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Topic: Emmons Pickups with Metal trim where mounting screws go |
Jeff Metz Jr.
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York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 22 May 2016 12:01 pm |
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I just saw an early Bolt on d10 emmons at a showcase i was attending. It is owned by Curry Coster
Anyway, the pickups were embellished with little metal "end caps" on the top ends of the bobbins.
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 22 May 2016 1:29 pm
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never heard of emmons pickups like that.
by the way, how did they sound? ...or does that matter? |
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 22 May 2016 1:51 pm
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Jeff Metz Jr.
From:
York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 22 May 2016 4:13 pm
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They sounded like emmons single coils Chris.
Thats the guitar he was playing today. Looked to be refinished. Has holofoil looking inlay strips too.
Nice pp.
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Curry Coster
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Glen Burnie, MD USA
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Posted 31 May 2016 7:10 pm
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Hi, guys.....
I bought that '67 used from a great Baltimore player named Lyn Strauff in 1994. I'm pretty sure he was the second owner....Lyn wound those pickups himself on a home-made winding rig made from 2 record player turntables. I believe they're wound to about 14K....maybe a little more....but definitely less than 15K. Lyn made the metal trim himself. He used to work for Sho-Bud and knew that the old Bud pickups had a tendency to lift up on the ends, so he made those pieces to hold the ends down.
As far as I know the finish is a factory custom paint job......but I can't swear to it....
BTW, Howard.thanks for the kind words......the tone in that video doesn't do justice to the way that guitar really sounds. I have 3 PPs-------but this one is the only one I play....it sounds awesome....and plays like a dream....
Curry |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Jun 2016 6:08 am
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Lyn was a great guy, and certainly a classy player! And I must admit, those pickup surrounds he made do add class to the guitar. This is the kind of stuff we don't see on pedal steels made now. One reason I like the Fulawkas is the unique design of the endplates. Marlens used to be like that, too. Bobbe Seymour showed me a Sho~Bud, I think it was a Super-Pro, that had really fancy machined endplates. But now, all steels have the same "ho-hum" bland-boring design.
From 20 feet away, they all look pretty much the same. 
Pity. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2016 7:04 am
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Donny,
Have you ever taken a gander at Lynn Owsley's guitar?
He has some very fancy engraved end plates on his guitar.
If I'm not mistaken, I believe he plays a Derby. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 9 Jun 2016 9:15 am
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Erv, owners can and often do certain things to dress up their guitars. What I was commenting on was the failure of modern builders to do anything like this. With modern CNC machines, things like uniquely-shaped endplates and other parts are a cinch to do. Everyone raves about this beautiful guitar and that beautiful guitar, but what we're seeing nowadays, except for some varied mica body designs, is a much more bland and homogenized approach. Things like the old Sho~Bud and ZB headstocks and tailstocks, and the Marlen, ZB, and Fulawka endplates, added a lot of class and distinction, IMHO. If you can't read the nameplates these days, you often have a hard time figuring out what brand someone is using. From a name-brand perspective, that's not really good marketing.  |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Jun 2016 6:37 am
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Donny's right on. I have owned two ZB's and 2 Sho~Buds. The headstocks and endplates gave the guitar a lot of class. I wish the builders of current guitars would add a little visual class to their guitars. Like he said, if you can't see the name, you probably couldn't tell what brand it is.
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