emmons guitars

tomsteel · Post by **tomsteel** » 6 Feb 2005 1:20 pm

Hey guys,for those of you in the know,,as far as emmons is concerned,what do you beieve to be the best tone wise.Is the older pushpull that everyone keeps raving about the best?How do the all pull guitars rate with them?Does the all wood finish guitars sound that much differant than the formica ones?I,ve been listening to a Robby Turner,,,man can he play.On the front of the cd he is playing an all wood guitar,,,and on the back it looks like a allpull formica one.I,ve been thinking about getting an Emmons and would like to hear some opinions.Thanks.Thomas Malugin LDG/Carter D10,and way too many amps...

Terry Sneed · Post by **Terry Sneed** » 6 Feb 2005 1:56 pm

Tom there's a early 80's model Short keyhead emmons(all pull) D10 for sale on the forum. It's rosewood mica and is as clean as any guitar you'll ever see. I owned one just like it, and to me it sounded as good as any Emmons I've ever heard. I also owned an SD-10 78 model Emmons push pull, and the short keyhead had it beat hands down for tone.

Terry

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 6 Feb 2005 2:21 pm

Tom, to me, your actual decision is something along these lines..."Do I want to put up with the limitations and quirks of the push/pull for the little difference in sound it might have?" Some say "yes", but the vast majority of players now say "no".

Most players (probably 90% of them) are more limited by their ability than they are by the brand or model of guitar they play.

Jennings Ward · Post by **Jennings Ward** » 6 Feb 2005 2:51 pm

TOM, YOU CAN NOT GO WRONG WITH AN EMMONS P/P D 10-10-10..... THAT IS PREFECTION, OR AS CLOSE AS YOU ARE GOING TO GET.. YOU CAN NOT GET A GOOD TONE ON A SUBSTANDARD MACHINE,,THEY WILL NOT CUT IT, NO MATTER HOW MANY DIFFERENT PICK UPS OR TRANSDUCERS YOU PUT ON IT OR CHANGE....JENNINGS..........WE PLAY STEEL FOR THE BEAUTIFULL ANGELIC SOUND OF IT......

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Glenn Suchan · Post by **Glenn Suchan** » 6 Feb 2005 4:05 pm

tomsteel, although I've never owned an all-pull Emmons (LeGrande), I've owned a mica S10 p/p and currently own a mica S12 p/p and a wood/aluminum neck D10 p/p. As far as tone goes, my subjective opinion is the D10 has the best overall tonal warmth and string separation. The mica S10 and the wood D10 are about equal in sustain which means, excellent. Although the S12 isn't quite at the sonic level of the other two, it is still a fine sounding instrument with the Emmons tone.

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

joe long · Post by **joe long** » 7 Feb 2005 6:45 am

I own 2 p/p's and 2 LeGrand III's. I play the III 99% of the time. They all sound great to me. I have always received complements on the tone of my guitars. I believe a lot of the tone comes from the position of the hand in relation to the pickup.