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Topic: My New 1976 Emmons P/P s/n 2387D |
Ronnie Tibbitts
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Dallas, Georgia, USA
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Posted 25 May 2005 5:23 pm |
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Some of the local players have seen this guitar and I am quite proud of it. I bought my first guitar from Bobbe Seymour in 1999. Emmons s/n 1260D is a black mica 8 and 4 which I have enjoyed temendously. Wanting a wooden body guitar, I returned to Bobby's store in 2003 and found s/n 2387D to be a wooden body, bolt on changer with wooden necks, that had been spray painted metallic purple. Straight out of the 40's, Hot Rod metallic purple. A beautiful color but not what you might expect to see on a wooden body guitar. I had to twist Bobbe's arm almost off to get it, but I brought the guitar home to see if I could find something in it that I liked. I do like what I found. I sent pictures to Ricky Davis and he has added them to his "House of Wood" web site. If you'll go to www.mightyfinemusic.com and click on the "House of Music" icon, my guitar is the first Emmons that you see. I was hoping that maybe Ricky would transfer some of those pictures here for me.
After stripping the paint and undercarriage from the guitar, I sent the body to Mark Giles, who is a member of this forum, and as you can see he has worked wonders. The 77 year body was veneer covered and of course I sanded through the veneer trying to get the blue die that I found under the paint off. Mark totally recovered the body with this birds-eye maple. It is some of the most beautiful maple I have ever seen. The mother of pearl Emmons emblem is inlayed into the body. Both the front and back of the body and necks are inlayed. It is as beautiful from the back, where I see it, as it is from the front. I think Mark did a really fine job on the body and I want to thank him for his time and patience.
Lots of you know Tommy Dodd, but few of you are aware of his ability to work on a push-pull guitar. Tommy is a close friend who used his expertise and experience to disassemble and reassemble the guitar for me. The guitar plays like a dream and has all the Emmons tone you would expect. All of the undercarrage parts including the changer and the pedals were removed and polished. Tommy ordered a vertical knee lever kit from Ron Lashley along with 2 new fretboards and 2 new keyhead assemblies. Ron also polished and rebuilt the tone control and neck switch. I can't complain about the service we got from Ron Lashley, everything was on time and as promised. The end plates, pick-up covers, petal board, knee levers, pull rods and legs all went to the local chrome shop. The pick-ups are from Jerry Wallace. The guitar came with 10 floor pedals and 4 knee levers. Tommy set it up with 8 floor petals and 5 knee levers, using the standard Emmons set-up. I can't say enough about Tommy's help, and I do want to thank him. In addition to being a good guitarist, he is a really good friend and I appeciate him greatly.
Sorry to get long winded, but I am excited about this guitar and wanted to share it with people that I thought might appreciate seeing it. It took almost 2 years to do, but I,m really proud of it. Tell me what you think.
[This message was edited by Ronnie Tibbitts on 25 May 2005 at 06:25 PM.] [This message was edited by Ronnie Tibbitts on 25 May 2005 at 06:27 PM.] [This message was edited by Ronnie Tibbitts on 25 May 2005 at 06:28 PM.] [This message was edited by Ronnie Tibbitts on 25 May 2005 at 06:42 PM.] |
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Clyde Lane
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Glasgow, Kentucky, USA
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Posted 25 May 2005 6:07 pm
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That is one beautiful guitar and I bet it plays and sounds as good as it looks. Congratulations
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 26 May 2005 12:36 pm
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| It looks great in the pictures, but they honestly don't do the guitar justice! You have to see it in person to appreciate this beauty. Beautiful guitar Ronnie. |
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Mark Herrick
From:
Bakersfield, CA
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Posted 26 May 2005 12:57 pm
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| The 77 year body was veneer covered... |
Really, that seems very odd to me. I thought most steel guitars, especially the all wood ones, were made with solid maple.
Was it only that particular year that they tried this or did they do it in other years as well?
The abalone inlay strips are sweet!
I haven't seen that many all wood Emmons push/pulls, but the ones I have seen sound great. Gary Brandin plays one out here in LA and it sounds awesome!
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[This message was edited by Mark Herrick on 26 May 2005 at 02:00 PM.] |
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Ronnie Tibbitts
From:
Dallas, Georgia, USA
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Posted 28 May 2005 7:22 am
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Thanks for the comments. I had a brain freeze on the title. The s/n calls for a 77 year model.
Mark, The body is solid maple but the quality of the looks of the maple they had at the time must have been below what they wanted. By re-covering the 28 year seasoned wood we were able to keep the tonal qualities of the wood. Mark did do a good job on the inlays didn't he.
Clyde, Your comments are appreciated.
Roger, I look forward to seeing you and hearing you play at the Georgia Steel Guitar Association show in Hollonville on June 12. You do a fantastic job with the show.
Ronnie[This message was edited by Ronnie Tibbitts on 28 May 2005 at 08:29 AM.] |
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Chippy Wood
From:
Elgin, Scotland
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Posted 28 May 2005 7:48 am
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Hi Ronnie,
That is one beautiful looking guitar, I was always a 'black only' Emmons fan until I saw that one, looks as if I will have to think again.
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Ron (Chippy) Wood
Emmons D10
Emmons D12
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