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I know one thing: I have never had an Emmons -- or any steel -- that sounds nearly as good as this old war horse...


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Case and all are dead mint!!!

Here's my invoice guitar. The body is slightly smaller, has the all-black bobbin pickups of a wraparound and brown felt underneath. I had it rebuilt underneath by Ian in Sacramento. He did a terrific job. Sounds unreal. Nothing can touch it for my ears. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/12...

A good bolton is pretty hard to beat, especially the invoice jobbies...

Gil James wrote:Ironically, alot of good new country music in the last couple of years has come from rock bands,who know what it is.
Here's one example.

https://youtu.be/oy-YUosF7Aw

Blackberry Smoke can play anything. They are Alabama's finest...

B0b in his own way was as important to pedal steel as any of the great pickers. He sure touched a lot of pickers and those folks touched a lot of listeners around the world.

Allen is a gentleman from Kentucky perhaps and he sounds remarkably like George Jones. His band might be called "Possum Tracks." His steel player is outstanding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfR7t0ElVwo

I have a mahogany Formica invoice bolton. Do you see those pickups? No white line, right? They should be pretty much the same as those on a wraparound. Those pickups are to Emmons what a PAF pickup is to a Gibson Les Paul. They have tremendous clarity. Add to the fact that the invoice guitars usuall...

(THIS IS NOT MY GUITAR)
I found this steel on www.shopgoodwill.com
It's located in southern California:

https://shopgoodwill.com/item/152503378

Please contact me ASAP. Smiles...

That was a clean, terrific sounding guitar when I had it. But the copendent wasn't for me. I sold it to a pro player up around Lake Tahoe. I cannot understand why you would want to disassemble the guitar. The don't sound the same after they have been taken apart. Like cars that undergo a rotisserie ...

Thanks Marco. You are probably right

Be still my beating heart...

Is that Pete Drake on a finger tip? I've always thought that but what do I know...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsaQoSBJ7PQ

I smoked three packs a day of Camels when I was living the honky tonk life so that guitar and I have bonded well. Ian is an absolute master at setting up a push pull. This guitar plays like butter and sounds unreal.

Serial number is inside on the end plate behind the C6th neck. The serial number is 2605. I would think the guitar is maple. Mahogany Formica sounds better. Ask anyone who owns a Martin D18. Smiles...

14.5K as I recall.

Almost two years ago, I bought two D10 boltons. One was a black '67 in immaculate condition. Plays and sounds great. Vintage case was almost new. I sold it to a good picker in New Jersey who loves it, as did I. The other one is an invoice-number guitar in mahogany Formica. Th price was right but it ...

Hazel Dickens is on of my all time favorites. On this cut, she gets more modern compared to most of her recordings. Does anyone know who might be the steel player? Sounds like a Bud but doesn't sound like Buddy or Pete or Lloyd. Even good guesses would be appreciated. Thanks. https://www.youtube.com...

Sold...

The guitar has been sold. It's going to a good home. 1967 Emmons D10 Bolton 8X4. Clean and so is the case. Very original guitar that plays and sounds as a bolton should. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/1224_Black_Emmons3_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/1224_Black_Emmons...

Thanks guys. I've been playing with my thumb pick back for many years. It eliminates more fiddly stuff for me by reducing the effect of that thumb joint.

My first Emmons was of the same era with the keystone tuner heads. It was a great guitar. I sorely wished I still had it.

Cowboy boots. You get better tone that way.

I'm having a heck of a time with my picks. The edge of one pick catches the edge of the other and flicks it off. I got my first steel in 1973 and never had this problem before. They are the same set of vintage Nationals I've always used, bent the way Jeff showed us at class in 1977. But now that I'v...