You can bet my order is going in for a new D-10. I think I want that same pretty Blue Laquer Finish Ricky Davis had on his "Blue Darlin" Faulawka. Oh Man! I just can't sleep from thinking about it. Nick

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Ron found a number of old steel guitar bodies stored in the factory basement and in fact the single body p/p that he had at the show was from the mid 80's. It sounded very good. I believe it sold at the show!

There are still many great Emmons p/p players especially here in TX. Incredible players such as Bobby Flores, Rick Price, Dickey Overby, Bobby Bowman and many more play Emmons p/p's.

Larry Sasser's p/p and Dicky Overby's p/p's sounded great at the show and of course Jay Dee Manness -- although he did not play at the show -- always sounds incredible on his p/p.

Needless to say, this is in addition to their present all/pull Emmons. They appear to have a new strategy to accelerate the sales/fulfillment of the Emmons Steel Guitar...I wish them well as I do all the wonderful steel guitar builders.

I've heard Buddy C. play an Emmons, a Zum & a GFI Ultra. They all sounded like a P/P when he played them. Must be in his hands

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They're not for everybody, after all and, despite what some people claim, it's only the very early ones that make the large sums of money. '70s/'80s examples come up for sale reasonably frequently, and they don't always sell fast.

Time will tell, I suppose, but I would like a black one with a stick-on decal !

As with everything, condition, condition, condition is the key to older guitars' value.

There are so many 70's and 80's PP's floating around out there and available in the $2k range that I don't think a new PP would be viable market-wise. Just MHO.

A respected player I talked to who tried the S10 in St.Louis said that it was a pretty darn good sounding guitar, but not the best Emmons he'd heard. Which reflects my feelings as well.

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"but if I could get a brand new one for the same or less than an "original"... "

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I don't believe that will happen. I would expect new PPs will have to sell for more than the current All Pulls, because they are more complex to make.

You can purchase an original, perfectly set-up PP, for much less. I'd go with the original. Another factor is I like to try before I buy, not order and wait.

I'm not talking about the few rare PPs that are $5K and up, that's a seperate vintage market. I talking about the D10s that sell in the $3K range.

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Nevermind.....

EJL

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And Now the Legend Continues!

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Darvin Willhoite
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mighty fine looking '71 "fat back" you got there!

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Like Darvin said: Both! I have a '77 D10 (blonde lacquer) and an '81 S12 (universal in rosewood mica). I sold my first Emmons push pull in 1993 and went 10 years without owning one. Now, I've got two and I'm keepin' 'em!!!