Comments on: Don’t Shoot the Messenger (1967 Musicraft Messenger Electric Guitar) http://www.myrareguitars.com/1967-musicraft-messenger-electric-guitar Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:36:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Bloom http://www.myrareguitars.com/1967-musicraft-messenger-electric-guitar#comment-104984 Eric Bloom Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:23:05 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=524#comment-104984 Hi Rick: Who is your Dad? I remember someone named Chris Rose who was also intimately involved in the production of the Messenger Guitars in Astoria. -Eric Hi Rick:

Who is your Dad? I remember someone named Chris Rose who was also intimately involved in the production of the Messenger Guitars in Astoria.

-Eric

]]> By: Elyk http://www.myrareguitars.com/1967-musicraft-messenger-electric-guitar#comment-13884 Elyk Tue, 17 May 2011 21:58:19 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=524#comment-13884 DeArmond's are rocking PUPs I dunno maybe you guys are smoking Chong's stash? DeArmond’s are rocking PUPs I dunno maybe you guys are smoking Chong’s stash?

]]> By: Ryan http://www.myrareguitars.com/1967-musicraft-messenger-electric-guitar#comment-2721 Ryan Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:06:22 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=524#comment-2721 Messenger also made some impressive-looking amps for the time. There is virtually no info online about these. A photo of the Messenger sponsored Portland, OR band The Sirs can be found here: http://pnwbands.com/sirs.html Messenger also made some impressive-looking amps for the time. There is virtually no info online about these. A photo of the Messenger sponsored Portland, OR band The Sirs can be found here: http://pnwbands.com/sirs.html

]]> By: Rick http://www.myrareguitars.com/1967-musicraft-messenger-electric-guitar#comment-2193 Rick Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:24:19 +0000 http://www.myrareguitars.com/?p=524#comment-2193 Well Michael, you nailed it...the DeArmond's were the Achilles Heel of the Messenger. A fatal flaw that might have been corrected but for the times and circumstances. My Dad worked as Production Manager for Musicraft in Astoria. Bert Casey was his boss. I was 14 and played well enough to know the DeArmond's were a creative brick wall. I lobbied Dad night-and-day to get Humbuckers on the Messenger, but to no avail. It would have been expensive, and by that point Musicraft's bow was in the mud. Still, in it's time the Messenger had enough balls to make the front cover of GFR's Inside Looking Out album and rumor has it Ronnie Wood played a Messenger on Maggie May. Also, if memory serves, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was under contract to promote the Messenger in the late 60s, but I don't know if it's fair to say they did. Fast neck though, eh? And 21 frets clear of the body! Well Michael, you nailed it…the DeArmond’s were the Achilles Heel of the Messenger. A fatal flaw that might have been corrected but for the times and circumstances. My Dad worked as Production Manager for Musicraft in Astoria. Bert Casey was his boss. I was 14 and played well enough to know the DeArmond’s were a creative brick wall. I lobbied Dad night-and-day to get Humbuckers on the Messenger, but to no avail. It would have been expensive, and by that point Musicraft’s bow was in the mud.

Still, in it’s time the Messenger had enough balls to make the front cover of GFR’s Inside Looking Out album and rumor has it Ronnie Wood played a Messenger on Maggie May. Also, if memory serves, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was under contract to promote the Messenger in the late 60s, but I don’t know if it’s fair to say they did.

Fast neck though, eh? And 21 frets clear of the body!

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