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Topic: For The EMMONS LOVERS ( Lets see your Guitar) |
Glenn Suchan
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Austin, Texas
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 8:29 am |
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Here's one of the 4,953 p/p's made... Mine! 
She was born in late 1977 (s/n 2411 D). As you can see, she's a bit of a "frankenstein" with the black LeGrande pedals. But her tone and playability more than make up for her non-original pedals. She's the only PSG I have, and is responsible for curing my need for more guitars. Everytime I sit down to play her it's like the first time. How cool is that?! 
Excuse the blemishes on the photos (thanks to Walgreen's in-store photoprocessing)... I'm old-school and don't own a digital camera.
Here's one from a gig:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=30864226&albumID=1525776&imageID=27515487
Keep on pickin'!
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chas smith
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 9:54 am
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D-11 cut back. I also have the '65 D-11 wraparound, but it's resting in pieces.
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john widgren
From:
Wilton CT
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 10:08 am Emmons
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My old LGIII. Counterforce on E9. A Jack Strayhorn good'un. Current owner is Jim W. of NYC.
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Mike Taylor
From:
Wetumpka, AL
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 10:24 am
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Hey George King.. Good to see you..
Here's my guard cat keeping tab on my PP..
mike..
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 11:42 am emmons d-10
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here is my 1977 "green" mica d-10 8+5 it,s dirty and needs a good cleaning . 
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 12:43 pm
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| paul, the color goes well with the colors in your home. |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 2:21 pm
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| BobbeSeymour wrote: |
4953 Emmons P-P were built, expermental units, s and d guitars, student included.
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Bobbe, does that include some of those guitars floating around made with repro milled-from-billet stock Wraparound necks and a mixture of Emmons parts?
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Mark Durante
From:
St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 12 Jul 2008 3:53 pm
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Here's my workhorse PP made 1983. The dog is helping me clean and restring.
Hey Paul, I work at US Music in Mundelein
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John Davis
From:
Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 13 Jul 2008 2:27 pm
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| Here`s "Blondie" And "Red" if this pic upload works?? |
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Terry McCumbee
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2008 5:03 am
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| Lets take this to the top for some more EMMONES.I KNOW THERE OUT THERE.LETS SEE UM.John Davis if you are haveing trouble uploading your picture Email it to me and i will put it up for you. |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 16 Jul 2008 5:20 am
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Here ya go, John
Blondie
Red
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John Davis
From:
Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 16 Jul 2008 5:46 am
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Hey Terry, Thanks for that....
Oh! that Blondie still takes my breath away every time I look at her |
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John Davis
From:
Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 16 Jul 2008 5:47 am
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| Richard Thank you, I`m such a pillock with PC pics!! |
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John Davis
From:
Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 16 Jul 2008 5:49 am
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| And before anyone says!!! it was not I that put the bar between the necks on "Red" I know better than that!! |
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 16 Jul 2008 6:45 pm
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Those birds-eye Emmons are absolutely fabulous. They remind me of a Bigsby.
What years are they from  |
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John Davis
From:
Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 16 Jul 2008 9:25 pm
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| "Blondie" is 1970 and "Red" is the first they made in 71 and they both play as sweet as they look thanks to Tommy Cass master mechanic and a good friend....... thanks Tommy I still luv`em both. |
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Roger Edgington
From:
San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 21 Jul 2008 5:43 pm
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68 push/pull in front of me and a 49 push/pull behind me.
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 22 Jul 2008 2:12 pm My New (old) Emmons
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I just bought this one. Its from the 70's and the only lefty that I have seen.
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 22 Jul 2008 7:29 pm 1971 D-10
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1971 D-10. Looks like a good one to me!
Last edited by Russ Tkac on 24 Jul 2008 11:06 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 1:11 pm Another picture ...or three.
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chas smith
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 3:00 pm
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This is it, so far and it wasn't in very good shape when I got it. '65 D-11 wrap-around, yes I know it doesn't have the decal. Apparently the previous owner wanted the "hood ornament" and I may leave it on.
To get the changers apart, I had to soak them with penetrating oil, pull them apart, soak each finger in acetone, lightly file off the crud from the leading edges with a vixen file, then wire brush off the sides. I polished the leading edges then washed them again, first with industrial strength Simple Green then with GOJO hand cleaner and a scouring pad. Some of the fingers have divots, but I'm leaving them on the guitar, for the moment.
I buffed out the front and back edges of the necks, to get out the bar dings and gouges. I'm trying to imagine what kind of bar would do that. I'm also going to leave the original formica.
I'm replacing the underneath hardware, but I'm keeping the top-stuff, like the slothead 4-40's that are hold the tuning keys. I had originally planned on replacing them with socket head cap screws. Of course, the same crud that glued the changer fingers together had made a lovely patina on most of the Klusons and the 4-40 screws. Many cue tips of Simple Green and GOJO followed by cue tips of water, later, they look pretty decent.
The pickups it came with weren't original and had been wound to 28Kohms, so I replaced them with TruTones.
I'd show the underneath, but there isn't anything to see there, yet.
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2008 3:22 pm
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Charlie,
If you do decide to replace the front apron decal, remember to get the smaller one. Ron has them listed in the Emmons catalog. The '65 wraps came out with a smaller decal than the '66 bolt-on's like mine have. Anyway, great lookin axe, I bet it will be a monster when you finish it.
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 24 Jul 2008 5:01 pm
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Nickolas,
I think he goes by Chas... |
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chas smith
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 24 Jul 2008 6:50 pm
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Call me anything you want, just call me....
I should probably get a few decals, for the collection, in case I get inspired... |
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Jordan Shapiro
From:
Echo Park, California, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2008 12:45 am
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So this is my "new" mid 70's s-10. The pic is from the previous owner, I've taken the 4th pedal off, and switched to a tonealigner pickup.
I do like the sound of the single coil stock pickups more, but the Tonealigner sounds just fine, and I NEVER have noise problems now....... NEVER.
the second pic is what i bought after selling my early 70's d-10 to Peter Freiberger. Yes folks, keep drooling, that is a 1959 Super-Amp. Probably the most amazing amp i've ever owned. It used to belong to J. Geils. Now it belongs to J. Shapiro.
Mostly a regular guitar amp, but i have played steel through it a few times with great results.
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