Does anyone recognize this changer?

Andrew Wright · Post by **Andrew Wright** » 5 May 2020 2:15 pm

I'm looking at what I believe is a "parts guitar" but I can't find another changer that looks like this one on the web...figured one of the experts here would know.

Paul Sutherland · Post by **Paul Sutherland** » 5 May 2020 2:35 pm

I think we need a lot more pictures.

Andrew Wright · Post by **Andrew Wright** » 5 May 2020 5:48 pm

Fair enough...unfortunately I don't have access to better pictures.

The position of those two bolts behind the changer seems particularly distinctive, but as I said, I've not been able to turn up another guitar from any maker where the changer is attached that way yet.

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 6 May 2020 1:58 am

There's something prototypical or downright homebaked about it.

Can anyone decipher what's on the front apron?

Andrew Wright · Post by **Andrew Wright** » 6 May 2020 3:46 am

The front apron says Electra. Emmons fretboard, non-Emmons pedals and knee levers. So it's an oddball, for sure.

Quentin Hickey · Post by **Quentin Hickey** » 6 May 2020 4:39 am

Looks like its homemade off of another changer idea

Paul Wade · Post by **Paul Wade** » 6 May 2020 7:42 am

id say it's a early Wilcox changer my guess...
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Andrew Wright · Post by **Andrew Wright** » 6 May 2020 8:57 am

Thanks, all! Here are the full pictures.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 6 May 2020 9:25 am

Buick?

Ian Rae · Post by **Ian Rae** » 6 May 2020 10:42 am

Those tuning pegs are distinctive.

Brian Hollands · Post by **Brian Hollands** » 6 May 2020 10:51 am

Ian Rae wrote:Those tuning pegs are distinctive.

Emmons tuners. The whole neck looks Emmons to me. The tail block / spacer thingy behind the changer could be home made based on Emmons as they screw in to the body from underneath. If the builder didn't have the ability to tap threads, it would have to have screws protruding from the top like that.
None of the pictures can tell what type of changer it is though.

EDIT, they don't screw in from underneath. Rather the end plate is threaded and it screws in from above but with a cap screw. Just for the sake of being acurate...

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 6 May 2020 11:17 am

Studebaker Electra, obviously.

Andrew Wright · Post by **Andrew Wright** » 6 May 2020 12:05 pm

It's a weird one. Was being sold as an Emmons, but no logo, no serial number, pedals and knee levers aren't right, and changer is wrong. I don't think seller has any intent to deceive, just doesn't really know what he has...and I couldn't figure it out either!

Paul Sutherland · Post by **Paul Sutherland** » 6 May 2020 12:48 pm

Can you give us a few pictures that actually show the changer in detail? We need close up views of the changer end (where you tune the pedals), and the underneath view. It could be an all pull changer or a pull release changer. I doubt it's a push-pull.

John Drury · Post by **John Drury** » 6 May 2020 2:39 pm

Ian Rae wrote:Those tuning pegs are distinctive.

Kluson Tulips

Andrew Wright · Post by **Andrew Wright** » 6 May 2020 3:09 pm

I’ve requested more pics but they haven’t been made available. So stuck with these two...

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 6 May 2020 4:14 pm

Ken Pippus wrote:Studebaker Electra, obviously.

I love subtle humor!

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 6 May 2020 6:38 pm

Nope, a Buick!

LeSabre, Invicta, Electra!

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 7 May 2020 3:13 am

I had the guy send me more pictures and it included the changer and under the skirt pics. The changer looks like it only had a couple lowering fingers in it. (It's junk). I have the pictures that he sent me in a message but, I'm not tech savvy enough to post them here. I can share them if you message me a cell number. Some of the undercarriage parts look usable but none of it is Emmons. This thing isn't worth a third of what they are asking. Just my opinion.

Steven Black · Post by **Steven Black** » 8 May 2020 4:42 pm

Yes, I agree it looks like a Wilcox steel guitar with a different name on it.

Mark McCornack · Post by **Mark McCornack** » 9 May 2020 11:31 am

Lockheed Electra ? (Nah, too small).
Do you have pictures of the changer endplate and can you tell if this was converted from a D10, or do you think it was it an SD10 all along?

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 9 May 2020 3:38 pm

The pics that the guy send me shows, it was a D10. The end cap is even messed up. "Figured how to send the end cap picture ".

Dennis Brown · Post by **Dennis Brown** » 9 May 2020 5:56 pm

Pic added.

Andrew Wright · Post by **Andrew Wright** » 10 May 2020 3:38 pm

Yikes!

Paul Sutherland · Post by **Paul Sutherland** » 10 May 2020 7:52 pm

It's probably an all pull changer, but that's all I can say about it.

Don't buy this steel!! Keep shopping.

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