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Topic: '66 Emmons bolt-on photos |
Brad Sarno
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St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2003 7:10 am |
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Here are a few photos of my '66 push/pull S-10 after I restored it. I remember some people wanted to see what the "bolt-on" changer looks like. This guitar really only needed polishing and to have the mica re-glued to the body, and a re-flocking underneath. Even that pickup is original. A little old lady played this one, for real. Now my 'old lady' plays it. It's got 3 pedals and 5 knee levers. A fine example of "that sound". It's also light as a feather.
Brad Sarno
http://home.earthlink.net/~bradsarno/66photos.html [This message was edited by Brad Sarno on 09 December 2003 at 07:11 AM.] |
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Mark Tomeo
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Posted 9 Dec 2003 11:06 am
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Sweet....I know where there's an identical one for sale, but with three and four. Couple questions:
- Why is the finger set screw on the first string backed out so far?
- What is the serial number?
- Is that the original logo sticker or a repro?
- Did you chrome the knee levers or were they originally silver? The one I looked at had black KLs.
- Can you put a vertical KL on one of these bodies? If I cave to temptation (and I want to...) I need at least three floor and five knees with one vertical.
- What does the three-way switch do since there's only one neck/one pickup?
- What do you think a reasonable price for a comparable model should be?
- Your guitar delivers "that sound" despite being light weight?
I haven't actually played or heard the one I saw for sale...it was weird, I just kind of had a feeling about it from looking at it that it would sound really good. Thanks in advance for any info.
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David Decker
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Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2003 1:31 pm
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| Brad the web sight doesn't come up for me. Anyway you said the guitar was re-flocked. Did you do it or have it done by someone else? I have a 74 D-10 that needs re-flocked. Thanks for any info, Dave |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2003 3:17 pm
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I'll reply to your questions:
- Why is the finger set screw on the first string backed out so far?
That's a trick that I learned from Mike Cass. If you remove the bottom screw and let the finger go all the way back, then hook the pull onto the "lower" part of the changer, you can get enough travel to do a whole step raise on string 1. Neat trick. Some people who do this will cut that screw shorter but I'm not sure how long I'll keep it that way so I left the screw long. It has to be backed way out to allow for enough travel.
- What is the serial number?
#2704
- Is that the original logo sticker or a repro?
It's an original, new old stock.
- Did you chrome the knee levers or were they originally silver? The one I looked at had black KLs.
A '66 S-10 came stock with 6 pedals and no levers. They're all later model levers.
- Can you put a vertical KL on one of these bodies? If I cave to temptation (and I want to...) I need at least three floor and five knees with one vertical.
The vertical was no problem at all. Lots of room under there.
- What does the three-way switch do since there's only one neck/one pickup?
That's a 2-way switch - tone on/off
- What do you think a reasonable price for a comparable model should be?
For a '66 like this, it's hard to say. Maybe $1800, $2000. If anyone's foolish enough to sell it.
- Your guitar delivers "that sound" despite being light weight?
Absolutely. It's a beefy, giant sound and with plenty of that Emmons sustain. Not as much as my D-10 "Tank" which weighs twice this one, but still good long sustain.
Brad
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Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2003 4:14 pm
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Herb, wait till you see the underside.
Brad
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David Decker
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Canton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2003 5:28 pm
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| What about the Re-flocking question? |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 9 Dec 2003 5:54 pm
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Oh yea. I got distracted. I bought a re-flocking kit. It was very easy to do. I forget the maker but do a search for flocking kits and you'll find it. Suede-tex or something like that.
Brad |
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Paul Warnik
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Illinois,USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 5:46 am
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Thats the original "E-66" pickup !  |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 9:58 am
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Paul, what's funny is that I had to pull out that original "E-66" for my George L's E-66 since a couple of my gigs truly needed a humbucker. I really like the George L's E-66 for a humbucker, but as you could imagine, there's nothing like the REAL E-66 pickup that you see in the picture. If I remember correctly, it's wound to about 15.4kOhm DCR.
Brad Sarno
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Paul Warnik
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Illinois,USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 10:55 am
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| Yep that's the one with the thick layer of white on the top |
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