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Cartwright Thompson
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Winnie Winston
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Tawa, Wellington, NZ * R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 3:27 am |
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it certainly does look like an Emmons underneath.
Whoever took the pics has a strange idea of where the pedalboard goes! The pedals did NOT look like Emmons, but more like early '70s Sho-Bud.
No idea otherwise!
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 5:41 am
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It is doubtful Emmons built this guitar. While I agree that some parts look like Emmons', close examination shows they are not. As Winnie says, the pedals aren't. Also, the tongue on the knee levers is on the wrong piece. It should be on the folding part rather than the stationary part.
So it is probably a home made PSG, where maybe some Emmons' parts were purchased while others were fabricated using Emmons' parts as the pattern.
But all in all, it does not look bad.
I would not suggest paying over 800 for it in any case.
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Peter
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 7:10 am
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The guitar is "marked" Capri. Is that an old Ford Capri logo?
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 8:07 am
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The Capri PSG was mentioned in some of Tom Bradshaw's early literature in the 1960s. I seem to recall that the Capri guitar was built somewhere on the east coast.??
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 8:51 am
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I owned a Rickenbacker Standard Guitar called a Capri at one time...early '60's I believe....
fred
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 10:38 am
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| Sure looks like Emmons push/pull parts, except for the necks and pedals. |
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Bob Wood
From:
Madera, California, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 11:17 am
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I dunno? The guy who's selling it says he has owned several other Pedal Steel Guitars. If he really did, he'd know how to set the thing (and I use that term loosely) up! Should you trust someone who lies?  Not me!
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 5:28 pm
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| Looks like the Emmons changer. |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 9 Apr 2004 6:37 pm
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and a 'Bolt-on' at that ...seems like an emmons-?hybrid
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Johnny Harris
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2004 5:32 pm
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Quote:
I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL PEDAL STEEL GUITARS,SHO-BUDS,DEKLEY AND MSA THIS PEDAL STEEL IS SUPERIOR IN QULAITY,SOUND AND PLAYABILITY
I have just discovered that I have had mine set-up wrong all this time! |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2004 6:03 pm
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| And it appears to have 9 pedals and not 10 as advertised. |
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Harold Parris
From:
Piedmont, Alabama USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2004 5:00 pm
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The changer appears to be an Emmons simulation built by Doug Baggett in Decatur, Al in the late sixties and early 70. The pull fingers appear to be Emmons or copies. Baggett called his guitars Baggett Customs though. I don't know where the name Capri came from.
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Larry Clark
From:
Herndon, VA.
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Posted 13 Apr 2004 6:06 am
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| I had a Mercury Capri in "74". Looks like that script logo was pryed right off the trunk. |
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