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Topic: Road trip to Emmons Heaven |
Len Amaral
From:
Rehoboth,MA 02769
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 5:40 am |
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Yesterday, Harry Teachman and myself took a trip to see Tommy Cass and had a chance to see and play several Emmons D-10 guitars that have been restored. Now I am not a D-10 guy but can find my way around the guitar with a little effort. But hearing and watching Harry take these guitars through the paces was a treat.
Tommy is a top notch Emmons mechanic and his attention to detail is something to see. Also, hearing these guitars played through a Peavey Session 500 is a golden tone from above.
What a great day😀 |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 6:18 am
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Another vote for Tommy....a great guy and a master craftsman.  |
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Ed Kelly
From:
Queensbury, New York, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 1:29 pm Emmons
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| somebody said Tommy had Buddy Cages red Legrande, I would sure like to have that |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 1:58 pm
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| i'd rather have an old d10 pp of his. there wouldn't be anything necessarily special about a single neck legrande. |
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Ed Kelly
From:
Queensbury, New York, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 2:49 pm emmons
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| except the killer tone!!!! |
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Harry Teachman
From:
South Dartmouth,Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2016 5:51 pm
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Speaking of killer tone......That '64 wraparound was to die for !!!!!!!!!!What a sound !!!!! 
Tommy IS top notch ......not a bad picker either !!!! 
I want that wraparound...........
Hi Ed, that blue PP I got from you is still goin' strong !!! |
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Ed Kelly
From:
Queensbury, New York, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 3:50 am Emmons
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| Bobby Seymour had told me that it used to belong to Bob Hempker |
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Carl Mesrobian
From:
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 8:13 am
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Tommy IS top notch ......not a bad picker either !!!!
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After hearing him play two notes, I had to ask Tommy his background, and the great playing made total sense
He's the best in all aspects of the instrument!
Whenever I go there I have to wear blinders.
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--carl
"The better it gets, the fewer of us know it." Ray Brown |
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Bruce Derr
From:
Lee, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2016 10:38 am
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| Tommy did a full restoration of an old PP S-10 for me a couple of years ago. Absolutely top-tier work and a first-class guy too. And yes, a fine picker indeed. |
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