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| 1266.1 | Betcha Emmons is next | LEDS::ORSI | See the man with the Stage fright | Fri Apr 21 1989 12:07 | 8 |
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Dave, call Tom Cass in Woburn if you haven't already. He has MSA
parts. When he can't get parts, or they are just too expensive,
he has a machinist friend crank out some for him.
Neal
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| 1266.2 | MSA? They're like folding tables right?? ;^) | SALEM::ABATELLI | Further on down the road... | Fri Apr 21 1989 19:41 | 28 |
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WORD OF CAUTION IN MSA MANIA!!!
I knew this guy that had a MSA Sidekick (3 pedals/1 knee lever)
and didn't like it anymore cause he outgrew it. Buy another one?
Naw... too easy! He instead put in three more pedals and one more
knee lever. During a gig it literally folded up on him.
Fred (ex-MSA owner)
BTW... I wasn't the person you just read about.
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Speaking about steels...
I heard a cute story years ago about Curly Chocker (sp). Years ago
he was going to play with the London Symphony and while he was setting
up his guitar one of the musicians from the orchestra was watching
him. He asked Curly if he was going to play "that thing" and Curly
said "yes"! A few minutes went by and again the musician asked Curly
if he was "really" going to play that thing. Curly said yes and
after he had put the legs on and connected the pedals he took it
out of the case and the musician almost fell over with laughter.
WHY? Because he had never seen a steel before and didn't know they
had strings too! All he had seen was the bottom side of the guitar!
Funny? Maybe you had to be there? I have a better story, but I'll
leave that for another day, or year, or... well... nevermind.
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| 1266.3 | | LEDS::ORSI | See the man with the Stage fright | Mon Apr 24 1989 12:56 | 26 |
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Great story about Curley Chalker.
BTW, all pedal steels are not created equal.
Equating Dave's MSA with the Sidekick is like saying that a Fender
Strat is the same as a Fender Bronco.
The MSA Sidekick is the student model and made very cheaply
like the Sho-bud Maverick and shouldn't be equated with the real
thing. Most student models have very unsophisticated mechanics like
bellcranks with rods and collars, and never pull true without all
the other strings dropping about an 1/8 of a note or more. Good
intonation is only possible once in while. I would never modify
one of these guitars.
Dave's guitar is a professional model and can be modified to suit
his needs.
The only decent student model I've played is the Emmons GS-10.
It has the same pick-up as the more expensive models, but no alum-
inum neck, and it stays in tune, but if you try to modify the thing,
you'd be asking for trouble.
Neal
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| 1266.4 | In support of MSA Classic XL's | CAVEAT::COLE | | Mon Apr 24 1989 14:29 | 14 |
| Thanx for coming to the rescue Neal! I just installed a Bill Lawrence
2600 ohm pickup into the machine and it really screams now. The
old one was a B. Lawrence but only 1200 ohms. I took my steel to
Tom Cass(ella) and he moved the chromatic F#-G raise and placed
it on the lower F#. He's the guy who handed me the new pickup. I
guess they are no longer making the 2600 ohm model so I skoffed
it up. I also got a match box (Goodrich) and the highs are punchier.
Neal, We still got to get together. Things are a little tight now
though. Deb and I had a baby girl 2 weeks ago. Once things cool
down I'll have you over and you can show me a few things. I'll bring
the beer!
Dave
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