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"I know it's not the greatest gutar in the world. However, this is a missing collection item for more than a few and rarely seen on the market. That in itself makes this a worthy discussion topic in the forum."

AGREED....welcome to the forums. Hope you stay around for a while and get some more EGAS like the rest of us.

I suspect we'd all give you what you paid for it.

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Someone should post them all, please.

Gig bag will not offer much protection, especially during shipping. To keep this a "complete and unbroken guitar" I suggest taking EXTREME care when/if you ship it.

These models have a bit of an achilles heel-- the headstock/neck joint is delicate. The angle of the headstock and overall unwieldy size/shape of the instrument make it a candidate for damage.

Please keep it intact!

-- sorry, double post --

whats with the neck pick up? and switching system never seen an example of this guitar with it

As for myself, I am a player/collector of Electras. I'm not wanting to disrespect anyone in any way. Just have two mpc guitars (and seven others) I want to get rid of because I'm not a fan of mpc. Hope that clears up some issues.

I understand that a gig bag will not offer complete protection. I don't have the case, so a gig bag is at least a good start for the caccooning of it in a double box with bubble wrap, peanuts, foam etc.

out of interest how much did you buy it for are you the original owner

I don't know what's up with the neck pick up. I took off the pickguard and the wiring has an outer woven metal grounding sheath on both pickup wires going to the 3 way selector switch (even the the pickguard is labled for 5 position (?). Another grey insulated two conductor (1 wire surrounded by shield/ground wire is between the selector switch and the header for the module feeds.

I think its all original. Since I am not the original owner and can only find a few pics of an x910 model, I am at a loss to explain this particular one. It appears to be all original to me. I'm no expert.

Just bought it from someone who said it was played early on and stuck in a closet for a long period of time. It not perfect because of some minor scuffs, the worst being at the lower tip/edge. decent overall.

Hope this helps anyone trying to solve it to try to figure the value of it. I'll be glad to take more pics, closeups.

I have found a few pics of 910's with this switching system. You can research it. Same knob/labeling. So little information about these models exists it's hard to prove or disprove the neck pick up is original. All I know is that it was sold to me as original. Any experts out there seen this version? Shoot me an email for pic.

The X910 has the 'Tone Spectrum' five way rotary (or should have...), even though more versatile than the standard three way pickup selector, many players couldn't get used to it and some guitars were changed to the familiar three way. This would have been the standard Rotary selector switch for all Omegas and most MPC's (the Ultima, Dot neck Vulcan and X120 Leslie West had three ways). On the MPC's if this has been modded, I find myself wondering if the rest of the harness has been compromised.

The pickup options were
Position One: Both Pickups in Series (slightly more powerful than Parallel)
Position Two: Neck Pickup alone
Position Three: Both Pickups in Parallel
Position Four: Bridge Pickup alone
Position Five: Both Pickups out of Phase

You can see the center three positions are what most guitarists were used to. I hope this helps.

It sounds like you have a number of Electra's and that boosts your status here, and your initial post could have benefited from that info. Sorry if we got off on the wrong foot, Mike.

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That was helpful. Thank you.

Today, I looked closely at this guitar guts for the first time in who knows how long. It still has the sawdust in it. Who can say if Saint LouisC didn't make customized versions of this model? There is no way it's been altered (In my opinion). Nothing has been compromised (?). I believe it is, simply, a lesser version of the full "Tone Spectrum". I could be wrong and will admit so, if proven wrong. Maybe whoever bought it had the dealer modify it. This is a solid, working, unbroken X910.

It has been played and if you wanted to count the dings/scratches/invasion into the varnish it would be many. The original gloss is still tight and defects can only be seen up close.

I have never played it until tonight. I been missing out! The phase shifter and power over drive modules work correctly. The brightness switch on the phase shifter works. I tried combinations of two power overdrives and phase shifters. It was very cool. MPC's benefit sound if fed to a pre-amp or given distortion.

I discovered the knobs. The first one controls volume. the second one controls tone. The third and forth are control/volume/depth/intensity of the two modules. The two paddle switches are on/off switches for the modules, both powered by one 9 volt battery, even though there is a compartment for a spare? There are pointers below the pot knobs. I cleaned with a q-tip and some mild soapy water/alcohol solution.

This guitar would benefit greatly as a customized project if some has the smarts to take it apart completely and correctly, and maybe? if they are a professional restorer, refinish it. If I had the talent and resources, I could make this one... "The Customized Bomb" X910. The original finish is in played condition but still mirror glossy for the age and use. Somebody really twanged away on this after they bought it. You can see there is a rest area on the edge of the lower headstock edge where it rested a lot. It has no serial number to be seen. Perhaps you can date it by a 78-4 date code/ on the Amphenol connectors for the modules. 79 model?

I'm not here to price gouge anyone. I just want to find a the right person who will either restore this guitar or love it as it is.

Personally, I would replace all the screws with shiny ones, buff the holy ... out it with a soft cloth, upgrade the pickups to optimize tonal sounds, replace the input jack nut and washer (slightly rusted portion), take off the knobs and polish the pointers, squirt electronic cleaner into the pots (not because they need it but it's old and collected dust), get every mpc module times two, make it a five way instead of three way and make it a showpiece.

I am open to any questions and can take pics of any part of it to be seen. I also challenge anyone to show this is not some SLC variant. I have example pics of this look, except for the neck pickup, and that's because the neck pickup was obscured or cut off.)

Please bear with me on not answering questions about pricing or buying right now. I'm still evaluating it. I've just always had it and never really looked at it. Look up what a mint one is worth and drop drop or jack it. Go ahead and try to find another one. Good luck! Say your prayers and eat Lucky Charms. It will probably go the the person who desires/loves it most..

This particular guitar I have.... Is possibly modified. That makes sense. The neck pick up doesn't match the bridge pickup or other pics I have of this model. The 3 way selector switch does not match the 5 position labeling on the pick guard.

That being said. Is there anyone out there who can definitely say. Yay or Nay, authoritively. Was it some option available at purchase time or even standard. I can see a musician trying it out, new, and not liking the more versatile and torture of having two more than three options of a variety of sounds complaining his hippy ass off wanting a three position switch .Any old SLC coots out there? Why is a serial number not present? Is it because you had free licence to make whimsical versions of unique artworks?

I've seen enough Electras through the years. I know what it is. I have never seen wires like that.

All you naysayers... well...You may be experts. I'm not. It would be hard to convince me that this not some sort of wierd original.


Just let it get to the right person in an undamaged condition.

I am no expert but I hope maybe we can get the expert(Tom Presley) to add his expertise to this one. Any input on this one Tom?

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tekmahn....go ahead and put it on eBay. You'll get market value for it. It's obviously non-original, but that won't matter tooooo much on this one, because they ARE difficult to locate.

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