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Topic: Emmons Denim model question |
Michael Heaphy
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New York, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2023 2:37 pm |
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Hello Friends...I have a question I could use some help with. A friend of mine has a 1978 Emmons Denim model. It's a S10 with 3 and 4. I haven't come across many of these and so I don't know if it is a special model...it is the lacquered model so that helps but he has no case for it. He is wondering what it is worth. My best guess is around 3 grand plus but I could be wrong. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards to all and Thanks in advance .
Mike
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2023 2:45 pm
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| Every denim Emmons I've ever seen (not all that many) have been 'mica, not lacquer. |
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Wayne Brown
From:
Bassano, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 23 Jan 2023 4:02 pm steel guitar
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Sorry but if that is a picture of the guitar itself that is mica not lacquer.
wayne
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Philip Mitrakos
From:
The Beach South East Florida
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Posted 23 Jan 2023 5:20 pm
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Last edited by Philip Mitrakos on 31 Jan 2023 1:05 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Michael Heaphy
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2023 4:24 am Emmons Denim
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Thank you all for your help and input. It is much appreciated and I will pass the info on to my friend
Best Regards
Mike Heaphy |
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 24 Jan 2023 2:00 pm
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a question about the finish... is it actual denim or just formica made to look like denim?
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1965 Emmons S-10, 3x5 • Emmons LLIII D-10, 10x12 • JCH D-10, 10x12 • Beard MA-8 • Oahu Tonemaster |
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Steve Schmidt
From:
Ramsey, MN, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2023 3:24 pm
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| It absolutely is a denim Formica. I had one exactly like this and sold it. Big mistake on my part |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 24 Jan 2023 4:14 pm
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| A local steeler had a D10 denim Emmons. I met him at a band battle thing back in the early 80s. I was playing a basketweave Emmons D10. I wonder how many times that's happened with those 2 rare finishes in the same tonk at the same time. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 25 Jan 2023 6:01 pm Re: Emmons Denim model question
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| Michael Heaphy wrote: |
| A friend of mine has a 1978 Emmons Denim model. It's a S10 with 3 and 4. I haven't come across many of these and so I don't know if it is a special model. |
Jack and Steve are right, it's just a standard model with denim-pattern Formica. |
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Mitch Ellis
From:
Collins, Mississippi USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2023 7:12 pm
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I once test drove a denim D10 Emmons at a local music store. It wasn't mica but actual denim cloth. It came from the factory that way. It also came with a small hole in the front part of the front neck. Brand new guitar....shipped out of the factory with a hole in the neck.
Mitch |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 25 Jan 2023 7:53 pm
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I mentioned above about seeing one at a club. I always thought it was real denim fabric too. I also thought I remembered it actually had a Levi's tag on it....but it's been 40 yrs., and some other comments here indicated it was a denim print on mica, so I wouldn't swear to anything.
We didn't get much chance to visit, but I remember he told me it was a double coil pickup guitar.
Never saw him or the guitar again. |
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Peter Johannisse
From:
Spijkenisse, The Netherlands
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Posted 26 Jan 2023 8:48 am
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mica |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 26 Jan 2023 5:16 pm
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| Certainly authentic looking. |
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