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Trent Romens


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Minnesota, USA
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2016 9:32 am    
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Hello guys thanks for looking. I am not selling this guitar but curious to buy from a local guy. Im curious if it is a decent deal or not. I don't know too much about the value of certain steels but learning. Im wondering if any of you would be so kind as to let me know what you would place the value of this guitar as. Thanks



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Joey Ace


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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2016 10:08 am    
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Nice looking Emmons!

A picture of the underside is needed to estimate the value, and we need to know how many Knee Levers.

Most players need four levers. If it has less they can be added but that's an added cost that must be considered.

Moving this to the PEDAL STEEL section.
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2016 10:55 am    
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If the underside is as clean as the top side, it'll be worth a couple grand or more. One of the most desirable guitars.
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Ian Worley


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Sacramento, CA
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2016 11:38 am    
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$2,300-$2,500
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Tommy Auldridge


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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2016 12:43 pm     $2800. Easy
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I'd pay $2800. if it's in good mechanical condition. Tommy.....
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Ian Worley


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Sacramento, CA
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2016 3:05 pm    
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There you go Trent, maybe you can buy it for $2000 then sell it to Tommy for $2800! It looks like a nice guitar.
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Trent Romens


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Post  Posted 24 Mar 2016 5:10 pm     emmons
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Thank you guys for all your input. Any amount was helpful. Im a newish steel player and I have never spent this much money on anything before in my life. I am still driving a shitty car, but I love the instrument and I think this is more important Smile
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 24 Mar 2016 5:22 pm    
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If the underside is as clean as the top, and you can afford it, grab it. Yesterday.
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Tony Prior


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Charlotte NC
Post  Posted 25 Mar 2016 11:01 am    
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beautiful instrument, well on the top of the list.

How many knee levers, and how much is the seller asking ?

What is the S/N ?

An appropriately priced and purchased Emmons Steel like the one in the photo, given that the underside is the same condition as the top side and with perhaps 4 knee levers, is not just a fine instrument but a sold investment as well. You will not lose 1 dime. The market is HOT for these Instruments and I doubt it will ever NOT be hot.

Buy it before someone else does, these are instruments we buy on the spot, we don't go home and think about it.
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Dave Campbell


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Nova Scotia, Canada
Post  Posted 28 Mar 2016 8:42 am    
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a twin to this guitar just sold on the forum a month ago for 2200, and is now for sale by a different owner at 2800 two weeks later, so i suspect the value is somewhere in that ball park.
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George Seymour


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Notown, Vermont, USA
Post  Posted 29 Mar 2016 4:56 am    
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Tony Prior wrote:
beautiful instrument, well on the top of the list.

How many knee levers, and how much is the seller asking ?

What is the S/N ?

An appropriately priced and purchased Emmons Steel like the one in the photo, given that the underside is the same condition as the top side and with perhaps 4 knee levers, is not just a fine instrument but a sold investment as well. You will not lose 1 dime. The market is HOT for these Instruments and I doubt it will ever NOT be hot.

Buy it before someone else does, these are instruments we buy on the spot, we don't go home and think about it.


Tony,
I think that will not be the case, I predict in the next ten years there will be a flood of steel guitars on the market, already seeing it happen...widows selling...or estate, you don't see it all here on the SGF, lots on Craig's List. I own four push pulls, I didn't buy them for an investment, but to use and enjoy their sound and feel. I just turned 60, I'm playing as much now as ever. I'm still in pretty good shape and can lug my D-10's ( thank God for split case concept) times moving at a pretty good clip and I'm making a conscience effort to slow things down and enjoy the musical moments. If these old Emmons retain their value in the next 10 to 20 years that would be a bonus for sure and I hope the demand is there to make it happen,but, I not real optimistic that will be the case. Time will tell, and another quip I've come to quote "nothing stays the same"
Nice looking guitar, lots of fun to be had with it!
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