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Topic: The Very First Emmons - Circa 1964 Serial #1
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Nick Reed
Member From: Springfield, TN
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posted 16 May 2004 08:43 PM
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If any of you Emmons Lovers hadn't got to see the first one built, here it is. This first black D-10 was a STEREO model and was the beginning of the Emmons Guitar Company back in 1964. It was designed and built by the late Ron Lashley Sr. & The Big E!  Beautiful, Ain't it! (Photo by Bob Knight)[This message was edited by Nick Reed on 19 May 2004 at 05:03 AM.] |
Paul King
Member From: Gainesville, Texas, USA
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posted 17 May 2004 04:52 AM
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Nick, It is a beautiful steel. I wonder what the value of the steel is being it was the first one built. |
C Dixon
Member From: Duluth, GA USA
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posted 17 May 2004 07:50 AM
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Nick,Why do you and others on this forum, insist on making an old man cry?  I have an old (blue circa '65) brochure of an Emmons that might be this one. It shows the stereo pickups (and switches on the back of the top neck), and if I am not mistaken, it lists the steel as a "stereo" on the brochure. I would love to hear how you found it, if you would be so kind, carl |
Herb Steiner
Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX
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posted 17 May 2004 07:54 AM
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It's at Billy Cooper's music store.------------------
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Jim Cohen
Member From: Philadelphia, PA
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posted 17 May 2004 08:42 AM
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... and presumably not for sale, right? |
Jay Ganz
Member From: Out Behind The Barn
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posted 17 May 2004 08:47 AM
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It's also not all original, right?
I think it was "restored" somewhere
along the line. |
Bobby Lee
Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA
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posted 17 May 2004 09:32 AM
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What does "stereo" mean here? What's the difference between the left and right channels?------------------
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Bob Knight
Member From: Bowling Green KY
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posted 17 May 2004 09:52 AM
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NICE Picture Nick. I wonder who took it? www.buddyemmons.com/numberone.htm [This message was edited by Bob Knight on 17 May 2004 at 09:58 AM.] |
C Dixon
Member From: Duluth, GA USA
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posted 17 May 2004 10:47 AM
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b0b,To the best of my recollection, the top 5 strings went to one amp and the bottom 5 strings went to the other amp. The PU had two rows of magnets offset from each other. Gene O'Neal told me many years ago, "the reason it did not last is because some players heard crosstalk between the two amps when string 5 or 6 was picked," I never heard that from anyone else, however. Just know it did not last but for a short while. I remember once listening to a live "Ernest Tubb Record Shop" show where ET introduced Buddy Charleton was about to play his brand new stereo pedal steel. carl |
Mike Weirauch
Member From: Harrisburg, Illinois**The Hub of the Universe
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posted 17 May 2004 07:10 PM
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I saw this guitar when I visited Billy Cooper's music store a few years back. Great photography Bob Knight! |
Jody Sanders
Member From: Magnolia,Texas
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posted 17 May 2004 10:24 PM
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Years ago there was an Emmons D10 in Ben Jack's museum in his store in FT. Smith.Ark. that was said to be Emmons # 2. I often wonder what happened to it. I have a picture of it somewhere in my stash. Jody. |
Herb Steiner
Member From: Cedar Valley, Travis County TX
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posted 17 May 2004 10:37 PM
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Jody
That guitar, #2, is owned by Ron Lashley Jr.------------------
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Jay Ganz
Member From: Out Behind The Barn
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posted 18 May 2004 07:04 AM
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That #2 was "acquired" by a guy in Texas when
the museum closed down. The whole thing was
a bit suspicious. He was a strange character
to deal with, but I managed to get it away from him & got it back to Ron Jr. where it belonged! |
Al Udeen
Member From: maple grove mn usa
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posted 18 May 2004 07:45 AM
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While living in Denver in 64, I first met Tom Brumley at a Stockyards Show, during the intermission, Tom took me onstage & flipped Buddys guitar over & said, This is the latest & newest thing in steel guitars, I always thought that was the first Emmons built, The Show featured, Buck Owens, Ray Price, & Roy Orbison Fond Memories to say the least! Al Udeen |
PAUL WARNIK
Member From: OAK LAWN,IL,USA
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posted 18 May 2004 09:23 AM
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Nick R-I see you said WAS a stereo model-the pickups on it now don't look like the stereo ones to me! But what do I know? I only owned 1 '64 Emmons  |
Jody Sanders
Member From: Magnolia,Texas
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posted 18 May 2004 11:01 PM
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Thanks Herb and Jay for the info. Jody. |
Chris Forbes
Member From: Beltsville, MD, USA
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posted 19 May 2004 10:57 AM
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Billy Cooper told me that his Emmons is serial # 001, however, there was a prototype or maybe even prototypes (plural!!) built. He believes his is just the first production guitar built. |
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