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Topic: Wood Neck Emmons' |
chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 1:16 pm |
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how bout pics of just the wood neck emmonses. i love them. lacquer or mica bodies.
this first green one for sale here today made me want to see more.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 1:50 pm
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Dave Diehl
From:
Mechanicsville, MD, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 2:06 pm
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 3:50 pm
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 4:23 pm
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these are all great!
tony, that looks even better than your first pic of it. did you put those tuners on it? where'd ya get 'em? or are they just klusons? the lines look more pronounced.
Last edited by chris ivey on 13 Jun 2015 7:49 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Jim Hinds
From:
Gallatin, TN USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 4:41 pm
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I'd love to have this 
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Ray DeVoe
From:
Hudson, FL
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 4:42 pm 1977 wood neck
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1977 SD 10 Mica body with wood neck.
Ray DeVoe
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Richard Argus
From:
Perth, Western Australia,
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 6:26 am
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 6:45 am
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Here's two I passed on buying…and wish I'd snagged one of them...
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Andy Eder
From:
North Florida, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 8:34 am
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My first pro guitar I've owned for close to 40 years, Ca. 1974 fat back with bolt-on changer.
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Brandin
From:
Newport Beach CA. USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 8:50 am
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 9:25 am
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Here's two I passed on buying…and wish I'd snagged one of them...
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Those two guitars look like one of Sonny Garrish's Emmons guitars |
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Gary Lee Gimble
From:
Fredericksburg, VA.
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 2:02 pm
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Yeah, Brett... I hear ya.
And whats not to like about these two...
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Lynn Stafford
From:
Ridgefield, WA USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 5:37 pm Here's Another One!
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I bought this '72 from Randy Gilliam a few years ago and had Bob Littleton refinish the cabinet from the ugliest "frog-in-a-blender" green you ever saw to this amber blonde.
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 7:57 pm
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Andy Eder
From:
North Florida, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 9:06 pm
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Chris, Until recently, I always gigged with mine.
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Bud Angelotti
From:
Larryville, NJ, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2015 5:09 am
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Hey Chris,
What do you see as the major differences between wood & metal P/P s?
I've been led to believe the aluminum necks (which I have) have less cabinet drop.
So it must be the sound. Whadaya do you think?
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Ray DeVoe
From:
Hudson, FL
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Posted 14 Jun 2015 5:51 am Wood neck Emmons
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I would like to hear what other players think of the difference as well. The only thing that I can add from my experience is the following and it is just my take on it.
My wood neck Emmons definitely has a different tone than my aluminum neck guitars. The tone is a bit " thicker and deeper " with a lot of "bite" and it does not have quite as much of the bell like tone that the ones with the aluminum neck guitars do.
I recently had one of the top shelf Florida players over to my place to check out some amp equipment. He played a couple of my Emmons D 10 aluminum neck PP's first and was very happy with the tone. I then sat that little SD 10 up with the wood neck and he was quite amazed at how good it sounded.
That's about all I can add. My main two take out guitars are the SD 10 wood neck PP guitar pictured above in the earlier reply or a derby red SD 10 aluminum neck PP guitar. Both are excellent guitars but they are quite a bit different tone wise. Neither guitar has enough "cabinet drop" to even mention. The wood neck guitar stays in tune as well as the aluminum neck guitar with the exception that the butterfly tuners are much easier to knock out of tune when putting the guitar in and out of a case. I know that I will never sell the wood neck SD 10 while I am still playing.
I was always told that when John Hughey still used Emmons guitars, he recorded with his D 10 wood neck guitar but most always took the D 10 Aluminum neck guitar out to gig. I cant say whether that's true or not.
Lynn Stafford or others may be able to add a lot more as to the difference.
Ray DeVoe
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SMS: Revelation & Classic Preamps: Furlong 12" Splits.
Webb 15" Splits: Telonics 500 C: Quilter-T.T.12":
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 14 Jun 2015 7:23 am
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i always felt they had a slight less metallic edge to the tone. it's hard to say though. each guitar has it's own thing. i've heard many beautiful sounding metal necks. tom quinn's got one.
i dug the wood necks from seeing photos of hughey and weldon and sonny garrish. even hank devito.. they've done alot of good records.
i've always preferred less treble than alot of people....on steel and tele.
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Justin Griffith
From:
Taylor, Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2015 5:11 am
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I too think the Wood neck p/p's have a little more bite.
I really like that they still are still going strong above the 18th fret like the early Sho~Bud guitars.
I'd really like to have one wood neck Emmons to go with the aluminum necks I have.
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Sid Hudson
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2015 8:16 am
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Buddy Charleton use to play one at Hunter's Lodge.
The guitar sounded like bells from heaven!
Someone has a great great guitar.
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Jim Hussey
From:
Reno, Nevada - USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2015 8:08 pm
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Early wood neck D10 restored by Lynn Stafford. This guitar is gigged on a regular basis. Not babied, but treasured and well cared for!
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2015 6:27 am
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| I don't know if it is the composition of the necks that makes that much difference, I think the way the changer is mounted to the body contributes more to the tonal difference. |
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