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Topic: Short key head push pull ??????? |
Larry Henson
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Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2012 2:46 pm |
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Ok, I've seen post about short key-head Emmons guitars but push-pull were never mentioned.
I have a 1985 push-pull that has a short key head. The tuning keys have been cut down to fit the key head, but the keys have been cut to where they are smooth all the way across and do not have the indenuture that most tuning keys have.
They are really hard to put new strings on but this guitar will stay in tune like no other.
I'm just wondering if this is a "one of a kind" or if this is common for later models push-pulls. I can't take a photo as my camera need batteries.
Just Wandering...
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Larry Henson
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2012 8:25 pm
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You can close this
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2012 7:18 am
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Larry,
I was going to respond to your post earlier but never got around to it.
I don't believe that Emmons ever built a short key head p/p. Unless it was sort of a transitional model between the p/p and the all pull.
You might have a guitar that someone worked over at a later date. To my knowledge, the only short head guitar built by Emmons was the early model Lashley LeGrande.
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J Fletcher
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London,Ont,Canada
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Posted 20 Dec 2012 8:48 am
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| Hmmmmmm...so is the body shorter than a normal push pull? Don't know why the tuning pegs would need to be modified, the ones on my SKH Emmons aren't, which has a shorter body than later LeGrande's, and shorter than a push pull. |
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Larry Henson
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2012 3:25 pm
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Please don't close this topic yet-----I will, just as soon as time permits, get some photos posted. This keyhead seems thicker or more narrow than most Emmons guitars. This guitar was bought new from Emmons in 1985, set-up in an older gentleman's bedroom where it stayed until I acquired it in 2002. There has never been any mods at all done.
I appreciate the responses from you guys. I'l get photos as soon as possible.
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Richard Plummer
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nashville tennessee
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Posted 5 Jan 2013 6:25 am
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| I actually own a short keyhead Emmons lashley Legrande,serial number 285.The keyheads are actually shorter.Measure the size compared to modern day keyheads.The body is a push pull body but all pull mechanism.great sound yes,upgraded bellcranks of 16 .It doesnt break strings.I have to change strings as they will go dead on me before they break. |
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Jack Strayhorn
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Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 5 Jan 2013 7:11 am
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| Looking forward to some pictures. I know of no such guitar being built. |
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Ivan Posa
From:
Hamilton, New Zealand
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Posted 5 Jan 2013 5:35 pm
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I have a rare Laquer D10 Emmons Lashley Legrande 111 Short Keyhead 8X8 with counterforce on both necks. Originally shipped in 1999. Nice sounding axe.
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Curt Langston
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Posted 5 Jan 2013 7:14 pm
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| .It doesnt break strings.I have to change strings as they will go dead on me before they break. |
Indeed!
Hence the reason keyless guitars do not break strings as fast as keyed.
Shorter length of string in the keyhead=longer string life.
Simple physics.
(yes, even as little as 3/4 inch shorter will make a HUGE difference in string life) |
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