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Topic: MCI Pedal Steel
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Cecil Garrow
New Member From: Hogansburg, New York, USA
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posted 09 December 2004 07:14 PM
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I would like some histroy on my MCI RangeXpander pedal steel guitar.
In the mid 1980's, I made a "killing" on the stock market so I replaced my 1956 Fender double neck steel with a pedal steel guitar.Living in the wilderness of upstate New York, there wern't any music stores that sold these instruments. So, I called a store in Nashive and was referred to a MCI. I drooled at the pictures on the brochure they sent me. I was impressed so I made arrangements to buy one. When it arrived, there wasn't one scrap of paper of instructions on how to set it up. Being a typical steel player, that is, one of higher intelligents, Iwas soon pedaling away.
One question is what happen to the MCI Company? I see busses around the cities with the MCI logal. Are the related? The linkage are a bit noisy Is this normal?
Thanks for any info. Cecil |
Bill C. Buntin
Member From: back at home in Cleburne, TX
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posted 09 December 2004 07:32 PM
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Not sure exactly what happened to MCI. I had one myself. Should have kept it. Great guitar. Bud Carter I believe built the MCI's. There are several folks on the forum who could answer this question about what actually happened to MCI. I've heard the story, but the details of it have slipped my mind. |
Klaus Caprani
Member From: Copenhagen, Denmark
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posted 10 December 2004 01:34 AM
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Hi Cecil!I play one myself and I am extremely happy about it.
I sent you an owners manual in PDF format as attachement. I hope it gets there. ------------------
Klaus Caprani MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com |
Chick Donner
Member From: North Ridgeville, OH USA
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posted 10 December 2004 08:44 AM
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MCI is now basically Carter Guitars. |
Jim Smith
Member From: Plano, TX, USA
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posted 10 December 2004 08:54 AM
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quote:
MCI is now basically Carter Guitars.
The newer ones are closer to GFI. When Bud left to start Carter, MCI hired me to do part-time final assembly and tuning. Shortly after that, Gene Fields and later Red Rhodes came on board. Soon after that the name changed to EMCI and Gene implemented the welded frames, which he carried over to his GFI guitars. |
Tom Olson
Member From: Spokane, WA
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posted 12 December 2004 02:27 PM
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The "MCI" on buses stands for "Motor Coach Industries," I believe. No relation to MCI guitars. |
Paul Arntson
Member From: Bothell ,WA (just outside Seattle)
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posted 14 December 2004 06:50 PM
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Hi.
I'm visiting from the non-pedal side. Pardon my curiosity. Is that the same MCI that used to make telecasters of varying grades for a while? |
John Lazarus
Member From: Tucson, AZ.
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posted 15 December 2004 12:52 AM
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Boys, click on the word "search" at the top right of this page and enter "mci" and "emci" as the search terms in the pedal steel forum/archive and you will know more about these great guitars than you can imagine! |
Daniel J. Cormier
Member From: Lake Charles, LA, USA
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posted 16 December 2004 11:51 AM
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MCI is not a Carter. MCI style guitars are still being built by Jim Flynn at Lone Star Steel Guitars------------------
Daniel J. Cormier
Mullen Lacquer D-10 Sessions 400 Limited ,ProFex II
http://www.cajunsteelguitar.com email at djcormier@cox-internet.com
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