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See thru pedal steel

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 6:24 am
by na4it
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.

Re: See thru pedal steel

Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:32 am
by Ross Shafer
MSA made one for shows, looked very cool. I tried finding pics for ya, but didn't have any luck.

Re: See thru pedal steel

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:04 am
by Jif
Found these quite by chance this morning :)

Pretty Cool 8-)
MSA Clear PS
MSA Clear PS
MSA 1976 Clear 1.jpg (42.66 KiB) Viewed 2223 times
MSA Clear PS
MSA Clear PS
MSA 1976 Clear 2.jpg (60.43 KiB) Viewed 2223 times

Re: See thru pedal steel

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 6:40 am
by na4it
Neat. I wonder what it would do to the sound?

Re: See thru pedal steel

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:18 pm
by bluesteel
I was wondering how much cabinet drop - Lucite isn't renowned for strength/rigidity!

Re: See thru pedal steel

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:25 pm
by michaelm
It's not a steel, but I remember back in the day Keef playing a clear Lucite Dan Armstrong-Ampeg. Very Cool! Image

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

Enjoy!

Re: See thru pedal steel

Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 11:24 am
by Ross Shafer
Clear bodied MSA here: for sale even!
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=255348