The Steel Guitar Forum

Serial # 1C5037
I made a big mistake selling my "The Universal" but picked this Extended E9th 12 string recently. So far so good. I really like having the on board vol/tone and fuzz contols. Tone and sustain are superb.

Dave....You have a great looking guitar and there were very few made that color. We called it natural gold..

Serial number 1C5037 was originally shipped to Ralph Hanzel Music in West Allis Wisconsin. It originally left the factory with 5 pedals and 4 knee levers. Records indicate it was born in January of 1976, the specific date was not entered into record.

We appreciate your being a proud owner and part of the MSA family.

Thanks Reece !! It still has the 5th pedal which I removed temporarily. Your friend, Dave

Dave, after looking at your MSA, I believe that what you have is a "Volusia County" MSA. From what I understand about that type of MSA, and admittedly my understanding about a lot of things is very shaky, is that they sound best and tend to thrive somewhere between the Atlantic Ocean and the St. Johns River.
So...I guess that you should probably just box it up and send it to DeLand so it will stop crying. Hey, I'm even such a nice guy that I'll split the shipping with you.
Duncan

Duncan, do you know of Dave Peddicord over at Deland Music? Great guy and great player, too! (He sold me my first MSA when he had a store in Baltimore.)

Hello Donny,
Yes, I do know Dave. He is a really great guy, not much of a conversationalist, but a really nice guy who runs a great little guitar shoppe. I buy everything that I possibly can from him.
My grandmother and great aunt used to live in Balmoor, on Loch Raven Blvd when I was a kid until I was in my 30's. I love Baltimore!!!
Sorry Dave for stomping all over your post.
Duncan

"Ralph Hanzel Music in West Allis Wisconsin"
Ah. Ralph! I got my first steel, a Miller S-10 from Ralph. Later in '72, bought the first of my Shobuds from Ralph. Great player and a good guy.

Dave,

What a great looking gitbox. I didn't know my double 12 had a little bro... Mine's dated 1976 too, but it has the silk screen graphics.

Rich

Dave & Rich,
I am officially cally all past, present and future competitions. Youse guys's MSAs are without a doubt the best looking steels of all time. I have downloaded the pictures and and keep looking at them with an obsessive quality that is somehow disconcerting to me. I can't get over how beautifully the maple has aged on both of your MSAs. Mr. Anderson I am in awe of your talent... outstanding work!!!
Dave, when you get to Okeechobee can I come down to drool on your steel and maybe light a candle?
Have a beautiful evening youse guys and get back to polishing thos MSAs.
Duncan

Just the idea of screen-printing over the beautiful maple is brilliant!

These Natural MSA's are just gorgeous!! Still have a soft spot for the older MSA. Terry

Duncan H....While I greatly appreciate your very kind compliments for the beautiful finishes on the guitars pictured within this post, the credit for the incredible and long lasting finishes are not a result of anything I done, the credit goes to Kyle Bennett, who is a principle in the new MSA, and to this day still puts the finishes on all MSA guitars and is head of production.

Hey Duncan - I'm playing most every weekend in the WPB area come on down! Regards, Dave

Love that natural wood.

Bill......Spectacular looking guitar!

Since everybody's showin' off

Bill Ford,
I still think that is the prettiest guitar I ever saw.

Since this is aN MSA thing, BAM. S-D-twizzo.

Wow. Beautiful MSA's everybody.

I feel a "show off your MSA" thread comin' on soon

Hey Dave,
look what you started, gotta love them natural wood MSAs. I didn't realize there were so many 12 string MSAs....keep em coming.

Does anyone have an MSA with a George-L pickup? How does it sound,better? Not better?

Bill

well,
since we are on older m.s.a's here one i had for eight years wish i had it back. i think it's in texas
now..

You want old MSA?

Does anyone have an MSA with a George-L pickup? How does it sound,better? Not better?

Bill

I have a George L 5 position in my maple body lacquer finish guitar, the one in my avatar. It sounds really rich and full, but 4 of the positions sound basically the same as each other, except for volume differences and 60 cycle hum in the single coil positions. Only the 5th position with the coils out of phase sounds significantly different. I like the way the pickup sounds in this guitar, but it isn't as versatile as one might expect.

My older dieboard/mica guitar has been retrofitted with the Sierra modular system. I have a George L E-66 and a Truetone. The Truetone has more sparkle and bite, but being a single coil, it produces noise. The E-66 is quiet, but doesn't have as much personality. Whenever I performed with this guitar, I used the truetone, unless 60 cycle hum got too lond, and then I'd switch.

I believe the stock Millennium pickup is a George L. (I could be mistaken about that.) I also have a truetone, an EMG active pickup, and a Tone Aligner. Of the 4, I prefer the tone Aligner. It is quite, has all the snap of the truetone, and allows you to adjust the individual volume of each string.

The tone aligner is the keeper. I'll be selling the others soon.