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Topic: Question for experienced Emmonites |
Clark Doughty
From:
KANSAS
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Posted 17 Apr 2019 11:24 am |
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| Do you sacrifice any of the so called "Emmons Tone" by going with the SD-10 as opposed to the D-10? |
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Justin Emmert
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Greensboro, NC
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Posted 17 Apr 2019 11:50 am
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| I have a push pull SD-12 and I say no. It's got all the tone of a D-10. |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 17 Apr 2019 12:11 pm
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| I have both, and they both sound great! |
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 18 Apr 2019 5:18 am
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Interesting question which I first dismissed. You know, “you can’t generalize to that degreeâ€, etc. But then it kept popping back into my mind.
I think that there’s something to the generalization that the less restrictions in an Emmons “build†the more likely the better tone. I mean, I’ve long believed a student model, with no raised neck and fewer knee levers screwed to and constricting its body vibration and resonance, often sounds better than some of its bigger brothers. In fact, I’m not so sure that if a student model didn’t have the usual stability problems (it tends to wobble due to its non-pro legs) I wouldn’t use one more. Heck, they sure are lighter by quite a bit, too.
So, by the same token, just maybe an SD10, with less mechanicals attached to its undercarriage compared to a D10, might resonate more. Just wonderin’. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Apr 2019 8:33 am Re: Question for experienced Emmonites
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| Clark Doughty wrote: |
| Do you sacrifice any of the so called "Emmons Tone" by going with the SD-10 as opposed to the D-10? |
I wouldn't think so. I also think there is no way to really tell what makes a guitar sound the way it does, since so many factors can affect the guitar's tone. |
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Gary Spaeth
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2019 4:51 am
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| my s-10 sounds sweeter than the d10 i had at the same time only it has slightly less sustain. a little change in volume pedal technique helps compensate for that. |
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Tom Belliveau
From:
Billerica Massachusetts
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Posted 20 Apr 2019 5:08 am
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My first pedal steel was Emmons Black rock that Buddy Cage endorsed. I purchased it in1976. It had just 2 knees but it sounded amazing.
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robert kramer
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 20 Apr 2019 12:26 pm
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| I don't own an S-10 but from what I've heard there is no difference in sound and I know of one S-10 in town that sounds better than my D-10. They are great guitars. |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 20 Apr 2019 1:00 pm
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"Emmonites"?
I don't believe b0b allows religious discussions.
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Al Evans
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2019 4:21 pm
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"Emmonites"?
I don't believe b0b allows religious discussions.
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I thought emmonites were a kind of fossil....
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/time/Fossilfocus/ammonite.html
--Al Evans
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2019 3:55 pm
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As long as you don't fight with the Shobudians, it's okay. 
I always enjoyed Ben Keith's tone when he played an Emmons S-10 with Neil Young. Some people say that even the S-8 student model has "that sound".
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 22 Apr 2019 9:12 am
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Eric Philippsen sent me an Emmons P/P S 10 to try. At first it was thin sounding but I adjusted my amp settings and it made a big difference. My wife and our guitar player couldn't tell the difference between the S10 and my D 10 P/P at a jam session yesterday.
Could it be because it's black????? |
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