What type of Emmons P/P is this?

Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 23 Feb 2004 6:12 pm

Check this out on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3706469545&category=621
Is this a D-10 from the Emmons black-rock series. Notice is has a wood pedal bar, NO trim, and NO standard size raised neck.

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 23 Feb 2004 6:16 pm

It looks like a twin neck BlackRock to me . I have never heard of one before but there ya go .
Regards Brendan

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 23 Feb 2004 6:43 pm

Double necks were rare! The thin necks do identify it as a "Black Rock", though. Other than the "plain vanilla" design, I think it used the standard changer and keyhead, so aside from the lack of 2 pedals, trim, and the wood pedalboard, it's a pro model Emmons p/p guitar.

Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 24 Feb 2004 5:15 pm

Al Marcus commented on his website that he once used a Emmons doubleneck student model. This was while he played on a weekly TV show in Arizona some years back.
http://www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/almarcus5.htm
Al had a very successful professional career as Steel Guitarist. I wonder if this particular Emmons he referred to was a Black Rock D-10 like on ebay.

Nick [This message was edited by Nick Reed on 24 February 2004 at 05:31 PM.]

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 24 Feb 2004 5:35 pm

Nick-It sure looks just like the one I had in Arizona. No raised neck, wood pedal bar, etc. But I had only one knee lever which worked both necks. They might have added a knee lever.

They video taped the show but I couldnt'get a copy 35mm. We got an audio cassette but it was not balanced engineering wise. But still playable.

I remmenber I went way up into "John Hughey "land and when we played "I can't stop loving you", and that PP Emmons sounded so sweet up there on the 17th fret,it brought tears to my eyes.

You know how one of those days comes along, when everything works out right. I don't think I could ever duplicate that.

Actually, I was amazed at the great sound this little Emmons had. I liked it.

But found it hard , at least for me,to change and retune pulls.

The main reason I let it go was it only had 3 pedals on the C6 neck and I wanted more and also knee levers....al

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Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 24 Feb 2004 7:18 pm

The seller lists it as a wraparound.Is it a wraparound,or bolt on???

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Bill Ford

Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 24 Feb 2004 7:25 pm

Bill,
The changer is a bolt-on, the wraparound they are referring to is the endplates. Most student model Emmonses had flat endplates rather than wrapping around the front & back aprons. The seller obviously doesn't know the lingo we use here on the forum for terms like Wraparound, Cut-tail & Bolt-on.[This message was edited by Nick Reed on 24 February 2004 at 07:27 PM.]