Jim Lindsey with Ty Herndon

[Bill Miller]

Our friend Jim is really shining on THIS live Ty Herndon show from '92. What guitar was that Jim? It sounds just killer.

[Eddie Harper]

Thanks for posting Bill. Indeed, Jim sounds fantastic. Was hoping his thumb pick wouldn't fall off. I don't think I could play with my thumb pick in that position....Eddie

[Bernie Gonyea]

Bill ; Give us something to hear jim playing; ; I see no click or button to poke..Bernie

[Jim Smith]

Bill ; Give us something to hear jim playing; ; I see no click or button to poke..Bernie

Click on the word "this" in the first post.

[Bent Romnes]

Excellent work Jim! What a sound!

[Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)]

Hi, Guys ... Thanks so much for your kind words on this one.

Bill, that was my old black 1976 Emmons push/pull. Although I've been a Mullen man for many years now, I have to admit that this old Emmons was my most favorite guitar that I've ever owned. I really miss it.

Eddie, I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I read where you mentioned my thumb pick falling off. There's been more than one occasion that I suddenly found my thumb pick flying out onto the dance floor in the middle of a fast song. I now use a Golden Gate thumb pick and wear it a little further on my thumb than I used to.

Again, thanks so much, everyone ... your comments are greatly appreciated. I kinda miss playing that song, it was a really fun tune.

[Bill Miller]

that was my old black 1976 Emmons push/pull

Mighta known. I'll tell you Jim, I love the sound of that quad pickup Mullen you play and I'm sure you bring the best out in any axe you sit at. But I know this much; if I was close to one of the push-pull wizards ( ie. Bobby Bowman ) I'd have an Emmons push-pull. To my ear there is just nothing to match that tone. It wouldn't be a great idea for me to have one here though...unless I traveled to some distant mecca and trained to be a push-pull mechanic first.

[John A. Russell]

Jim

That was amazing.

That video must be something special to you.

Great picking. It was great meeting you in Dallas.

John Russell (England)

[Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)]

To my ear there is just nothing to match that tone.

I have to agree, Bill. You know, as much as I love my Mullen guitar (I've had four of them that played and sounded absolutely fantastic), to my ear there's just nothing like the sound of an old Emmons push/pull guitar. In my book, they have the "magic sound" and I like to think of them as the Stradivarius of steel guitars.

Here's something you might get a kick out of. Someone emailed me about that "Shameless" video and said the reason that my Emmons sounded so good was because it was black!

I just love those old Emmons guitars. I've owned two Emmons push/pull guitars: the black '76 Emmons in the video (which was originally Gary Hogue's guitar) and a 1969 Emmons that I bought from a fellow at a really good price.

When it comes to working on a steel, I'm kind of in the same boat regarding the mechanics of it. I can work on an all-pull guitar all day long, but working on a push/pull just eats my lunch. And there's a story there ...

My very first Emmons was a black 1969 push/pull D-10 with 8 & 5 and I bought it for $400. At first glance it was the filthiest thing I ever saw and looked like a real piece of crap with fret boards that were scratched and really bad looking. I took it completely apart, cleaned and polished everything, rebuilt it with all the right parts in the right places (even ordered brand new Emmons fret boards for it), and when I finished it was beautiful and looked like new ... but I never could get everything adjusted correctly. It played horrible and wouldn't stay in tune for anything.

I ended up taking it over to Gary Hogue to see what he thought of it and he said, "I know a guy I can take it to who'll do miracles with it" so I left my guitar with him and in a few days Hogue called me back to say my guitar was ready.

Gary had it set up and was playing it when I got to his house and then I played it. I don't know who he took it to, but it played fantastic and sounded great. Problem was, Gary liked it, too, and wanted to buy it. So, I sold it to him and never even got to play it on a gig ... I never could say "No" to Gary whenever he wanted to buy one of my guitars!

[Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)]

John, thank you so much! Good to hear from you. It was a great pleasure meeting you at the Dallas show.

I thoroughly enjoyed the visits and talks we had.

You're correct about the video being a bit special to me. It really brings back some fond memories of that guitar. I've played some push/pulls in my day that really felt good, but never one that played like that particular guitar did.

It played like a dream and was the only push/pull I've ever played that was close to rivaling my Mullen in feel.

Again, thanks so much and here's hoping you have a great day ... please pass on my regards to David as well whenever you see him.