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Topic: Get sustain back on Emmons PP?
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Peter
Member From: Cape Town, South Africa
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posted 22 December 2003 12:25 PM
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I had to clean up my 1978 S10, so I took off the neck, the keyhead and the small cut-tail section at the changer end. I did not remove the changer at all. It was left bolted tightly to the body. And I did not remove anything on the underside of the guitar.
I tightened the endplates where they hold the body and I tightened anything else that was loose. I did not use excessive force.
When everything was cleaned and oiled, I put the keyhead, the neck and the tailpiece back. It might be my imaginiation, but now it feels as if there is slightly less sustain than before the cleaning session. There is no sound difference, just sustain difference. Any suggestions where to look? Keyhead, or neck, or tailpiece?
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Bill Terry
Member From: Bastrop, TX, USA
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posted 22 December 2003 03:31 PM
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A while back I thought it would be a good idea to tighten up all the screws on the underside of my P/P and it literally choked the sustain and in my case the tone sounded stifled. I checked with Mike Cass, who suggested that I back off the torque on some or all of the neck screws, carefully listening between each tweak of the screws. I thought he was nuts (sorry MC  ) but sure enough after some tweaking here and there the sustain and sound came back.Later on, I shared the experience with a friend who pointed me to this:
http://www.buddyemmons.com/_board/00000147.htm So I guess Mike wasn't nuts after all... [This message was edited by Bill Terry on 22 December 2003 at 03:34 PM.]
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Peter
Member From: Cape Town, South Africa
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posted 26 December 2003 02:07 AM
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Mike Cass and BE are absolutely right! I adjusted the neckscrews and I got the sustain back! The guitar also sound sweeter now!
Thanks guys!
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Peter den Hartogh-Emmons 1978 S10 - Fender Artist S10-Remington U12-Hilton Volume Pedal-Gibson BR4 lapsteel-Guya "Stringmaster" Copy-MusicMan112RP-Peavy Rage158- - My Animation College in South Africa
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jim milewski
Member From: stowe, vermont
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posted 26 December 2003 01:11 PM
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good post |
Peter
Member From: Cape Town, South Africa
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posted 26 December 2003 09:57 PM
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Bobbe Seymour claims there are 7 "secrets" to get a good sound and sustain out of a PP.
This EXCLUDES the player and amplification; they are 7 mechanically adjustable "secrets".Number 1 is the way the changer is attached, and the body-contact it makes (I think).
Number 2 is the tightness of the neck screws (As I just discovered).
Number 3 .....
Number 4 .....
Number 5 .....
Number 6 .....
Number 7 ..... Could anybody fill in the rest?
How about you Bobbe? Or do we HAVE to we buy the video?
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Peter den Hartogh-Emmons 1978 S10 - Fender Artist S10-Remington U12-Hilton Volume Pedal-Gibson BR4 lapsteel-Guya "Stringmaster" Copy-MusicMan112RP-Peavy Rage158- - My Animation College in South Africa
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Marco Schouten
Member From: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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posted 27 December 2003 05:23 AM
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Bobbe's got to make a living....
and some aircraft fuel ------------------
Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp
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Roger Edgington
Member From: San Antonio, Texas USA
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posted 30 December 2003 09:51 AM
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Hmmmmm Now where did I put that screwdriver? |
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