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Topic: Emmons Push Pull Universal |
Alan Cook
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Kent,England
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 9:58 am |
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Does anyone own an Emmons push pull universal? I am thinking of getting an extended E9th off a friend of mine and changing it to my universal set up. I have worked on PPs before but any advice or underside pics of a PP universal would help. Also I would need an additional 3/4 pedals rods and part to do the full change, so any advice on where I could buy these would be great.
Alan |
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Peter Freiberger
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California, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 11:46 am
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I wouldn't consider a P/P the ideal instrument for this. You'll have to leave a lot of "slop" in pedals and knees that raise and lower the same strings, and you'll have a bunch of 1/2 tone tuners underneath, but it's been done, and nothing sounds like a P/P:
http://b0b.com/tunings/baucum.htm |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 11 Dec 2008 1:56 pm
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I converted a 3 and 4 single 12 push-pull to a 6 and 6 universal about 8 years ago. I'd never even seriously looked at a push pull before that. It wasn't that hard to do and I didn't do everything by the book, but it all worked. Eventually I had Mike Cass fix my little boo boos and I still play it, although it isn't my main gigging guitar. I only have three half tone tuners on it (8 E to D#; G# to A on 6 -- B pedal; B to C on 9 for the boo-wah pedal. All the B to C# pulls just pull to the stop and I tune it once at the changer.
In practice, a push-pull or rack/barrel guitar is better than, for example, an old Bud with two position bellcranks. TOO MANY RODS == NOT ENOUGH SPACE. Sure, you can only tune one raise and one lower at the endplate, but it works for me just fine. I rarely even touch the half tone tuners.
I was lucky to find parts by just asking folks on the Forum. I picked up a few various parts I couldn't find from Seymour or Mike Cass.
Write if you want to discuss in more detail.
larry@larrybell.org
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