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Charles Dempsey


From:
Shongaloo, LA
Post  Posted 18 May 2005 7:10 pm    
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I'd like to know everything I can about the history of this guitar. It has some distinctive
features.

Serial number is 6413 which I understand is late '70s or early '80s vintage. The previous owner
had anecdotal information which indicated that this guitar might at one time have been owned

by Larry Sasser and/or featured on the cover of the "Nashville Bar Association" album.


I e-mailed Mr Sasser and included these .jpgs but didn't get a reply (which may indicate that

he's on dialup and I crashed his connection Smile.

Anyway, the guitar is neatly drilled and tapped for a Steelrider MIDI pickup on the

E9 pickup surround and changer endplate. Here come the photos:







All information is appreciated.

TIA,

Edited to get rid of the cute smilies Smile

[This message was edited by Charles Dempsey on 18 May 2005 at 08:21 PM.]

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Doug Jones


From:
Oregon & Florida
Post  Posted 19 May 2005 9:31 am    
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Here's the link to PP serial #s on the Carter Swapshop site. I couldn't find #6413. Good luck on your quest.
http://www.steelguitar.com/resource/pushpullinfo/d10pushpull_sn.htm Also note in the pictures the early LeGrande style pedals and the black knobbed Klusons. If I were to guess based on those pedals, this steel would be early 80's, right near the end of the push-pulls.

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Charles Dempsey


From:
Shongaloo, LA
Post  Posted 19 May 2005 3:02 pm    
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6413 (or possibly G413) is stamped on the underside of a ledge on the changer endplate adjacent to the E9 changer. A reliable source has informed me that 6413 is not an Emmons serial number. I have been all over the underside of this guitar and that's the only number I can find.

Someone please tell me where the SN is located on a push/pull.

Thanks,
Charlie
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Charles Dempsey


From:
Shongaloo, LA
Post  Posted 19 May 2005 4:33 pm    
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I have received info on the Emmons SN location (Thanks John!). That seems to be where my 6413 is. Here's a pic.



Charlie

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Herb Steiner


From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
Post  Posted 19 May 2005 8:32 pm    
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6413 most certainly is an Emmons serial number. When the company started making LeGrandes, the PP's were switched to a 6000 series numbering scheme. I had a 1982-83 PP that was a 6300 number.

Yes, it took over a year to get a custom built Emmons guitar even back then.

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Charles Dempsey


From:
Shongaloo, LA
Post  Posted 20 May 2005 12:21 pm    
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I have received info on this guitar from Emmons.

"This particular PSG was built in 1981, Mike Johnson was the original owner. Set up originally was 10 pedals and 7 knee levers w/ wooden necks. Back in the early 80's Ron Lashley Sr. used Invoice numbers as the serial numbers that is why we did not recognized it."

I can see where pedals 9 and 10 were attached. What would these two pedals usually do?

Charlie
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Ray Minich

 

From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
Post  Posted 20 May 2005 2:10 pm    
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Holy smokes, having not spent much time around a D-10, I just noticed the size of the 10th string on the lower neck.
Wow, you could clean a drain with that string, or else maybe moor an aircraft carrier. Beautiful machine anyways.

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Jennings Ward

 

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Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 20 May 2005 3:17 pm    
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CHARLES, I HAVE A BLACK ONE , A D10-10-10, MINE IS A BLACK ONE JUST LIKE YOURS.... AND A VERY RELIABLE SORCE TOLD ME THAT THESE GUITARS [ TYPE, VINTAGE, CONSTRUCTION, TONE , ECT: ] ARE THE VERY BEST OF THE BEST GUITARS EVER MADE, THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SO POPULAR AND HARD TO COME BY, AND VERY, VERY EXPENSAVE.... THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE AND PLAY THEM ARE RELUCTANT TO GET RID OF THEM......
GOOD LUCK WITH YOURS.......JENNINGS.....

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Charles Dempsey


From:
Shongaloo, LA
Post  Posted 20 May 2005 3:57 pm    
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There's holes in my guitar where stuff should go, and that's not cool. I'd like to put those two pedals back on.

What would the 9th and 10th pedals usually do anyway?

I've got some bellcranks and a few collars, but it looks like I'm going to be on a parts hunt.

Charlie
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