Emmons Pickup Identification

Kyle Matthews · Post by **Kyle Matthews** » 31 Dec 2021 11:21 am

Hello,

I am new to the forum and to playing pedal steel. I recently purchased this beautiful Emmons Lashley Legrande II and I am trying to learn all I can about it. I recently pulled the pickups and this is what I saw. I was happy to see the date 3/94 but I have not been able to find anything about the model number listed. The model number is hard to read, anyone have any ideas?

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 31 Dec 2021 4:05 pm

It says Emmons single coil 10 and the date. All the Emmons single coils look the same with the only difference being the values. Early Emmons push pulls were wound to 15K and later models higher in the 19K to 20K range. In my opinion, Emmons made the best single coils available for tone and low noise.

David Higginbotham · Post by **David Higginbotham** » 31 Dec 2021 11:37 pm

Kyle, although I believe I answered your question regarding the single coil pickup, I was contacted by a forum member who is arguably the most knowledgeable Emmons guru in existence. He suggested I edit my post as there’s some differences in some 60’s models push pulls, etc. so technically I’m incorrect for not including this info, but did answer your inquiry as best I could from my personal experience using single coils from early 70’s to 90’s models. I’m including the message I received so you can be better informed by an expert far more knowledgeable than I.
Dave

“David

I suggest that you edit your post to read “All Emmons single coils after October 1964 essentially look the same”

The first Emmons to leave the factory in January 1974 had a single coil that was a quarter inch taller than “usual.”
In October 1964 four guitars were made with single coils with the magnet slugs mounted in a diagonal row.
Earliest single coil readings were 12k.”

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Dave Diehl · Post by **Dave Diehl** » 1 Jan 2022 6:39 am

They were wound with a Singer Sewing Machine for I believe most of the time they were in business.

Kyle Matthews · Post by **Kyle Matthews** » 2 Jan 2022 9:01 am

David Higginbotham wrote:Kyle, although I believe I answered your question regarding the single coil pickup, I was contacted by a forum member who is arguably the most knowledgeable Emmons guru in existence. He suggested I edit my post as there’s some differences in some 60’s models push pulls, etc. so technically I’m incorrect for not including this info, but did answer your inquiry as best I could from my personal experience using single coils from early 70’s to 90’s models. I’m including the message I received so you can be better informed by an expert far more knowledgeable than I.
Dave

“David

I suggest that you edit your post to read “All Emmons single coils after October 1964 essentially look the same”

The first Emmons to leave the factory in January 1974 had a single coil that was a quarter inch taller than “usual.”
In October 1964 four guitars were made with single coils with the magnet slugs mounted in a diagonal row.
Earliest single coil readings were 12k.”

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Thanks for the amazingly detailed information! I greatly appreciate the insight and I absolutely love how these pickups sound.