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Topic: The Very First Emmons - Circa 1964 Serial #1 |
Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 16 May 2004 7:43 pm |
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If any of you Emmons Lovers hadn't got to see the first one built, here it is. This first black D-10 was a STEREO model and was the beginning of the Emmons Guitar Company back in 1964. It was designed and built by the late Ron Lashley Sr. & The Big E!
Beautiful, Ain't it! (Photo by Bob Knight)[This message was edited by Nick Reed on 19 May 2004 at 05:03 AM.] |
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Paul King
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Gainesville, Texas, USA
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Posted 17 May 2004 3:52 am
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| Nick, It is a beautiful steel. I wonder what the value of the steel is being it was the first one built. |
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C Dixon
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Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 17 May 2004 6:50 am
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Nick,
Why do you and others on this forum, insist on making an old man cry?
I have an old (blue circa '65) brochure of an Emmons that might be this one. It shows the stereo pickups (and switches on the back of the top neck), and if I am not mistaken, it lists the steel as a "stereo" on the brochure.
I would love to hear how you found it, if you would be so kind,
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 17 May 2004 7:42 am
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| ... and presumably not for sale, right? |
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Jay Ganz
From:
Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 17 May 2004 7:47 am
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It's also not all original, right?
I think it was "restored" somewhere
along the line. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 17 May 2004 8:32 am
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What does "stereo" mean here? What's the difference between the left and right channels?
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 17 May 2004 8:52 am
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| NICE Picture Nick. I wonder who took it? www.buddyemmons.com/numberone.htm [This message was edited by Bob Knight on 17 May 2004 at 09:58 AM.] |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 17 May 2004 9:47 am
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b0b,
To the best of my recollection, the top 5 strings went to one amp and the bottom 5 strings went to the other amp. The PU had two rows of magnets offset from each other.
Gene O'Neal told me many years ago, "the reason it did not last is because some players heard crosstalk between the two amps when string 5 or 6 was picked,"
I never heard that from anyone else, however. Just know it did not last but for a short while. I remember once listening to a live "Ernest Tubb Record Shop" show where ET introduced Buddy Charleton was about to play his brand new stereo pedal steel.
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Mike Weirauch
From:
Harrisburg, Illinois**The Hub of the Universe
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Posted 17 May 2004 6:10 pm
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| I saw this guitar when I visited Billy Cooper's music store a few years back. Great photography Bob Knight! |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 May 2004 9:24 pm
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| Years ago there was an Emmons D10 in Ben Jack's museum in his store in FT. Smith.Ark. that was said to be Emmons # 2. I often wonder what happened to it. I have a picture of it somewhere in my stash. Jody. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Jay Ganz
From:
Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 18 May 2004 6:04 am
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That #2 was "acquired" by a guy in Texas when
the museum closed down. The whole thing was
a bit suspicious. He was a strange character
to deal with, but I managed to get it away from him & got it back to Ron Jr. where it belonged! |
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Al Udeen
From:
maple grove mn usa
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Posted 18 May 2004 6:45 am
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| While living in Denver in 64, I first met Tom Brumley at a Stockyards Show, during the intermission, Tom took me onstage & flipped Buddys guitar over & said, This is the latest & newest thing in steel guitars, I always thought that was the first Emmons built, The Show featured, Buck Owens, Ray Price, & Roy Orbison Fond Memories to say the least! Al Udeen |
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Paul Warnik
From:
Illinois,USA
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Posted 18 May 2004 8:23 am
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Nick R-I see you said WAS a stereo model-the pickups on it now don't look like the stereo ones to me! But what do I know? I only owned 1 '64 Emmons  |
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Jody Sanders
From:
Magnolia,Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 18 May 2004 10:01 pm
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| Thanks Herb and Jay for the info. Jody. |
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Chris Forbes
From:
Beltsville, MD, USA
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Posted 19 May 2004 9:57 am
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| Billy Cooper told me that his Emmons is serial # 001, however, there was a prototype or maybe even prototypes (plural!!) built. He believes his is just the first production guitar built. |
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