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Topic: Emmons - owned by Herby Wallace AND John Hughey - more pics |
Eric Philippsen
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Central Florida USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2014 1:29 pm |
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This is a 1991 Emmons Lashley LeGrande that was owned by Herby Wallace and John Hughey. Two solid pieces of documentation to that effect are included. Here are particulars:
- The guitar was built for Herby Wallace and shipped to him on November 14, 1991.
- As a new owner, the original Emmons warranty information card was sent in by him to the company. He made a copy of that and it is included with the guitar.
- John Hughey played the guitar at the January 2011 (correction: 2000) Millenium Steel Guitar Jam in Florida and sold it after the show to an attendee who was first in line to buy it. He signed the guitar twice - on the front near the logo and underneath, along with the date of the show and sale. An original program from that show is included.
- It is in cherry mica.
- It is 8x4.
- It is 100% original.
- It has Emmons 108N pickups.
- It was built with large Grover tuners.
- It has the original Cush Case with it as ordered from the factory.
- It has 14-hole bellcranks.
- It is in outstanding condition. There are absolutely no problems or issues with this steel.
- I ran across the steel in Florida at a small music store and, since I was going through Nashville on the way home, I stopped by and showed it to Mike Cass. He put it on his bench and doublechecked and adjusted it while I was there. It plays perfectly.
Think about it. An Emmons owned and played by both Herby Wallace AND John Hughey AND serviced by Mike Cass. I'm really not sure how it can get much better than this. Herby Wallace did his magic on this pedal steel and John Hughey did, too. Surely, he played "Look At Us" on it.
$3500 + shipping. No trades, please.
Thank you.
Last edited by Eric Philippsen on 1 Nov 2014 3:23 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2014 7:58 pm
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I've played this guitar when Herbie Had it and it was one of the easiest playing and best sounding Emmons I've played.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Norman Evans
From:
Tennessee
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Tommy White
From:
Nashville
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 11:50 am
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| John Hughey may have played that guitar but it wasn't in 2011. John passed away in 2007. |
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Lonny Servin
From:
Oregon, WI, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 4:29 pm
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| Think something is fishy here? |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 4:39 pm
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| Lonny Servin wrote: |
| Think something is fishy here? |
Not fishy. Eric is well known on the forum. The signature date looks like it says "2000" to me. Probably just a typo on the original post |
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Lonny Servin
From:
Oregon, WI, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 4:45 pm
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| John died in 2007 like Tommy noticed. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 5:14 pm
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| Lonny Servin wrote: |
| John died in 2007 like Tommy noticed. |
...which is 7 years after the "2000" date of the JH signature on the guitar. |
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 10:56 pm
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Didn't know John owned this guitar but he was playing a Red Emmons with Vince Gill at Cowboys in Dallas and that could very well be it. Don't remember year, think around late 90's.
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Henry Matthews
D-10 Magnum, 8 &5, dark rose color
D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
Nashville 112 amp, Fishman Loudbox Performer amp, Hilton pedal, Goodrich pedal,BJS bar, Kyser picks, Live steel Strings. No effects, doodads or stomp boxes. |
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2014 3:41 pm
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Oh, boy, what a dumb mistake I made.
John sold it in 2000, as the signature shows, not 2011. The back of the program clearly shows "2000" as the year of the steel show, too. I knew John passed away in 2007.
I had no intent of misrepresenting this. My apologies. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2014 1:18 pm
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TTT
I'd be glad to send more pics to interested people. |
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Brian Ostrom
From:
Old Chelsea Quebec Canada
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Posted 9 Oct 2014 6:02 am Thursday Bump!!
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Great guitar with a star spangled history trail! Maybe there's some trace of vapours where the speed picking happened???
Seriously. Sounds like a great guitar and Eric is a class act to deal with. Why is it still here?
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Williams SD10 ZumD10 Fessenden D10 . Evans RE150 peavey N400's GKMB 200 emminence speakers!, Live steel strings. |
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 12 Oct 2014 6:34 pm
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I played this steel last night at a gig. Wow.
TTT one more time. |
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Dave Bryant
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2014 5:49 am
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| And I was standing next to Eric on stage Saturday night and will have to admit....this one has something special about it |
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2014 3:11 pm
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To the top one more time.....with better pics.
Thanks everyone for looking.
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