct.
This guitar is build in a way, that convinces me that you could put it flat on an even surface and have a truck run over it without more damage than string-breakage.
I must admit that I was suspicious as I first saw it, being an almost all-metal guitar, but that was just until I heard it 
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
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John Lacey
From:
Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 13 Sep 2005 6:11 am
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| I have an EMCI that had Barcus Berry's on it, but I found that the C6th. PU was extremely bassy. Anyone else notice that? |
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 13 Sep 2005 6:56 am
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My single 10 E9 has a Barcus Berry PU as well.
I noticed that the pickup seems quite bassy, but figure that the guitar itself, due to it's "all metal" (with the top as an exeption) construction will be quite strong in the treble. Maybe the PU evens things out somewhat ???
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
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Jerry Tillman
From:
Florida
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Posted 13 Sep 2005 7:43 am
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| I have a MCI that says MCI by Carter on the front.It is 8 and 8 or 9 and sounds just like my Emmons push pull(66) and plays very easy and has compensaters.It plays better than I can play.I never thought much about MCI steels one way or the other till I got this one.It is a verygood steel guitar.It has 705s on it but sound just like an Emmons with single coils. thanks lakeshrk |
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Doug Garrick
From:
Grand Junction, CO
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Posted 13 Sep 2005 6:55 pm
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| I have a D-10 EMCI RX5000 that I put BL 710s on and I am extremely happy with this guitar. It plays great, sounds great, it's weight isn't too bad for a D-10 and it is very easy to maintain. During the same time that I've owned this guitar I've traded away a Kline S-12 and (just recently) I sold the D-10 Emmons that a friend gave to me to either buy for myself or sell. I can't see me ever getting rid of the EMCI. |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 13 Sep 2005 10:43 pm
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I've never owned an MCI or EMCI, however; the smoothest playing PSG that I've ever played on was an MCI that a friend brought to my home in the mid-’80's, even though the pull-rods were held onto the bellcranks by rubberbands!
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“Big John” Bechtel
’04 SD–10 Black Derby w/3 & 5 & Pad
’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15” Eminence
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Steve Dodson
From:
Sparta, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 13 Sep 2005 11:05 pm
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| The EMCI I had did have the rubber o-rings holding the pull rods to the bell crank also.And at the time I wasn't to crazy about the ideal. But now that I think back on it,it wasn't a bad ideal.With the rubber o-rings there where no tools needed.Just slip them on and off. A lot better than fighting with those e-clips,and having to chase them all around the guitar when you drop them.At least in my case anyway. |
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John Lacey
From:
Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 14 Sep 2005 5:27 am
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| And they're fairly easy to find at your local auto parts shop. I've really been amazed and pleased by the engineering of this guitar and it's tone and sustain. I'd played them before but it's different when you have some time to play them with your rig. I'm looking for things to dislike on it and they ain't there! |
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