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Topic: Trying to determine date on Emmons |
Lonnie Bennett
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Upstate New York
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Posted 17 Jan 2019 4:31 am |
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Trying to determine date on Emmons.
Serial #1064D
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Ben Lawson
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Brooksville Florida
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Posted 17 Jan 2019 12:28 pm
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I know there is a chart with the build dates but I don't remember where I saw it. Mine is #2250 D and it listed as a 1976 build.
Maybe someone can help out here.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2019 1:23 pm
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 9:56 am
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My buddy Erv is correct if you go by chart but who knows. It could be a 68, or even a 70 from what I have heard. Emmons company hand the end plates cast, polished and stamped with serial number then they were put on a shelf in no particular order and as they were needed, they just grabbed one so you really don’t know, not that it makes any difference.
I know I’m right because I heard it from someone else😆
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 10:15 am
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Hey Lonnie!! 
I'm returning from Phoenix and not handy to my Emmons serial number list, but I'm pretty sure your guitar is a 1967 model. Does it have bolt-on changers or cut tail? I have a couple other guitars with #s within a few digits of yours.
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Norman Evans
From:
Tennessee
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 3:10 pm
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Here's a list of serial numbers. I don't know how accurate it is.
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J R Rose
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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2019 8:16 pm
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Thanks Norman, I needed that, J.R.
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Indiana, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 6:00 am
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Is that the same list that used to be on the Carter guitar site? If so, and I hate to put a damper on things, but it’s my understanding that those number ranges are general at best.
Which just makes me want to say again that someone should write a book about Emmons steels. Just like has been done for virtually every make of guitar and amp. Complete with tons of pictures, data, dates, design changes, and other info.
Then again, given that there were only about five thousand Emmons steels made, or thereabouts, that perhaps 25% of those are gone due to fire, neglect, flood, etc., and not every owner would want such a book, that pretty much kills any such book being a best seller. |
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Jim Goins
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2019 8:39 am Date on Emmons PP
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I also would like to find out about my SD10 Emmons PP, I bought it in late 70s, it was used and quiet old then, serial#260 3 on end plate casting, it is not a D10 conversion the cabinet was not cut out for C6 changer. Jim Goins.  |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2019 9:24 am
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| ...someone should write a book about Emmons steels. |
I second that emotion. I also agree it would not be a best seller. But I'd buy a couple copies. |
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Jack Strayhorn
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Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 22 Jan 2019 10:49 am
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| The list in question was compiled by an outside source and has no reference to actual Emmons records. To rebut what Henry says about the issuing of numbers, they were recorded in book as the body was built. The bodies were shelved and when needed, endplates were mounted and the number of the body stamped. |
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Abe Levy
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California, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2019 8:26 pm
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I have 1066 D and I believe it is a ‘67. I t seems unlikely that there were “D†guitars in ‘66 but I would say that getting an absolutely definitive answer is no longer possible. In any case, it is no doubt a fantastic guitar, no?
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Henry Matthews
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Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2019 10:22 pm
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| Jack Strayhorn wrote: |
| The list in question was compiled by an outside source and has no reference to actual Emmons records. To rebut what Henry says about the issuing of numbers, they were recorded in book as the body was built. The bodies were shelved and when needed, endplates were mounted and the number of the body stamped. |
Hey Jack, were the end plates stamped at forging are were they stamped when put on a guitar. Just courious. The statement I made above was just in jest because I’ve heard so many stories about dates and what years. Thanks
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Jack Strayhorn
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Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 23 Jan 2019 7:09 pm
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| Serial numbers were stamped after being installed on a body. The body was issued a number when built not when used. |
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