FS: NEW PHOTOS!! Emmons S10 push/pull

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 6 Aug 2009 8:18 am

Sadly, I'm going to have to sell my instrument. I'll attempt to take photos and add details when I can borrow a camera. I'm just checking to see what the interest is. This instrument had been built/setup my Mike Cass a few years earlier by the prior owner. It's black and I believe was made in the 70's, late 60. I was going to send it back to Cass to have him set it to my copedent.

It currently has 2 pedals, 5 knees. I was going to send it back for the more common 3 pedals, 4 knees. It has a vertical knee in place of the "C" pedal.

Feel free to PM for details.

Thanks,

N.E. James

Mike Cass · Post by **Mike Cass** » 7 Aug 2009 10:31 pm

Thats a very nice instrument, and as Nathan posted, I restored it completely several years ago(including re-mica)for the former owner. All original Emmons parts save for a few Seymour p/p bellcranks as the new factory ones werent yet available, and new Gotoh gears. Other than the weird 2x5 setup I feel sure that anyone interested would be more than happy with this fine sounding 1970 Emmons S-10 p/p guitar.
Good luck,
MC

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 8 Aug 2009 8:10 am

FWIW

Mike did a re-mica job on my '78 P/P D-10. He does a beautiful job. I think he uses heat + pressure after applying it. Whatever, it is much straighter and less wavy then the original factory laminate.

Steve Dodson · Post by **Steve Dodson** » 8 Aug 2009 8:58 am

Mike Cass is the man on doing anything that needs to be done to a Emmons P/P or any other guitar for that matter. Not to mention he is a Monster player as well.

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 8 Aug 2009 9:59 pm

Photos will be sent out tomorrow I hope. I'll keep everyone updated.

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 11 Aug 2009 5:57 pm

I FINALLY got a camera to snap some photos. I will be posting photos tomorrow after 7PM EST. My apologies to everyone for my lack of an update. I will respond to any prior inquiries tomorrow night.

Thanks!

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 13 Aug 2009 11:59 am

My sincere apologies for it taking so long to take photos. I still think the photos look kinda crappy, but, they're the best I ould do with having never used this camera.

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 14 Aug 2009 8:44 pm

The LKL's are more towards the center. This was requested by the prior owner as well as the vertical knee as the "C" pedal. Mike used all original NOS Emmons parts.

PM me with any offers/questions.

Thanks!

Mike Cass · Post by **Mike Cass** » 16 Aug 2009 8:05 am

Ummmmmmmmm..........
the top pics look like the way I saw it last, but the underside looks 30 years old now, and I could swear that I flocked it red instead of black, oh well

There's some kind of bar across the aprons(front to back)to the left of the LKL that doesnt resemble anything that I installed, and the black flocking appears to have been scraped off under the keyhead. Im going to have to say that this instrument is NOT in the same condition that it was in upon my hand-delivery of it to the former owner a few years ago. Maybe better pics of the underside would help, but you can ask Tony Glassman; thats not how I flock 'em

Also, I see a good bit of crud on the underside of the two pedals which wasnt like that upon delivery as well, due to the fact that I tumble clean all pedals to remove that stuff before I re-paint and then bake them. In short, it looks like two different guitars, top vs. bottom to me, compared to how it was upon completion. I hate it, but once they leave here, its pretty much out of my hands what happens to them in the name of experimentation; all too common an issue Im afraid

Nathan has also emailed me that some folks still had questions about the lack of a ser# on the changer e/p. Again.........when the former owner sent it to me it had long been converted to all-pull by Ed Naylor. Consequently, when he milled out the original p/p e/p to accomodate the a/p mechanism, the area where you'd normally find a ser# on that vintage instrument was turned into metal shavings on his shop floor. Therefore, I acquired a N.O.S. S-10 p/p e/p from Emmons Guitars in Burlington, N.C.
I brought the body down there with me when I went to build some guitars for them a few winters ago, selected the plate and had it personally milled by Ron Lashley jr. to fit that particular body as there is a spot on all unfitted Emmons p/p e/p castings
(near the right-rear leg socket)which needs to be milled out slightly in order to be able to sock the plate up tight to the body before tightening it down permanently. I still have the original e/p for inspection, and if this instrument sells Im willing to send it to the new owner as long as shipping is covered. A comparison of the two will quickly educate the observer to the fact that there was no place for a ser# by the time I saw it, and since I didnt know the # I chose not to stamp anything in the new one at all in order to avoid later confusion, should I have chosen another # which is already in circulation. Plus, the former owner didnt seem to care about that and I was pretty sure that he would keep it anyway, so I hope that clears that up once and for all.
Good luck and email if you need help, Nathan.
MC

ps, upon further examination of the pics I see that it has almost surely been refolcked as I always flock over the screws that connect those 2 long rails running end to end on both aprons......someone trying to reinvent the wheel again, per my earlier comment on post-delivery experimentation

mc

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 23 Aug 2009 2:09 pm

I have't been on this site for a few weeks now. If anyone has an offer, please make it.

I didn't mean to mislead anyone by saying it was rebuilt by Mike Cass, it was. Unfortunately it has been tinkered with after the fact.

I'm so new to the instrument that I would not know the difference.

My apologies.

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 29 Aug 2009 5:14 pm

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 29 Aug 2009 5:17 pm

$1500 shipped OBO.

Thanks,

N.E. James

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 31 Aug 2009 10:09 pm

$1200 shipped make an offer

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 1 Sep 2009 9:12 am

Nathan,
Please check your e-mail.
I would like to get together with you on this guitar.
I have a gentleman who is looking for an Emmons S-10 p/p.
Thanks,
Erv

Nathan James · Post by **Nathan James** » 1 Sep 2009 10:09 am

Sold pending funds.