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Author Message   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 9:13 am:    Glad to have found this site. You guys have some great info here. I bought a Musician at a local music store about 12 years ago. It seemed like a steal at the time. I had never seen one before, but a $250 price tag on a neck thru guitar with the preamp and all seemed worth it. I love the guitar and have been playing it ever since. I'm not sure what the year and model are though. I think it's a '78 MC500. The serial no. on the back of the headstock is 6787734. The only complaint I have about the guitar is that it is noisy, especially with the preamp switched on. Is this normal for these or is there a potential problem? Thanks for any info.   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 9:33 am:    Here's some more info on the guitar. Has the coil split switches and 3 band eq. Why did they ever use brown pickup covers?   Bobzilla Username: Bobzilla Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 10:34 am:    Can you post a photo of your guitar here? I think you can find info on how to do that on the home page.   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 11:33 am:    Here are some pics: /image   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 11:35 am:    Bear with me... /image{Musician}   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 11:38 am:    One more time   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 11:49 am:    2 more   Jdd Username: Jdd Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 12:06 pm:    Yeah, you've got yourself a great MC-500 from June of 78. Those brown pickups would be original Super 58's (I beleive) - and are not your typical sized humbuckers but rather extra wide -- and the route accomodates its width. The 3 way tri-sound switch would be humbucker/coil split/ and out of phase for each pickup. And yes, these guitars do have natural saturated noise to them, and beleive me the preamp buffer (read: boost) doesn't help that. My 550 is notoriously noisly, but in a live setting chances are you are the only one who would notice and the tones that you can get out of these great guitars outweighs any negative aspects I can think of. The biggest downside for me would be it's weight -- I needed to get a customized strap made for my 550 to help displace the weight when I wear it.   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 12:18 pm:    It's missing the truss rod cover plate. What are the chances of finding one?   Bobzilla Username: Bobzilla Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 12:43 pm:    Dude $250 is a major score on this axe. Congrats. yours is actually an mc500ds (ds = dark stain) (nt = natural finish) as opposed to the mc500nt that I have. Ever wanna sell it.... please let me know. It's hard to tell, looks like the top of the guitar is arched. If it is... it's mc500. If not...mc400.   Ibanezfreak1960 Username: Ibanezfreak1960 Registered: 03-2004 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 1:14 pm:    I'll take 4 at that price! Thats a beauty. Welcome to ICW Kfran1234! I'm sure you can find a truss rod cover for it somewhere here. Try the classified section.   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 1:20 pm:    Thanks guys. Anyone try doing a good shielding job on one of these to cut the noise?   Ibanezfreak1960 Username: Ibanezfreak1960 Registered: 03-2004 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 1:22 pm:    Wouldn't his serial number start with an F for june. Why is this a 6?   Kfran1234 Username: Kfran1234 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 1:25 pm:    I was wondering that too when I started looking at how to break down the serial no. Maybe it's extra special.   Acetan Username: Acetan Registered: 09-2003 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 2:30 pm:    It's probably a "G", not a "6". Ace Congrats, you did good.   Bobzilla Username: Bobzilla Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 3:40 pm:    Someone told me that if you run a pencil eraser around the edge of the aluminum that's probably in the body cavity where the circuit board is, that that may cut down the noise a bit. I don't know if it will, that's just some advice a guitar tech gave me.   Bobzilla Username: Bobzilla Registered: 02-2005 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 3:45 pm:    here's the mc500nt   Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 01-2002 Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 4:10 pm:    KFRAN....I got your TR cover drop me a line

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