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Topic: Emmons Le Grande Short Keyhead
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KENNY KRUPNICK
Member From: Grove City,Ohio
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posted 29 October 2006 05:00 PM
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I was curious about these guitars. First of all, does the shorter keyhead give the guitar a brighter tone?And second, does the shorter keyhead give longer string life? The Branhams sung at church a while back,and the fellow that played steel, Bobby Baird, I think his name is, had a Emmons short keyhead LeGrande that he bought from Weldon Myrick that sounded pretty good. Bobbe has one for sale on his website too.  |
Mike Phillips
Member From: Brooklyn, NY
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posted 29 October 2006 07:25 PM
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Hey there - wondering if you saw my post... I've got one of these for sale.
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum9/HTML/003753.html I've had no troubles with string breakage at all. None. Peace! - Mike |
KENNY KRUPNICK
Member From: Grove City,Ohio
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posted 01 November 2006 03:22 AM
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Hi Mike, yes I seen your post on the one you have for sale. I remember you mentioned yours was formerly owned by Bruce Buton. |
KENNY KRUPNICK
Member From: Grove City,Ohio
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posted 02 November 2006 07:35 PM
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Anyone else? |
Bobby Boggs
Member From: Pendleton SC
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posted 02 November 2006 09:48 PM
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OK I'll go. In general they have a better mid-range sound than the other LeGrandes. This is nice for recording.I've owned 5 of these.2 where really on fire, One was average sounding. And 2 of them had the least sustain above the 12 fret of any Emmons I've ever sat down to.All were tested with the same strings, pick-ups volume pedals,amps effects etc. This one is on fire.I sold it once. But I got er back.No it's not for sale.
Here's a link to the add I placed. http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum9/HTML/003081.html [This message was edited by Bobby Boggs on 02 November 2006 at 09:52 PM.]
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Mike Archer
Member From: Church Hill, Tennessee, USA
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posted 03 November 2006 12:29 PM
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i have had 3 skh emmons my choice
of all pull steels great tone and they
are very easy on strings
right now im playing a black one
8and 4 and love it
ill send you a pic |
KENNY KRUPNICK
Member From: Grove City,Ohio
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posted 03 November 2006 08:42 PM
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Mike, Nice guitar. Do you notice any sustain loss above the 12th fret?I would think with a shorter keyhead ,the sustain would be fuller. |
JW Day
Member From: Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA
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posted 04 November 2006 09:00 AM
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Kenny, I have one that is about an 82 model. This the 4th legrande that I have had.It has 8 & 6 on it. Strings have never been A problem nor has tuning. Usually at the start of A gig I tune it and that is it unless it is an outside thing with wind blowing. I have A new Desert Rose on the way, but the Legrande is here to stay. J W Day |
Mike Archer
Member From: Church Hill, Tennessee, USA
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posted 04 November 2006 11:12 AM
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no loss above 12th fret
if anything it just gets sweeter
get into hughey land and it
wails!! i just today added 6th string raise on my c6 neck on rkr wow nice!
std setup but drop 5and6 on e9 neck
on 4th pedal lots of fun |
KENNY KRUPNICK
Member From: Grove City,Ohio
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posted 05 November 2006 06:24 PM
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Sweet!!! |
Chad Karnitz
Member From: Wis. Rapids, WI USA
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posted 06 November 2006 06:10 AM
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Loss of sustain? You bet. I compared mine with a later LeGrande and there was no comparison; the newer LeGrande had much better sustain and more growl. The short keyhead guitar was easier to work on and had nicer pedal action but as far as tone is concerned, go with a long keyhead guitar. |
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