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Topic: Early wraparound (???) and what are those amps? |
Tom Quinn
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 9:50 am |
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Friend sent me this video of Earnest Tubb with Buddy on steel and wanted to know about his rig. The guitar looks like a very early wraparound with wooden necks but there is a plate where the logo would be. And what are those amps? Big thanks to the early Emmons experts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LWduP2F7r8
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Bobby Burns
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 10:01 am
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| I think those are Sho-Bud Compactra amps |
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 10:07 am
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Big thanks on the amps. How about that Steel?
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 10:25 am
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One thing I noticed about the guitar-- and the video is really fuzzy -- is that the pickup appears to have a white line on the bobbin. And do I see a bolt head on the top of the changer? Weren't the early bobbins all black? Might even be the Blade, the video is so poor. This is way above my early Emmons pay grade...
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Bob Muller
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 10:47 am
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The amps look like the Sho-Bud Compactra Which is an Evans built amp. I use this amp all the time, love the sound.
The holes across the top are showing only because of the camera flash.
Mine has the Altec speaker in it which I like. |
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Ross Shafer
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 11:07 am
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| I've got a Compactra I could be talked out of if someone wanted it. Will not ship though. |
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 11:08 am
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Hmmm... I'm up in Ione. Is it a tube amp?
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Bob Carlucci
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 11:21 am
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I think they are tube output solid state preamp.
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Ross Shafer
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Petaluma, California
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 11:22 am
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| All tube |
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 13 Jan 2022 11:41 am
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I sent you an e-mail.
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Scott Moon
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Posted 14 Jan 2022 3:46 pm
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I believe that might be a bolt on changer.
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Tom Quinn
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Posted 14 Jan 2022 3:49 pm
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Thanks Scott. Is that the guitar in the video? Sure looks like it.
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Scott Moon
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Posted 15 Jan 2022 9:53 am
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| It’s not but one just like it. I think most wood neck Emmons around that era had bolt on changers. |
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Andrew Buhler
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2022 10:25 am
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| That's my guitar! I always thought it sounded close to Buddy's when playing through a Standel XV I used to have. |
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