How many here are playing/owning an Emmons Bolton?

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Tom Quinn
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How many here are playing/owning an Emmons Bolton?

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How many pickers here have an old metal-neck Bolton. They keep showing up in various posts. I sure love the two I have. Unreal tone and they play pretty good as well. If you have one -- or more -- post a photo.


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Erv Niehaus
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I owned two at one time. :D
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Silas Hamilton
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Here’s my 67. She’s a stout ol’ girl.
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Marty Broussard
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My ‘66 …….amazing tone…
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Cody Stewart
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This is my 66 bolt with 67 era pickups in it. I was reluctant to join the p/p club due to mechanical reasons. Many will say a true aluminum neck bolt-on will have tuning issues. I can say that mine stays in tune better than any all pull I own. It doesn't change much with temperature fluctuations either. They have a certain amount of vibrancy in the mid range other p/p's don't. To my ears, it's like a mini explosion every time a string is picked. The p/p guys in Texas call it "PING." I think that's a good way to describe it. They arguably cut through a live mix more effectively than the other p/p configurations. Tommy Detamore and Bill Terry are probably the Bolt-On Experts when it comes to gigging with them. They know what they do and like them for those reasons.
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Marty Broussard
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I agree with Cody. I love the “ping”…..I call it the “sparkle”……
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Rick Heins
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This is a very cool ‘67 Bolt On I picked up about a year ago. It was set up beautifully by Kelcey O’Neil and plays very well. Just got the pickup rewired (something was weird sounding about it: too thin/bright) by Clay Alden to vintage specs and it sounds great now!
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forrest klott
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Here’s another residing in the Wolverine state. Invoice #2611, original pickups. Cody and I had them end plate to end plate not long ago, man that was a fun day!


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Dale McPherson
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Bolton

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My 65 Wrap and 67 Bolton.
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I do.
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D-1063
And two more D-1036 and DR-005
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Garry Vanderlinde
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I've got a '66 with 9 original floor pedals. Haven't seen any of those yet. E to Eb/F on right knees. 8)

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George Seymour
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Garry Vanderlinde wrote:I've got a '66 with 9 original floor pedals. Haven't seen any of those yet. E to Eb/F on right knees. 8)

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And three rows of tuning holes...seems the new Resound wraps will have that arrangement for split tuning...quite rare of a bolt on Garry...I love em :)
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Abe Levy
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I’ve got two. A black one and a white one. Here’s 1066D…

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Johnie King
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I'm pretty sure this is Mike Bourque's Wrap around.

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Garry Vanderlinde
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What's up Johnie? That Bolt On looks like a Wraparound :alien:
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Yes Garry I made a boo boo.
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Re: Bolton

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I think one of these is a wrap also.
Dale McPherson wrote:My 65 Wrap and 67 Bolton.
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Eric Philippsen
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I have a late ‘65/early ‘66 D10 bolt-on that I got not too long ago. It was in its original 8+1 configuration so I’m having 3 more knees added (Emmons parts, of course). When I get it back I’ll post some pics.
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Eric Philippsen wrote:I have a late ‘65/early ‘66 D10 bolt-on that I got not too long ago. It was in its original 8+1 configuration so I’m having 3 more knees added (Emmons parts, of course). When I get it back I’ll post some pics.
Cool! What's the invoice number?
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Eric Philippsen wrote:I have a late ‘65/early ‘66 D10 bolt-on that I got not too long ago. It was in its original 8+1 configuration so I’m having 3 more knees added (Emmons parts, of course). When I get it back I’ll post some pics.
Cool! What's the invoice number?
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Ron Funk
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Kind of a "1967 Quad Bolt-On" - -Invoice Numbers 2460 and 2462.

(Invoice Number 2461 did not involve sale of a steel guitar).


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Jay Ganz
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My '66 Bolt-on 👇


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William Smith
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Bolt-On Sound

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I hear of the great tone of the "Bolt-On" guitars. Is there an example of a side-by-side recording of the difference between a Bolt-On and a non-Bolt-On guitar that demonstrates this difference? It would be interesting to hear something like that using the same amp, volume pedal, etc. recorded in a single sitting using the same settings.

Thanks and those are sure some awesome looking guitars!
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