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Topic: How Much Is To Much ? |
Paul E Vendemmia
From:
Olney Maryland Mongomery
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Posted 16 May 2010 7:53 am |
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So how many Guitar should one man Keep at one time?
I believe we should have two.
I won't even start with amps!!!
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 16 May 2010 8:34 am
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Could you have purchased those on a steel players wages??  |
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 16 May 2010 9:05 am I don't Know
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I can't answer your question, but I'm not sure you have enough. Not to get personal, but you have a very understanding wife.
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Paul E Vendemmia
From:
Olney Maryland Mongomery
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Posted 16 May 2010 9:06 am
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Could you have purchased those on a steel players wages??
OK now that's funny !!!
and the answer is no.
The wife is locked up upstairs and not able to get in my music room. |
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Gary Lee Gimble
From:
Fredericksburg, VA.
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Posted 16 May 2010 9:14 am
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Barry,
Paul will purchase a beat up guitar like the one found in this lake
and proceed to refurbish. His skills are meticulous as his shop is organized. Every item has its place including Paul's sonic vision zooming in on my hands, supervising what I touch. Anything out of place by a 1/8 of a centimeter will earn me a firm reprimand.
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Fred Jack
From:
Bastrop, Texas 78602
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Posted 16 May 2010 9:19 am steel
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| Paul, Several years ago when I was a general contractor I purchased a new Emmons D10 from my good friend Devere Adamson.He had it shipped direct from the factory to my office. I wrote on the check: " for steel and wire". Peg never did catch that one. The time I had 4-6 Dekleys sent to my house while I was working out of town they beat me home. I had figured I would get there first and ease the pain .... fastest durn delivery I ever saw. That one wasn't so easy to get out of. Fred |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 16 May 2010 9:59 am
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| Serves you right Fred, you old pick smasher you. Hang in there, Jody. |
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
From:
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 16 May 2010 11:01 am
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When I bought Gary Hogue's 1976 Emmons p/p guitar back in 1991, my wife accosted me on that one saying, "I was going to use that money toward lypo-suction!" and I just countered with, "I've got a cheaper way for you to lose weight, my dear, just don't eat so much!" She didn't talk to me for nearly three months (which in its own way was a blessing in disguise!).
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1986 Mullen D-10 with 8 & 7 (Dual Bill Lawrence 705 pickups each neck)
Two Peavey Nashville 400 Amps (with a Session 500 in reserve) - Yamaha SPX-90 II
Peavey ProFex II - Yamaha R-1000 Digital Reverb - Ross Time Machine Digital Delay - BBE Sonic Maximizer 422A
ProCo RAT R2DU Dual Distortion - Korg DT-1 Pro Tuner (Rack Mounted) - Furman PL-8 Power Bay
Goodrich Match-Bro by Buddy Emmons - BJS Steel Bar (Dunlop Finger Picks / Golden Gate Thumb Picks) |
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
From:
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 16 May 2010 11:18 am
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I hope you don't mind that I lightened up the photo a bit ... I wanted to see the steels better. A very handsome group of guitars there ...
I remember having five steels at once (unfortunately, I never got a photo of them all grouped together like that). I also remember the torment my wife put me through until I started getting rid of them one by one until I was finally down to two guitars.
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1986 Mullen D-10 with 8 & 7 (Dual Bill Lawrence 705 pickups each neck)
Two Peavey Nashville 400 Amps (with a Session 500 in reserve) - Yamaha SPX-90 II
Peavey ProFex II - Yamaha R-1000 Digital Reverb - Ross Time Machine Digital Delay - BBE Sonic Maximizer 422A
ProCo RAT R2DU Dual Distortion - Korg DT-1 Pro Tuner (Rack Mounted) - Furman PL-8 Power Bay
Goodrich Match-Bro by Buddy Emmons - BJS Steel Bar (Dunlop Finger Picks / Golden Gate Thumb Picks) |
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Mike Schwartzman
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 16 May 2010 11:52 am
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Well Paul, As a matter of fact...I do have 2.
But after seeing your photo I quickly realized that since my two have only one neck each, I really only have one.
I think I'll run that thought by my wife one of these days. 
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Don Drummer
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 16 May 2010 12:40 pm ????
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| Two steels makes perfect sense to me provided they are similar. I just got a new G2 and have played Emmons guitars for many years. The first being a D-10 P/P and for the last 9 years a LeGrande III. When I had both Emmons I pretty much just played the new one and left the P/P in the case. The differnce for me was the comfort of one over the other. I traded the P/P on the deal for the G2 and assumed I would keep the the LeGrande as a reliable second. The difference now is the G2 has a slightly closer string spacing than the Emmons. How do you players adapt to this difference? Do some of you play one then the other on a regular basis? Is string spacing an issue like it is for me? Don D |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 16 May 2010 12:57 pm
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5 steels here. No wife. But back when I was married,,,, I'd sneak them into the house when she wasn't there. Put an old guitar that she knew about in the new case. Put the new guitar in an old case, and take it upstairs. When she got home, I'd go and get the old cased/new guitar and bring it downstairs.
"Ah, Honey! I've had this guitar forever. Just haven't played it in years." She fell for it every time! |
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Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)
From:
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana (deceased)
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Posted 16 May 2010 3:06 pm Re: ????
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| ...The difference now is the G2 has a slightly closer string spacing than the Emmons. How do you players adapt to this difference? Do some of you play one then the other on a regular basis? Is string spacing an issue like it is for me? Don D |
Hi, Don ... I'm not sure how well it'll answer your question (not to drift away from Paul's original subject title), but I'd like to render my own perceptions as a player of both Mullen and Emmons.
I've had two Emmons guitars and four Mullen guitars and I must admit that I've never really noticed a difference in the width of the string spacing; I would hop back and forth between my old Mullen guitars and Emmons guitars with no issue at all. The string spacing always felt the same to me and the only thing I really noticed in playability between the two was a difference in the feel of the pedals and knee levers.
I'm not sure if it's a relative factor, but all my Mullen guitars were pre-RP/pre-G2 guitars. Since I'm not really that up on the RP & G2 Mullen guitars, I'm not sure if the strings are closer together on the newer G2 guitars than on the older Mullen guitars - or, if it's just a case that I simply never noticed a difference in string spacing when hopping back & forth between my Mullen & Emmons. It could easily be the latter. 
As far as string spacing affecting me on any guitar, I have to admit that string spacing on an older MSA can affect me a little. After playing Mullen and Emmons all these years, when I sit down at an older MSA I have to take just a moment to get the feel of it or I can quickly find the tip of my picks occasionally coming down right on the top of the string instead of between them.
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1986 Mullen D-10 with 8 & 7 (Dual Bill Lawrence 705 pickups each neck)
Two Peavey Nashville 400 Amps (with a Session 500 in reserve) - Yamaha SPX-90 II
Peavey ProFex II - Yamaha R-1000 Digital Reverb - Ross Time Machine Digital Delay - BBE Sonic Maximizer 422A
ProCo RAT R2DU Dual Distortion - Korg DT-1 Pro Tuner (Rack Mounted) - Furman PL-8 Power Bay
Goodrich Match-Bro by Buddy Emmons - BJS Steel Bar (Dunlop Finger Picks / Golden Gate Thumb Picks) |
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Ellis Miller
From:
Cortez, Colorado, USA
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Posted 16 May 2010 3:17 pm Re: How Much Is To Much ?
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How much is too much? How many guitars should one keep at one time?
One more
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Don't believe everything you think.
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 16 May 2010 4:39 pm
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I didn't grow up in the most economically advantaged family. I spent many an hour pondering the Fender catalog as a teenager in the 60's. I learned to deal with wanting something "so badly" while the opportunity to get it had not yet arrived. Every time I heard steel on the radio the pang shot thru my mind.
The sight of the Fender Sunburst pattern always evokes memories of those days.
As a result, I own 5 steel guitars.
May be more to come someday. |
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 16 May 2010 5:55 pm
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Paul,
No collection is complete unless there's a SHO~BUD in the lineup. 
You sure do fine work! |
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 16 May 2010 6:25 pm
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| One's too many and a hundred ain't enough. |
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Dale Bessant
From:
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 17 May 2010 3:18 am
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Well its just not fair!!!! 
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Delvin Morgan
From:
Lindstrom, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 17 May 2010 5:15 am
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| Where is Erv Niehaus? Erv, show 'em yours. |
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