Emmons short keyhead

Willis Vanderberg · Post by **Willis Vanderberg** » 20 Oct 2022 3:32 pm

Are all plain LeGrande guitars short keyhead head ?
I am asking about the plain LeGrande not the ll or lll.
What is the measurement on a short key head ?

Kelcey ONeil · Post by **Kelcey ONeil** » 20 Oct 2022 4:34 pm

Only the earliest LeGrandes from 1983-84 or so are short keyheads, which are distinguished by having a two piece keyhead and obviously shorter than a regular Emmons keyhead. Most LeGrande 1s are not short keyheads, as they were made into the early 90s to the best of my memory.

Willis Vanderberg · Post by **Willis Vanderberg** » 20 Oct 2022 5:19 pm

Thank you Kelsey.

Ron Bryson · Post by **Ron Bryson** » 21 Oct 2022 5:26 am

Hey Bud,
Most of the early ones had 4 hole bellcranks, rather than the 14 hole of the LeGrande II's
I had a black D-10 that I wish I had back.
Ron

Willis Vanderberg · Post by **Willis Vanderberg** » 21 Oct 2022 7:00 am

Hello Ron.
Thank you for chiming in.
They are great horns but a little heavy for this old guy.

Billy McCombs · Post by **Billy McCombs** » 21 Oct 2022 10:41 am

I have two SKHs the body measure’s 32 1/2” the key head measures 53/4”

Randy Tatman · Post by **Randy Tatman** » 25 Oct 2022 5:48 pm

I had and my friend still has a black skh sd-10, its a 1987. It is a little different as it has the Legrand changer, not the webbed changer as most have. I have the documents from Emmons somewhere.

Mike DiAlesandro · Post by **Mike DiAlesandro** » 26 Oct 2022 4:41 am

Kelcey - Did all the SKH's just have a LeGrande decal as this one does?

Also, when Emmons changed from the short keyhead, Is that when the Lashley LeGrande decal was put into use?

SKH Changer

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Kelcey - Did all the SKH's just have a LeGrande decal as his one does, and when the design changed the Lashley LeGrande decal was used?

Graham Bland · Post by **Graham Bland** » 27 Oct 2022 8:17 am

Short keyhead LEGRANDE’s we’re built on modified push pull bodies, this is well documented by many people in the know around the forum. I have a skh built with the later style changer and wouldn’t trade it for 100 push pull guitars!

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 27 Oct 2022 12:55 pm

Graham Bland wrote:I have a skh built with the later style changer and wouldn’t trade it for 100 push pull guitars!

And I have a push-pull that I would trade for 100 LeGrandes.
But not for 99.

Graham Bland · Post by **Graham Bland** » 27 Oct 2022 1:10 pm

You are a funny man Jack!…
And just for the record Buddy Emmons himself asked Ron Lashley Sr. To develop an all pull guitar. And that came from the horses mouth.

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 29 Oct 2022 4:52 am

Did Buddy record his Christmas album with A EMCI ?

Graham Bland · Post by **Graham Bland** » 29 Oct 2022 6:55 pm

I believe that is correct.
And it is an Awesome album!. It is in regular rotation on my phone throughout the year not just at Christmas.
And every time I hear it I realize how much the world lost on July 21st 2015.

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Emmons short keyhead

Emmons short keyhead

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BE’s Christmas album