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Topic: Thoughts on the wild and crazy Emmons D11 PP? |
Jerome Reinan
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Salida, Colorado, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2025 10:05 am |
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Hello, all. Jim Palenscar has a 69 Emmons D11 that was built for Bernie Watruba. There are a few older posts discussing this guitar. I am currently learning to play a 68 Emmons S10 C6 that I got from Herb Steiner, and I thought it’d be fun to get another slightly oddball double neck PP so I can feel more well rounded. For background, I play for fun only. I will never be Buddy Emmons. Maybe Buddy Hackett or Buddy the elf. I mostly use the guitar to relax at my office during the workday. It’s occasionally therapeutic and I sometimes love it. Anyway, I started out on the C6 neck because I thought it would be challenging and because I used to play the bass, so I like the lower register. Jim’s D 11 checks the “strange but cool” and push/pull boxes. I’m just wondering if learning D11 would be a nightmare or if I should look at the extra string as a way to pretend to be a bass player? I see that there are not many D11’s and the ones around don’t seem to be moving like hotcakes so I just wanted to be sure that I’m not trying to drive an Edsel. Thanks in advance. I really appreciate it.
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1968 Emmons C6; 1970 Emmons D10; Early Excel D10. 1979 Fender Super Twin. Webb twin 12”. Many Crown and Ampex reel to reels. Tubes Rule! |
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Michael Conway
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Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 12 Jan 2025 2:50 pm D11 Emmons
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I’ve thought about that D11 a few times myself haha- it’s a beautiful guitar!
Chas Smith (RIP) mentioned once or twice that it was built on a D10 frame and has tighter string spacing than a typical Emmons. I love the idea of a D11, but that would certainly take some getting used to for me.
I’m sure it’s a wicked sounding instrument, though!
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2025 3:46 pm
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Jerome, The typical 11 string (if there is such a thing) just has an added low E. The same note and octave as a six string Spanish guitar. Your S10 C6 already goes much lower. BTW,the typical E9 ten string only goes to a B note,(second fret, fifth string on a Spanish guitar. So really you're not gaining much as far as range goes,BUT, stylistically, with the E9 neck, you enter a whole new world. Arguably, I would say, with most of us the, the sound of E9 steel is what drew them in to steel in the first place. RP
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Emmons SKH Le Grande, '73 Fender P/J bass, Tick tack bass, Regal high strung, USA Nashville 112. |
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Bob Sigafoos
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San Clemente, Calif. , U.S.
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