A Mighty Fine Mike Cass Rebuild

Charlie Wallace · Post by **Charlie Wallace** » 25 May 2006 1:32 pm

Just got my single ten bolt-on Emmons back from Mike Cass and I couldn't be happier with the outcome. I had been thinking about having work done on the guitar for some time and when an unexpected break came up in my music schedule, I decided to send it out. Mike added two additional knee levers, a left vertical and a extra LKL right in front of the existing LKL. He was great about suggesting where to place the new levels as well as recommending moving the two existing right knee levers over to where they would be more comfortable to use. The guitar was dismantled and rebuilt and the changer was taken apart and cleaned. Mike was fun to work with, communicating with me, working within the budget and finishing the work on time. It was a very pleasant experience.

[This message was edited by Charlie Wallace on 25 May 2006 at 02:33 PM.]

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 25 May 2006 2:53 pm

Very nice! call me if you ever want to sell it, Charlie.

Brandin · Post by **Brandin** » 25 May 2006 3:59 pm

Charlie, what's the serial # on your
guitar? I have a 66 just like it.

GB

Jay Ganz · Post by **Jay Ganz** » 25 May 2006 4:07 pm

Mike's done some push/pull work for me in the
past & they don't come much better. Top notch
workmanship and he treats each steel like it's
his own.

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 25 May 2006 4:09 pm

Wow Charlie, that's one beautiful Emmons guitar! I love Emmons guitars that were built in the sixties. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10

Curt Langston · Post by **Curt Langston** » 25 May 2006 5:12 pm

Man, what a great job!

Charlie Wallace · Post by **Charlie Wallace** » 25 May 2006 5:44 pm

Thanks for all the kind words, Mike is a real craftsman for sure!
Brandin, the serial # on my Emmons is 1029 S.

Dave Zirbel · Post by **Dave Zirbel** » 25 May 2006 6:09 pm

I'm drooling!

Hope to hear you play again soon Charlie.

Dave Z

Pat Burns · Post by **Pat Burns** » 25 May 2006 6:18 pm

I feel guilty....I still have to take and post pictures of the D-10 Bolt-on restoration Mike did for me last year....it's a work of art! And I agree, the process with Mike is like you're just shootin' the breeze out on the front porch, a pleasant experience.

Carlos Polidura · Post by **Carlos Polidura** » 26 May 2006 8:35 am

another job well done....
congratulations.

carlos

Jimmy Douglas · Post by **Jimmy Douglas** » 26 May 2006 1:05 pm

Mike set up a guitar for me last year when I was in town for just 20hours and at real short notice, just came on over and did the job right and it plays sweet. A real pro. I agree with what Pat said

"the process with Mike is like you're just shootin' the breeze out on the front porch, a pleasant experience."

Mike Cass · Post by **Mike Cass** » 30 May 2006 8:55 am

Charlie and all; thanks for the kind words

Working on/ressurrecting those old guitars is a very satisfying experience.
Funny,I had 2 of those S-10 bolt-on's on here that week. Don't see many of those around. Have fun Charlie!
MC

Andrew Waegel · Post by **Andrew Waegel** » 30 May 2006 9:41 am

Charlie, what does your lkv lever do? I'm trying to figure out what to do with mine...

Thanks,
- Andrew

David Wren · Post by **David Wren** » 30 May 2006 11:52 am

Very nice indeed. I love to see these old PSG restored. Also looking forward to hearing this one in person

Hey Charlie, what are you doing with your 4th pedal?

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Joe McHam · Post by **Joe McHam** » 30 May 2006 12:12 pm

WOW!! What a beauty... Super job Mike.. WOW!!

Joe in Houston

Andrew Buhler · Post by **Andrew Buhler** » 30 May 2006 12:54 pm

Charlie, looks the same axe that you played on the this youtube Slidewinders video I came across:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dWI3uBp8Qyc&search=slidewinders

Great tone and playing!

David Wren · Post by **David Wren** » 30 May 2006 3:45 pm

Hey Charlie, that is nice playing!

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Charlie Wallace · Post by **Charlie Wallace** » 31 May 2006 8:20 am

Andrew, the LKV drops the 5th string B to a Bb. Originally I had this on the RKR but Mike moved it to the LKV. David, the 4th pedal is the Franklin change, drops the 5th B to a A, the 6th G# to a F# and the 10th B to a A.
This is the same axe I played on the the youtube Slidewinders video. Thanks for all the kind words!

David Wren · Post by **David Wren** » 31 May 2006 9:24 am

Thanks for the info Charlie, happy pickin'!

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Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 4 Jun 2006 10:29 am

Charlie,
I have one just like yours, a '66 Emmons S-10 bolt-on. These are great little guitars and Mike has also worked on mine before.
Nick

[This message was edited by Nick Reed on 04 June 2006 at 11:44 AM.]

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 4 Jun 2006 6:56 pm

Charlie-That is a beautiful guitar for sure. We know how good it plays and sounds too, lucky guy....al

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Mike Cass · Post by **Mike Cass** » 4 Jun 2006 9:05 pm

and they make for nice a C6 guitar as well as E9.

Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 4 Jun 2006 9:24 pm

I love the steel guitar in the video and I recognized the song, "Why've you been Gone So Long" because my favorite band Ricochet recorded it for their album "What You Leave Behind". I love the Emmons steel in that video. I love Emmons guitars that were built in the sixties, whether they're singlenecks or doublenecks. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10