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scott murray
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Asheville, NC
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Posted 25 Feb 2017 6:44 pm |
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The guitars I've heard and described as having that "extra special" sound, had the original wraparound neck. The Touch My Heart album was recorded with a wraparound neck and I had to throw water on it to keep it from sustaining too much on some of the songs. The bolt on neck guitars I've had seemed to have a beautiful tone but a more pronounced top end; a bit thinner by comparison to the wraparound neck. The necks with the cutout have a decent mid range and nice fat highs with a 20k pickup. My 68 guitar I call "The Blade" has that setup and I was very happy with it. It just didn't have that "missing ingredient".
Having a major in physics, I never understood why Ron chose to bolt the bridge to the aluminum neck. By doing so, it defeated the purpose of my original three-piece design, which was to minimize tuning problems due to expansion and contraction. Needless to say, the bolt on neck was short lived and replaced with the original three piece neck with the insert in the end, or split as you say. I've heard dogs from all the models, but the wraparound guitar is the guitar I could feel the most when I played.
~Buddy Emmons |
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1965 Emmons S-10, 3x5 • Emmons LLIII D-10, 10x12 • JCH D-10, 10x12 • Beard MA-8 • Oahu Tonemaster |
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Damir Besic
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Posted 25 Feb 2017 6:53 pm
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thank you Scott, Buddy was my idol, and a hero, him and Lloyd were the reason I moved to Nashville, and he obviously had a special place in his heart for the wraparound...
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Damir Besic
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Nashville,TN.
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Damir Besic
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Nashville,TN.
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George Seymour
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Notown, Vermont, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2017 5:05 pm
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Old Emmons D-10's & Wrap Resound 65, Standel amps!
Old Gibson Mastertones
Last edited by George Seymour on 12 Mar 2017 4:09 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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