Emmons p/p S8 $950

Paul Brainard · Post by **Paul Brainard** » 1 Nov 2017 6:40 am

I have a cool old oddball Emmons I bought off the forum a while back - has been fun to have around but time to move it along. It is an S-8 push-pull with 4 pedals & no knees - if you have the parts I don't see why you couldn't add some to it. Looks kind of like a GS student model with its very low-profile neck, but it does have cast endplates and adjustable back legs. I assume it's the original single-coil pickup. The main interesting feature is the flat nut - no rollers. The sound is a little different on open strings but it actually works just fine with the pulls. I put a piece of brass tubing across between two of the tuning posts to run the middle strings under & provide a little more of a break angle on them.

It's nice & light, sounds great, plays surprisingly well (although I'm no push-pull expert.) I have it set up for C6 with standard pedals 4-7, but have had it in classic E9 (no chromatic strings, low E-D# on P4) and open G for Cajun style. It's generally in very good shape, the case too other than two cracks in the vinyl on the corners and one of the loops of the handle has broken. Nice little axe for practice/experimenting or lightweight gigs.

(PS the shot below of the changer shows one pull I had rigged up with a paper clip & home-made rod, it's no longer on there but there is one available bellcrank.)

Paul Brainard · Post by **Paul Brainard** » 1 Nov 2017 6:53 am

Here are some close-ups of the case, also more recent shots of the undercarriage (the previous one had a home-made linkage in there that is no longer on it. . .)

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 1 Nov 2017 7:13 am

Great idea and nice job on the case handle fix!

Paul Brainard · Post by **Paul Brainard** » 18 Oct 2018 3:30 pm

I still have this kicking around & should send it on - fun little steel, sounds great! What about $1250 shipped?

Paul Brainard · Post by **Paul Brainard** » 21 Oct 2018 6:00 pm

Paul Brainard · Post by **Paul Brainard** » 4 Nov 2018 7:04 am

Paul Brainard · Post by **Paul Brainard** » 6 Mar 2019 5:30 pm

Still have this little guy, fun steel to mess around with

Paul Brainard · Post by **Paul Brainard** » 18 Sep 2019 6:07 pm

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Paul Brainard · Post by **Paul Brainard** » 25 May 2020 7:53 am

COVID bump. . .

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 25 May 2020 7:59 am

Wow that would make a really cool c6h pedal guitar for sure lots of options.

Marc Stone · Post by **Marc Stone** » 25 May 2020 10:43 am

Hey Paul plz check your messages again. Thx

John Bohannon · Post by **John Bohannon** » 26 May 2020 10:00 pm

did this ever sell?

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Emmons p/p S8 $950

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