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Topic: are you too tall for your emmons? |
Connie Mack
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phoenicia, new york
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Posted 5 Apr 2008 10:40 am |
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hi folks,
the restoration has begun. i have begun work on restoring my 74 lacquer emmons. i originally acquired this guitar so i could keep it set up at home and keep the gigging axe in it's case. no set up and take down for rehearsing and practicing...bla, bla. one thing was that this one was too tall for me. so i've decided to rectify this problem. is there anyone out there who has a similar year(or close) emmons that would like to swap out the legs and pull rods? the legs are 28 1/2" long. the pull rods are the kind that are 3/16" in diameter but terminate at the top at 1/8". the length is @27 1/2". thanks for looking. c. |
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mike nolan
From:
Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2008 12:06 pm
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| I can't get at it right now but my 74 PP has always been a little too short. I'll get it out and measure tomorrow..... |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2008 12:58 pm
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Why not just put a lift kit on it? I have to raise all of my steels up 2" from standard.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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P Gleespen
From:
Toledo, OH USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2008 1:15 pm
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| Darvin Willhoite wrote: |
| Why not just put a lift kit on it? I have to raise all of my steels up 2" from standard. |
He's looking for a "shrink kit".
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Connie Mack
From:
phoenicia, new york
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Posted 5 Apr 2008 1:44 pm
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yes darvin,
i'm looking to "shrink" my emmons like gleespen said. i could have the legs cut and pop the threads back in but i thought it might serve to help somebody else out to do it this way.
after all, i can take my legs and cut them and still have it be "original" but someone who is too tall can't.
hopefully mike's is the right size and it will all work out.
it's what this forums all about, right? c. |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2008 4:10 am
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Connie,
I measured my '71 P/P and the front legs seem to be 26" from a solid floor (with the rubber foot on) to the bottom of my guitar... I'm not measuring the threaded part. I think I'm standard height. I hope that helps. |
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mike nolan
From:
Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2008 10:41 am
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Connie,
I measured the legs. When totally collapsed they measure 26 1/8" from the rubber tip to the top of the leg, excluding the threads. The pedal rods measure 24 3/4" from the bottom of the thread to the top of the hook... that is without the black hex part on the bottom that attaches to the pedals. I am pretty sure that this is standard.. |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2008 12:06 pm
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One of these days I'll learn to read the whole post before I throw out my opinion.  I guess some of us actually are "laterally challenged" the other direction.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Mike Phillips
From:
Brooklyn, NY
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Posted 9 Apr 2008 6:15 am
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connie -
don't cut your legs yet - and certainly not YOUR legs, you need those for walkin'.
i have a single 10 emmons that is short for me. i'll try to measure the legs tonight and let you know.
email me tonight to touch base.
mike |
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