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Topic: Emmons Push Pull Eye Candy |
Tommy Cass
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Baldwinville, Ma. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 4:52 am |
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Hi gang, here are some pics of my most recent restorations.
'68 Rosewood 8&6 was purchased by Bill Simmons of Texas.
'68 Black Mica 8&9 was purchased by Mark Dunn of the United Kingdom.
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Nic du Toit
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Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 6:05 am
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All the Emmnons I've seen, including the 71 D-10 PP (Black  ) that I had, were all aluminum pedal bars. |
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Jay Ganz
From:
Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 6:21 am
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| Is that all new mica on those? Are the top the necks re-jeweled also? |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 6:39 am
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| An excellent job under the hood also! |
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Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 6:51 am
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Man, thats a beautiful job !!
Hook
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Tommy Cass
From:
Baldwinville, Ma. U.S.A.
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 7:23 am
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NIC,
As far as I know, the only models that had wooden pedal bars were the black rock and the student model.
Jay,
The mica on the front apron of both guitars has been replaced. I got it from the Emmons factory. The necks are not re-jeweled, they are highly polished. I can re-jewel though.
Best regards to all, Tom |
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Sam White R.I.P.
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Coventry, RI 02816
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 7:27 am
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Yes Tommy does a complet resoration on these Push/Pulls and he does an amazing job on them. He makes sure they are perfect.Ever thing under those Push?pulls he does is all polished up and like new.I have been to Tommy's home and he does a lot of these old Push Pulls.
Sam White |
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Bruce Hamilton
From:
Vancouver BC Canada
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Posted 5 Nov 2005 8:41 am
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| I recently had a student come in for a lesson and he had a fat back D-10 that had a wooden pedal board. It was definately a factory piece but I have never seen that before. |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 7:37 am
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Wooden pedal board on an Emmons that's not a student model or black Rock? You got me there.
Judging from the pix. They look better than they did brand new. My hats off to to Tommy.Best I've seen. And I've seen a lot. |
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Rainer Hackstaette
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Bohmte, Germany
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 9:10 am
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Absolutely stunning restorations! I wish mine looked half as good.
Wooden pedal board: I copied this photo off of Bobbe Seymour's site about a year back:
It seems to be a doubleneck version of the Black Rock. Bobbe called it an "Economy D-10", 6+3. Note that it has a decal instead of a plaque. There'd be no question about the proper torque of the neck screws with this one. 
Rainer
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 9:30 am
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| As I stated. I've yet to see a pro model PP with a wooden pedal board. Tommy once again. WOW! BTW. You have E-mail coming...bb |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 9:45 am
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Mr. Boggs, Sorry you haven't seen any if you were wanting to. But there sure were several of them that you could have seen if you'd have been in the right place at the right time, Ha!
Doug Jernigan's D-10, 10 and 10 had a wood pedal board, and I have two of them in stock now, a rosewood and a black.
Ron Lashley used the wood boards when special pedal spacing was required, so he told me once. I liked the wood, no scratches, no fingerprints, and the pedal board matched the body of the guitar, cosmetically pleasing.
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 11:50 am
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I had one with a wooden pedal bar. I guess it was a student model D10. But it sure sounded and played like a Pro model to me! ( A picture of me playing it is on my Website)......al 
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Wayne Franco
From:
silverdale, WA. USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 12:08 pm
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| I really like the looks of the polished knee levers. Is there someone who makes replacements for a LeGrand? |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 12:14 pm
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You are right of course Bobbe.I found this one out behind the barn along with an old 64 ish I had forgotten about.
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 12:14 pm
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| Bobby Garret's D-11 had a wood pedal board. |
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Bobbe Seymour
From:
Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 5:33 pm
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Wow Bobby B., wheeer'd ya' find that???
I need to spend some time behind that barn!
Bobster, |
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Bobby Boggs
From:
Upstate SC.
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Posted 6 Nov 2005 8:16 pm
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| Bobbe. Down here folks just wear em out. Set em up around the back of the house on cement blocks. .......Po Bob |
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Nic du Toit
From:
Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 5:27 am
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| Is the tone mellower on the guitars with the wood pedal bars? (Just kidding)... |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 8:15 am
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another wrinkle; Bruce Zumsteg once sold me(in pieces)a D-10,10x7 which was thought to have possibly belonged to John Hughey(?)....blue lacquer body w/black lacquer necks; black mica covered wooden pedal bar,sporting an Emmons Stereo decal cut out accordingly. I may still have the rack if someone is so inclined
Very nice job Tommy! [This message was edited by Mike Cass on 07 November 2005 at 08:18 AM.] |
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Roger Rettig
From:
Naples, FL
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 5:55 pm
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As the heading to this thread was '...eye candy...', I have to own up to 'right clicking' on the picture of the black '68 with the polished KLs and setting it as 'wallpaper' on my desktop.
Now it's a constant reminder of something that will probably always be out of my price range - what a beautiful-looking guitar!
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 7 Nov 2005 10:54 pm
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Tommy, thanks for the eye candy! Wow… that undercarriage sparkles like a barrel of diamonds! I know because I just saw this guitar at the RI steel show a couple of weeks ago.
I’ve been admiring Tom’s work for over 20 years. In 1988 Tom rebuild my Emmons D-10 and when I went to his shop to pick it up I didn’t recognize it! It looked much better than it did when it was new. I am very lucky that I'm only 1 hour away from Tom.
Tom, thanks for the recent tweaking of my ’76 Emmons. You’re the Man!
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[This message was edited by Doug Beaumier on 07 November 2005 at 11:19 PM.] |
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