Anybody ever switch from Emmons to Day setup?

Guest · Posted 2 Feb 2005 4:36 pm

As some of you might know I've been looking for a lighter guitar due to back problems. Now have bought 2 Carters and they are BOTH Jimmy Day setup. Anybody ever switch and like it? Or should I change 'em over to my old typical Emmons p/p setup? Thanks for your comments...

Bill Ford · From: Graniteville SC Aiken

Dave,
Stay with what you're used to, or you could change one, and leave the other on Day setup( you may like it). If they are the same color, you could go to a gig and never know what to expect.

Bill

Buck Grantham R.I.P. · From: Denham Springs, LA. USA

Stick with what you're used to.

tom anderson · From: leawood, ks., usa

Don't worry about it, it's easy to switch back & forth from Day to Emmons. I played Day for 10 years, got a Zum setup Emmons & switched with no problems in about a day

. Then about 10 years later I got another guitar that was setup Day again & I went back to it. I like that setup the best, but can switch back & forth with no problem.

Bill Myrick · From: Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)

I have always played the "Day" set up but I also have both my "E" s on my left knee with a natural right raise with the "A" pedal and a left lower with the "B" pedal in use. How many do that ? I know at one time Weldon and Hal both had them set that way. I suppose you could do the same with an Emmons set up but most I've seen have the "E" levers split between the right and left knees. An awkward set up to me in conjunction with "A & B" pedal use. JMHO--

[This message was edited by Bill Myrick on 03 February 2005 at 03:44 AM.]

rpetersen · From: Iowa

I think most of the steels have the E's both on the left leg if they are a 10 string whether it's Emmons or Day - they are just reversed and you have the same knee action.

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[This message was edited by rpetersen on 03 February 2005 at 06:19 AM.]

Guest · Posted 3 Feb 2005 7:33 am

Thanks Guys! Maybe I'll take it on the gig and hope I don't get fired! HA HA. Switching the E-Eb to the RKL has never been a big deal for me cuz a play a U-12 sometimes but I've been raising the E's with the LKL for 20 years or more

[This message was edited by Dave O'Brien on 03 February 2005 at 07:34 AM.]

Ray Minich · From: Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra

If I switch to the Day setup, am I more likely to make the "C" pedal (now moved to A position) shiny instead of it's current dull lustre? Or, if you tend to ignore it under one setup, do you ignore it just as much under the other?

[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 03 February 2005 at 08:54 AM.]

Lyle Clary · From: Decatur, Illinois, KC9VCB

Sorry about my response. See above

Roger Edgington · From: San Antonio, Texas USA

I have been back and forth a few times and the Emmons set up won out for me simply because it's the way I feel it. I don't see an advantage one way or the other. The main thing is make sure the knee levers are correct for which ever one you choose.

Mark van Allen · From: Watkinsville, Ga. USA

I think there might be something to the argument that a guitar prone to "pushed-pedal-induced cabinet drop" might be more affected by the Day setup, with the A&B pedals closer to the center of the pedal bar. I swapped back and forth over the years as differently set up guitars came my way, but some years back I fell off a three story roof while doing some repair work and dislocated my ankle- these days the Day setup is much more comfortable. My ankle just won't turn as far as it used to.
And Dave, your Carters are VERY easy to change back to "Emmons", perhaps 1 1/2 hours tops, with all of the tweezing of pedal throws and everything.
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[This message was edited by Mark van Allen on 03 February 2005 at 05:33 PM.]

Willis Vanderberg · From: Petoskey Mi

I changed from the Day set up about four years ago. I had played that for thirty some years. My main reason for changing was , where ever I went most pickers were playing the Emmons set up. If I was asked to set in or, if I asked someone to sit in , the issue of the set up came in. I didn't have a lot of problem changing over.
Does the term "Emmons Set Up" only refer to the pedals and not the knees ?
I have set down to some guitars that were supposed to be Emmons set up, to find the E's were on the right knees.
As usual, more questions than answers.

Old Bud

Guest · Posted 5 Feb 2005 7:43 am

Thanks friends! I took the majority of your advice...put on a CD of Charley Pride Live at Panther Hall (Lloyd Green) and lay upside down under the new used Carter. It only took 2 hours to set all the E9 stuff to my typical Emmnons p/p set-up and darn that thing did real good on the gig last nite. 36 lbs but still stayed put on a plywood floor. This one has the E-66 pickup on the top neck and I found the harmonic chimes came out real easy. Sure appreciate everyones comments! Regards,Dave

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