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Topic: '70s Emmons Brochure with steel device |
Marty Broussard
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Broussard, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2014 7:06 pm |
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Who made it? Did it work well?
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Per Berner
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Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 27 Nov 2014 11:00 pm
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A bit easier to read this way:
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Craig Baker
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Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Nov 2014 1:01 am
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Marty,
Not sure, but it may have been invented by Hank Thompson in order to cut payroll expenses.
Craig
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Per Berner
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Skovde, Sweden
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Posted 28 Nov 2014 1:10 am
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"3 input jaxs" 
Wasn't this device used on the Emmons/Crawford/Hughey 70s "Nashville Bar Association" album? I recall some rather unconvincing string effects on tracks like "The air that I breathe". |
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Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 28 Nov 2014 10:16 am
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I recall seeing one on eBay a long while back that had a ridiculous asking price and definitely underwhelming interest shown.
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Ernie Renn
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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2014 12:14 pm
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The Emmons String Machine was built to use the idea Buddy was developing in this picture.
I'm relatively sure this was the precursor to the actual boxed machine.
Emmons Guitar had a single stomp box fuzz machine. The String Machine used three of them in one box with three separate pickups to create harmonies individually, beings fuzz devices are inherently monophonic, (one note at a time).
I'm not really sure how you were supposed to use it, though. Buddy's had some sort of handles that could swing the individual pickups over various strings. Without that set up, you might need to insert them under the strings. Then you'd need to secure them and keep them from being in the way of normal picking.
It obviously didn't go very far. I doubt there are that many floating around, hence the higher asking price.
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Craig Baker
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Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Nov 2014 12:44 pm
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Hi Ernie,
May I assume that when using the string machine, you disregarded the guitar's main pickup, or was it blended into the signal. I can't imagine it sounding very good with all that mini-coax in the path.
Was this the same as the IVL Steelrider?
All the best,
Craig
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Ernie Renn
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Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2014 11:47 pm
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I'm fairly sure when you switched it on it bypassed the guitar input. Otherwise it would distort with multiple notes. I don't see any sort of mix control, so I'd assume it was effect only.
The IVL Steelrider has a 10 (and I heard a 12), pole midi pickup that slid under the strings and is, as far as I know, polyphonic.
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