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Michael Heaphy

 

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Post  Posted 23 Jan 2023 2:37 pm    
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Hello Friends...I have a question I could use some help with. A friend of mine has a 1978 Emmons Denim model. It's a S10 with 3 and 4. I haven't come across many of these and so I don't know if it is a special model...it is the lacquered model so that helps but he has no case for it. He is wondering what it is worth. My best guess is around 3 grand plus but I could be wrong. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards to all and Thanks in advance .
Mike

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Jack Hanson


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San Luis Valley, USA
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2023 2:45 pm    
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Every denim Emmons I've ever seen (not all that many) have been 'mica, not lacquer.
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Wayne Brown


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Bassano, Alberta, Canada
Post  Posted 23 Jan 2023 4:02 pm     steel guitar
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Sorry but if that is a picture of the guitar itself that is mica not lacquer.
wayne
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Philip Mitrakos


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Post  Posted 23 Jan 2023 5:20 pm    
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Last edited by Philip Mitrakos on 31 Jan 2023 1:05 am; edited 2 times in total
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Michael Heaphy

 

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New York, USA
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2023 4:24 am     Emmons Denim
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Thank you all for your help and input. It is much appreciated and I will pass the info on to my friend
Best Regards
Mike Heaphy
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scott murray


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Asheville, NC
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2023 2:00 pm    
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a question about the finish... is it actual denim or just formica made to look like denim?
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Steve Schmidt


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Ramsey, MN, USA
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2023 3:24 pm    
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It absolutely is a denim Formica. I had one exactly like this and sold it. Big mistake on my part
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 24 Jan 2023 4:14 pm    
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A local steeler had a D10 denim Emmons. I met him at a band battle thing back in the early 80s. I was playing a basketweave Emmons D10. I wonder how many times that's happened with those 2 rare finishes in the same tonk at the same time.
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Donny Hinson

 

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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Post  Posted 25 Jan 2023 6:01 pm     Re: Emmons Denim model question
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Michael Heaphy wrote:
A friend of mine has a 1978 Emmons Denim model. It's a S10 with 3 and 4. I haven't come across many of these and so I don't know if it is a special model.


Jack and Steve are right, it's just a standard model with denim-pattern Formica.
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Mitch Ellis

 

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Collins, Mississippi USA
Post  Posted 25 Jan 2023 7:12 pm    
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I once test drove a denim D10 Emmons at a local music store. It wasn't mica but actual denim cloth. It came from the factory that way. It also came with a small hole in the front part of the front neck. Brand new guitar....shipped out of the factory with a hole in the neck.

Mitch
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 25 Jan 2023 7:53 pm    
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I mentioned above about seeing one at a club. I always thought it was real denim fabric too. I also thought I remembered it actually had a Levi's tag on it....but it's been 40 yrs., and some other comments here indicated it was a denim print on mica, so I wouldn't swear to anything.

We didn't get much chance to visit, but I remember he told me it was a double coil pickup guitar.

Never saw him or the guitar again.
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Peter Johannisse

 

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Spijkenisse, The Netherlands
Post  Posted 26 Jan 2023 8:48 am    
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mica
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Jerry Overstreet


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Louisville Ky
Post  Posted 26 Jan 2023 5:16 pm    
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Certainly authentic looking.
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