Julian Tharpe model MSA on eBay

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 26 Jul 2002 5:51 am

Just saw this old style single neck 20

string MSA with 11 pedals and 4 knee levers on eBay! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=896009513

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 26 Jul 2002 7:53 am

That is old. That is the one with the F clip bellcrank which is removable and easily put in another spot.

I had a double 12 MSA wtih the same underneath.. I think it was my first MSA that I got from Reece....al

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 26 Jul 2002 12:58 pm

That must require a verrrrrry lonnnnnng bar!

Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 26 Jul 2002 2:11 pm

<SMALL>SOME OF THE BINDING AROUND THE EDGES OF THE FRET BOARD AND THE EDGES OF THE TABLE HAS BEEN REGLUED </SMALL>

a table slide

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 26 Jul 2002 2:26 pm

Well, in all my years of playing, I've only seen two S20 steels...and that's one of 'em! One-of-a-kind, and belonging to a famous player, it could escalate back to it's original price (if more than one person is interested).

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 26 Jul 2002 2:59 pm

So....how was this beast tuned and what did the pedals do? Was it tuned and played like a double neck squeezed into one neck?

Also, how about that cool mic stand attached to the top?

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Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 27 Jul 2002 10:02 am

110 lbs in the case!

Does anyone know the capabilities of this changer? Is it single raise, single lower, or what?

Looks like it would be a good candidate for an extended version of my F diatonic tuning.

What was the original selling price on this model?

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Joerg Hennig · Post by **Joerg Hennig** » 27 Jul 2002 1:24 pm

Ah, that´s a mic stand on the top? I thought it was a lamp!

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 27 Jul 2002 1:48 pm

Bobby-That model probably was double raise and double lower. The underneath looks like a D12 MSA that I had around 1968.My D12 with 10 and 7 was about $1500 then...al

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 5 Aug 2002 2:58 pm

Sold for $810.