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Topic: Emmons universal st-12 |
Dennis Wireman
From:
North West Indiana 47978
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Posted 11 Mar 2021 8:24 am |
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| can any one tell me are there any issues converting an Emmons st-12 4f+ 4 k est e9th into an Universal 12 with 7 plus 5? |
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Jon Light
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 11 Mar 2021 9:50 am
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Hi Dennis. I've just converted the stringing of an Ext. E9 ST-12 to Universal stringing -- lose the 9th string D, go down to 12th string B -- because I can't deal with going back and forth between differently strung guitars. Years ago I had an ST-12 6 + 5 Uni (P6 was on a lever and it worked great).
So no, there are no issues that I know of. |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 11 Mar 2021 11:47 am
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| Check out Larry Bells S12 Emmons,,it's got it all,,,with full explanation of function. Just do a search for Larry Bell and go to his website. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 11 Mar 2021 12:23 pm
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This is the Larry Bell guitar. I know it and the setup well because that one that I had and sold a while ago I had bought from someone who had been a protege of Larry's and it had a setup very close to this one.
http://www.larrybell.org/id15.htm |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2021 10:10 pm
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Looks like the biggest problem would be finding 3 more pedals, That would match the present pedals.
Changed a GFI S12 from E9th Extended to Jeff Newman 12 U was no problem with factory parts available and easy to obtain.
If you jump in Good Luck. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2021 10:44 pm Re: Emmons universal st-12
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| Dennis Wireman wrote: |
| can any one tell me are there any issues converting an Emmons st-12 4f+ 4 k est e9th into an Universal 12 with 7 plus 5? |
I wouldn't attempt it on a push-pull. 
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Kelcey ONeil
From:
Sevierville, TN
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Posted 12 Mar 2021 8:32 am
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| As far as I know it was done on quite a few PP’s back in the day. Also, considering that the original Crawford Cluster was a PP, it shouldn’t represent a problem. For the record, I’m currently working on a D12 PP with the Crawford Cluster that will be an SD12 with a rather busy 8 and 6 universal tuning, and the mechanics of that particular tuning at least presents no problems. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2021 8:45 am
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I have an Emmons S12U 7x5 that I bought new in 1982.
fwiw, You can play a ton of 6th sounding stuff on a standard E9th or Ext-E9.
My thought would be... Keep that Emmons if you play Ext-E9th, and/or if you want to play Universal buy a brand new S12U by a currently in business brand like Mullen.
If you are already used to playing E9th with the 9th string=D, you could just play it the way it is. That D note basically becomes your Pedal-6 function.
What does your 4th pedal do?
Maybe you could post what the current copedant is, and a few pics of the top and bottom if the Steel? |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2021 4:10 pm
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I had one. The downs side:
1. A lot of tuning happens underneath the guitar rather than at the end plate.
2. Raises predominate over a lower. An all pull universal combines rather which I wind up using quite a bit.
The upside: Sounded wonderful and rarely needed tuning but number 2 was a deal killer for me.
Caveat - Some people have figure out a way to make a PP combine a raise and lower.
I'm with Pete B. though, my universal brethren from way back. |
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