older msa

Ken Anderson · Post by **Ken Anderson** » 8 Nov 2004 4:52 pm

I've made a deal on an older psa vintage that is in very good condition,besides the dust from sitting in the back of guitar store.Is it common for the E9 to be the back neck.can they be switched around?
I borrowed a single neck from a band mate after I had left hand surgery,and there would be no more guitar or mandolin for a while.This is an amazing instrument and could possibly become and obsession

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 8 Nov 2004 6:43 pm

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Jeff A. Smith · Post by **Jeff A. Smith** » 8 Nov 2004 7:20 pm

Someone fairly well-respected in the industry, and close to MSA in an indirect way, told me Chalker's C6 neck (closest to him) was reinforced somehow, so it wasn't just a regular MSA with a different setup.

Ken Anderson · Post by **Ken Anderson** » 8 Nov 2004 7:59 pm

I guess I'll have to learn the C6 neck also!
I was told that the E9 was played most of the time,it seems odd to put it farther from you.

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 8 Nov 2004 8:30 pm

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 8 Nov 2004 8:38 pm

...Chalker's C6 neck (closest to him) was reinforced somehow, so it wasn't just a regular MSA with a different setup.

Somehow, I doubt that. There may indeed be some things that the old (Micro) MSA's needed, but added reinforcement certainly wasn't one of them! Even the players who didn't care for them agreed that they were built like a tank.

Jeff A. Smith · Post by **Jeff A. Smith** » 17 Nov 2004 7:17 pm

Chalker's C6 neck was NOT closest to him, it was the top neck farthest from him, as I posted previously. I'm not "well-respected in the industry" or "close to MSA" in any way...

Sorry I didn't check back here before, guys. You're absolutely right. I wasn't intending to contradict anyone. In fact, the fellow I was talking to about this himself mentioned that Chalker had his C6 neck where most people have their E9.

I neglected that point on the way to the reinforcement idea, which was what I was actually interested in sharing. Whether or not that idea is true, I don't know. The guy I was talking to knows a lot about MSA's, but never actually worked there.

Jeff

Reece Anderson · Post by **Reece Anderson** » 17 Nov 2004 7:56 pm

Jeff....Thanks for passing the story along, which is the first time I've heard that one. It makes for interesting speculation/conversation, but MSA never reinforced any neck on any guitar to my knowledge, and I don't remember any situation which might have given us any inclination we needed to do so.

Thanks for sharing.

Jeff A. Smith · Post by **Jeff A. Smith** » 18 Nov 2004 4:26 pm

Hi Reece,

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I was piecing together my memory today, and I think the conversation I was referring to took place 2 and 1/2 or 3 years ago. I was consulting someone on the telephone, maybe buying accessories.

It was around the time I first got my MSA, and the fellow I was speaking with said that MSA's were thought to have a pretty decent sound on the C6 neck. I think I said something about how I seemed to see a lot of pictures of Curley Chalker where he was playing E9 on an MSA. That's when I was first told that Chalker had his C6 neck in back.

It seems possible that I was told the reinforcement was an extra layer of wood, or some added thickness underneath the C6 neck in back.

Anyway, thanks again Reece. Maybe if I buy something from this fellow again I will ask where he heard this story.

Jeff