See thru pedal steel

na4it · Post by **na4it** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:24 am

Probably wouldn't be the best body material, but wouldn't it be neat to make a pedal steel out of Lucite or something so it would be see thru? What got me thinking was I saw a Stratocaster knock off on Goodwill's auction site with a see thru body. Might be a neat trick for a builder to do as a demo, so people could see the guts without having to turn it over, or lay in the floor.

Ross Shafer · Post by **Ross Shafer** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:32 am

MSA made one for shows, looked very cool. I tried finding pics for ya, but didn't have any luck.

Jif · Post by **Jif** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:04 am

Found these quite by chance this morning

Pretty Cool

: MSA Clear PS; MSA 1976 Clear 1.jpg (42.66 KiB) Viewed 1928 times

: MSA Clear PS; MSA 1976 Clear 2.jpg (60.43 KiB) Viewed 1928 times

na4it · Post by **na4it** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:40 am

Neat. I wonder what it would do to the sound?

bluesteel · Post by **bluesteel** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:18 pm

I was wondering how much cabinet drop - Lucite isn't renowned for strength/rigidity!

michaelm · Post by **michaelm** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:25 pm

It's not a steel, but I remember back in the day Keef playing a clear Lucite Dan Armstrong-Ampeg. Very Cool!

Lots more info here: http://www.danarmstrong.org/

Enjoy!

Ross Shafer · Post by **Ross Shafer** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 11:24 am

Clear bodied MSA here: for sale even!
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=255348

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