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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 26 September 2006 08:29 PM
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Time to find an appreciative new home for this great and very unique MSA Classic D-12, 10+10. It was my only steel from 1990 until 2004. I played an almost identical D-10 from 1976 until I traded for this one. New lower price of $1900 obo, + actual s/h to lower 48. Many detailed pictures here: http://homepage.mac.com/johnnypez/PhotoAlbum34.html When I got this steel, my good buddy Tom Bradshaw agreed to "load it up" per my every wish. He did a stellar job fitting everything I wanted into it. This steel really plays great, sounds great, and looks great. It has: • Beautiful figured natural maple body; color is tobacco brown. • 10 pedals! 10 knee levers! A zero pedal, then standard 3 (Emmons style) for E9. Next 2 pedals are for C6, I call them "scale pedals," you can play several major/minor scales all at one fret very easily with these and the 2 hanging left KL's. I wanted to make the C6 play more like my E9, and this was a good solution. Last 4 pedals are standard C6. #10 KL is a cool fold-away double stop for C6. Copedents for both necks are up at my .mac site. • 2 custom designed vertical knee levers, one for each neck; very easy and comfortable action. • Very unique custom-made height-adjustable roller nut bridges on both necks. No bar chatter at all in lower frets on this baby! • Unusually nice, balanced MSA wide-body humbucking pickups on both necks. If you like a brighter tone, TrueTone pickups sound great on this axe. But I like these original just fine. • Working fuzz tone that screams, akin to the BossTone of the old days. The guitar was played out quite a bit, and shows reasonable wear and tear, more on metal parts than on the wood. It's still a good looking guitar, as the pictures show. I’d rate the wood body at 8.5, the metal (mostly front legs and pedal bracket) at 7.0. The case is serviceable, but has seen better days, admittedly. Believe it or not, there’s actually more info at the link! ------------------ [This message was edited by John McClung on 06 October 2006 at 02:36 PM.] |
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David Wren Member From: Placerville, California, USA |
posted 27 September 2006 07:03 AM
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That's a real beauty John...... so what are you going to buy when you sell it? ------------------ |
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Brint Hannay Member From: Maryland, USA |
posted 27 September 2006 11:14 AM
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That's an amazing axe! It looks like it's too late to patent my idea of vertical knee levers where the lever itself swivels perpendicular to the strings, eliminating the tendency for the knee to slide sideways! Also removable vertical(s) so the guitar will fit in the case but the V lever can be as close as possible to the knee. I didn't really think I'd thought up something somebody hadn't already thought of. Oh, well... |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 27 September 2006 12:34 PM
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David, I've already bought it, my Mullen D-12, it's really nice, too. But this MSA is one-of-a-kind, and had Bradshaw's expertise in setup. I just don't need two D-12's, so someone ought to get some enjoyment out of this wonder. It would make a great SD-12 extended E9 or Universal, too, if you wanted to modify it. ------------------ |
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Silvio Bello Member From: Torrance, California, USA |
posted 27 September 2006 11:28 PM
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Darn, John, If it only had one more knee!HAHA Hey, Prof.Twang, what would you do if one of your students wanted to learn this beast? |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 28 September 2006 10:25 PM
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Silvio: I'd advise that student to hit the gym hard (it's not the lightest steel in the world)... and enjoy the ride; D-10's seem puny once you get used to the depth of the 12-string necks! ------------------ |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 30 September 2006 06:40 PM
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up and at 'em... |
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Buck Dilly Member From: Branchville, NJ, USA |
posted 01 October 2006 06:50 AM
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Bump for John- Anyone else fearless enough to take the leap to D-12? |
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Gary Walker Member From: Morro Bay, CA |
posted 08 October 2006 11:31 PM
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I love it--------really. |
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Steve Raulston Member From: Modesto, California, USA |
posted 09 October 2006 12:14 AM
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Hey John! THIS is total coincidence! Today I just found that original owner's manual I promised you some time ago. I really never thought you would part with your trusty steed. I even relocated the old MSA distortion unit. Let me know if you would still like the manual. I guess you could hold on to the manual for sentimental reasons. Your call pard. Looking at the big 50 this week so let me know before things get completely out of control. Well, just a bit maybe. Talk to you later John. |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 09 October 2006 12:59 PM
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Well, happy birthday, Big Steve! I just sent you an email. 50 ain't no big thang. ------------------ |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 11 October 2006 12:05 PM
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Bump...I'm open to reasonable offers, btw. ------------------ |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 13 October 2006 03:07 PM
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Still available. |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 17 October 2006 09:34 PM
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^^^ This guitar has 10 knee levers, don't forget: staggered E9 LKL's; 3 lever cluster for C6; and a special pulldown RKL just for C6, you foldaway the E9 LKL and use this one with a cool double-stop. Verticals are custom designed and very easy action, unlike stock MSA verticals, which were horribly stiff. ------------------ |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 20 October 2006 05:41 PM
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Somebody emailed me about this guitar for sale, but today I did a big changeover in home computers, and it's somehow vanished. Could you please resend to me? Thanks. I'm now on an Intel Mini Mac, unbelievably fast!!! ------------------ |
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Bryan Daste Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA |
posted 20 October 2006 10:06 PM
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Hey John, that was me. I'll re-send it when I get home. Thanks! |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 20 October 2006 11:38 PM
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Thanks, Bryan. Sorry about the glitch, I'm a moron when it comes to figuring out problems in emails and networking. Brilliant at Quark and Photoshop, though!  ------------------ |
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Bryan Daste Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA |
posted 21 October 2006 01:10 AM
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Those pics are beautiful, BTW, especially the closeups. Are you a photographer by trade? They're going on my fridge |
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Bryan Daste Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA |
posted 21 October 2006 02:23 PM
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Did you get that email yet, John? |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 21 October 2006 04:19 PM
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Hey Bryan, Thanks for the compliments...unless you're being saracastic! I'd always been a semi-pro photographer, just never made a living at it. I'm really a graphic designer, as well as pro steel player and steel instructor. As soon as I can afford one of the incredible digital SLR's on the market, my images will improve many notches. But these were taken in natural light with my Nikon Coolpix 995, great little digicam from about 5 years ago, but great optics. The shots of the adjustable height roller nuts used the camera's wonderful macro lens capability. I sent you an email, and included my work email so we can work around the apparent issues I'm having with home mail. Sorry about that. The D-12 is still available. ------------------ |
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Bryan Daste Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA |
posted 22 October 2006 04:52 AM
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No sarcasm intended! They really are nice pictures. |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 25 October 2006 09:37 PM
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^^^ |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 08 November 2006 09:47 PM
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zoom... |
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Steven Black Member From: Gahanna, Ohio, USA |
posted 12 November 2006 06:10 AM
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My question, why so many knee levers and pedals? I can get by with 8 and 5, the body of this guitar is beautiful, but with having a 12 string per neck that many pedals and knee levers is way too many. |
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John McClung Member From: Los Angeles, CA, USA |
posted 12 November 2006 03:19 PM
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Well, Steven, seems like steel players fall into a few camps: the purists (who needs pedals and knee levers?!) those who like standard things (most guitars seem to come with 8+5, that's good enough for me) the experimenters ( wow, if I just had a knee lever that did X, I could play this really cool chord, or be the first in the world with a great change, etc.) I'm firmly an experimenter, so when I had the chance to have Tom Bradshaw customize the steel, I went whole hog. And it you look at a lot of pro's current D-10 setups, 8 pedals is common, but sometimes you'll see 9, 10 or even more. And many pro's now use 8 knee levers: 5 for E9, and an additional cluster of 3 for the left knee when switching to C6. My 9th KL is a 2nd E9 LKL, which is also becoming pretty common; and the 10th is a special fold-down C6 RKL, only there in order to get a nice mechanical half-stop. Anyway, I have reasons for every pull on the guitar, and love them all. If you buy this guitar, you'd probably discover all the cool things you've been missing! ------------------ [This message was edited by John McClung on 13 November 2006 at 08:48 AM.] |
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Cliff Kane Member From: Long Beach, CA |
posted 12 November 2006 03:31 PM
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They don't him PROFFESSOR Twang for nothin'! |
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