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Larry Jones
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Santa Rosa, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2006 11:18 am |
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| hey out there in planet steel guitar iam looking for an emmons black rock from the 70's . anyone have one sitting around there not using? |
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Keith Cordell
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San Diego
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Posted 11 Nov 2006 3:39 pm
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| I gotta know, what is a black rock? Sounds kinda interesting, but I thought I had heard of all this stuff and this is totally new to me. |
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Ron !
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Posted 11 Nov 2006 4:36 pm
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| Student model with the regular end-plates.Well build steel guitars.But I never seen one Emmons that was not well build. |
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Glenn Dawson
From:
StephensCity ,Virginia, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2006 9:27 am
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| I believe the black rock came in a D-10 that was between a student model and a pro guitar. It also had a wooden pedalboard. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 12 Nov 2006 12:42 pm
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| A friend of mine had a Black Rock which was a single 10 ..he played it for years but it was a bit of a dunger !! the undercarriage fell out into his lap one night while he was playing a gig with it....that's when he decided to upgrade to a decent guitar...! [This message was edited by Paddy Long on 12 November 2006 at 03:07 PM.] |
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Larry Clark
From:
Herndon, VA.
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Posted 12 Nov 2006 1:33 pm
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| My first steel was a Black Rock. It was a single ten 3+3 with a wood neck that as I recall was about 1/2 inch thick. I ordered it direct from Emmons since I was working for a Emmons dealer. Would have been about 1977 0r 78. Nice little guitar...about $400.00 at the time. As I recall from the sales literature it was "endorsed" by Bobby Black. |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2006 8:23 pm
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The Emmons Black Rock was a short lived S-10 that Ron Lashley intended to be better than his student model but not quite as slick as his S-10 pro model. The Black Rock had end-castings like the pro model. The fretboard set on a very thin wood neck, and it had a wooden pedal bar like the Emmons student model. These guitars are very collectable and I wouldn't hesitate for a minute buying one myself if it were available at the right price. Here's a picture of an Emmons Black Rock.
FYI: Emmons Guitar Company also tried another short lived project with the student model D-10. It only had 6 pedals and 1 knee lever. Al Marcus once owned one of the student model D-10's. [This message was edited by Nick Reed on 12 November 2006 at 08:32 PM.] |
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Larry Jones
From:
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2006 5:54 pm
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| what,nobody has one wow. |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 14 Nov 2006 7:32 pm
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 [This message was edited by Nick Reed on 14 November 2006 at 08:17 PM.] |
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John Kalament
From:
South Carolina
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Posted 20 Nov 2006 4:22 am
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I have a 78 Emmons Black Rock and I love it. Tommy Cass is now adding two more knee lever's to add the total to four. The Black Rock IMHO is a great little guitar with that great PP tone. I bought it on ebay about three years ago and I think I paid $900 for it but it is in mint condition. I keep it in my office at work so I can practice during the day when I get a break. At home I have a 79 Emmons D-10 which use to belong to Bill simmons and that one is also very close to being mint. At work I use a NV 400 which is now having the Ken Fox Mod upgrade and home I switch between A NV 1000 and a NV 112 (they both sound great)
If I were playing gig's I would take the Black Rock out with me without any hesitation.
John |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2006 2:36 pm
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Larry,
Gregg Lee in Nashville has a Emmons Blackrock for sale and tried several times to contact you. But he says you don't respond to his e-mails. His e-mail address is gguerreno@cecinc.com if you'd like to try contacting him. Nick |
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Rand Anderson
From:
Cardiff, California, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2006 3:46 pm
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Hey Nick,
That picture is my old black rock....i sold it to a guy named Joel in chicago.....he later bought my mci waco d10(which i really miss)......i still have that rug in the studio....well i got my mits on a 66 bolt-on s10, so i wreckon it was worth it[This message was edited by Rand Anderson on 22 November 2006 at 11:08 AM.] |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2006 9:35 pm
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Rand,
check your e-mail! Nick |
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John Kalament
From:
South Carolina
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Posted 22 Nov 2006 2:48 am
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| OK, Let's hear it from all the Black Rock owner's out there. I wonder just how many were made and are still around ? |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2006 3:32 am
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| I guess that makes a black rock a bolt-on? |
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Larry Jones
From:
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2006 8:54 am
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| nick, can you have that gregg lee guy email me again? his email comes back invalid and i haven't recieved any from him thanks |
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Casey Lowmiller
From:
Kansas
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Posted 24 Nov 2006 5:54 pm
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I wouldn't mind having a Black Rock either. They look like pretty slick steels!
Casey
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Known Coast to Coast as
"The Man with The Plan"
Carter-Starter, Fender Pedal 800, Fender Champion, Guyatone Double-neck, a cheap Artisan & a Homemade Double-neck!
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Ernie Pollock
From:
Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2006 11:10 am
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I think I still have a broshure around here for the Emmons Black Rock, it had a picture of Buddy Cage setting at one of them, I think it was a single neck.
Ernie Pollock http://www.hereintown.net/~shobud75/stock.htm
No doubt, just about everyone would love to have one of those guitars. I know I would proud to have one in my music room.
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Larry Jones
From:
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2006 3:43 pm
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| WOW! I REALLY STARTED SOME HERE. EMMONS ALSO MADE AN 8 STRING LAP ABOUT THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, IAM LOOKING FOR ONE OF THOSE TOO. GOT ONE YOU WANT TO GET RID OF? |
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