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Topic: Does anyone recognize this changer? |
Andrew Wright
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 5 May 2020 2:15 pm |
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I'm looking at what I believe is a "parts guitar" but I can't find another changer that looks like this one on the web...figured one of the experts here would know.
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Paul Sutherland
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Placerville, California
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Posted 5 May 2020 2:35 pm
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I think we need a lot more pictures.
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Andrew Wright
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 5 May 2020 5:48 pm
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Fair enough...unfortunately I don't have access to better pictures.
The position of those two bolts behind the changer seems particularly distinctive, but as I said, I've not been able to turn up another guitar from any maker where the changer is attached that way yet. |
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 6 May 2020 1:58 am
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There's something prototypical or downright homebaked about it.
Can anyone decipher what's on the front apron?
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Andrew Wright
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 3:46 am
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| The front apron says Electra. Emmons fretboard, non-Emmons pedals and knee levers. So it's an oddball, for sure. |
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 6 May 2020 4:39 am
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| Looks like its homemade off of another changer idea |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Andrew Wright
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 8:57 am
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Thanks, all! Here are the full pictures.
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 6 May 2020 9:25 am
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| Buick? |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 6 May 2020 10:42 am
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Those tuning pegs are distinctive.
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Brian Hollands
From:
Geneva, FL USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 10:51 am
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
| Those tuning pegs are distinctive. |
Emmons tuners. The whole neck looks Emmons to me. The tail block / spacer thingy behind the changer could be home made based on Emmons as they screw in to the body from underneath. If the builder didn't have the ability to tap threads, it would have to have screws protruding from the top like that.
None of the pictures can tell what type of changer it is though.
EDIT, they don't screw in from underneath. Rather the end plate is threaded and it screws in from above but with a cap screw. Just for the sake of being acurate...
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 6 May 2020 11:17 am
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| Studebaker Electra, obviously. |
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Andrew Wright
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 12:05 pm
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| It's a weird one. Was being sold as an Emmons, but no logo, no serial number, pedals and knee levers aren't right, and changer is wrong. I don't think seller has any intent to deceive, just doesn't really know what he has...and I couldn't figure it out either! |
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 6 May 2020 12:48 pm
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Can you give us a few pictures that actually show the changer in detail? We need close up views of the changer end (where you tune the pedals), and the underneath view. It could be an all pull changer or a pull release changer. I doubt it's a push-pull.
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John Drury
From:
Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 2:39 pm
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
| Those tuning pegs are distinctive. |
Kluson Tulips
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Andrew Wright
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 6 May 2020 3:09 pm
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| I’ve requested more pics but they haven’t been made available. So stuck with these two... |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 6 May 2020 4:14 pm
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| Ken Pippus wrote: |
| Studebaker Electra, obviously. |
I love subtle humor! |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 6 May 2020 6:38 pm I remember them in 1959...
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Nope, a Buick!
LeSabre, Invicta, Electra! |
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Dennis Brown
From:
Gowen, Mi. USA
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Posted 7 May 2020 3:13 am Emmons?
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| I had the guy send me more pictures and it included the changer and under the skirt pics. The changer looks like it only had a couple lowering fingers in it. (It's junk). I have the pictures that he sent me in a message but, I'm not tech savvy enough to post them here. I can share them if you message me a cell number. Some of the undercarriage parts look usable but none of it is Emmons. This thing isn't worth a third of what they are asking. Just my opinion. |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 8 May 2020 4:42 pm Changer question
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| Yes, I agree it looks like a Wilcox steel guitar with a different name on it. |
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Mark McCornack
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 May 2020 11:31 am
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Lockheed Electra ? (Nah, too small).
Do you have pictures of the changer endplate and can you tell if this was converted from a D10, or do you think it was it an SD10 all along? |
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Dennis Brown
From:
Gowen, Mi. USA
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Posted 9 May 2020 3:38 pm Junk
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The pics that the guy send me shows, it was a D10. The end cap is even messed up. "Figured how to send the end cap picture ".
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Dennis Brown
From:
Gowen, Mi. USA
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Posted 9 May 2020 5:56 pm junk
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| Pic added. |
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Andrew Wright
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 10 May 2020 3:38 pm
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| Yikes! |
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 10 May 2020 7:52 pm
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It's probably an all pull changer, but that's all I can say about it.
Don't buy this steel!! Keep shopping.
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