Emmons Denim model question

Michael Heaphy · Post by **Michael Heaphy** » 23 Jan 2023 2:37 pm

Hello Friends...I have a question I could use some help with. A friend of mine has a 1978 Emmons Denim model. It's a S10 with 3 and 4. I haven't come across many of these and so I don't know if it is a special model...it is the lacquered model so that helps but he has no case for it. He is wondering what it is worth. My best guess is around 3 grand plus but I could be wrong. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Best Regards to all and Thanks in advance .
Mike

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 23 Jan 2023 2:45 pm

Every denim Emmons I've ever seen (not all that many) have been 'mica, not lacquer.

Wayne Brown · Post by **Wayne Brown** » 23 Jan 2023 4:02 pm

Sorry but if that is a picture of the guitar itself that is mica not lacquer.
wayne

Philip Mitrakos · Post by **Philip Mitrakos** » 23 Jan 2023 5:20 pm

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Michael Heaphy · Post by **Michael Heaphy** » 24 Jan 2023 4:24 am

Thank you all for your help and input. It is much appreciated and I will pass the info on to my friend
Best Regards
Mike Heaphy

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 24 Jan 2023 2:00 pm

a question about the finish... is it actual denim or just formica made to look like denim?

Steve Schmidt · Post by **Steve Schmidt** » 24 Jan 2023 3:24 pm

It absolutely is a denim Formica. I had one exactly like this and sold it. Big mistake on my part

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 24 Jan 2023 4:14 pm

A local steeler had a D10 denim Emmons. I met him at a band battle thing back in the early 80s. I was playing a basketweave Emmons D10. I wonder how many times that's happened with those 2 rare finishes in the same tonk at the same time.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 25 Jan 2023 6:01 pm

Michael Heaphy wrote: A friend of mine has a 1978 Emmons Denim model. It's a S10 with 3 and 4. I haven't come across many of these and so I don't know if it is a special model.

Jack and Steve are right, it's just a standard model with denim-pattern Formica.

Mitch Ellis · Post by **Mitch Ellis** » 25 Jan 2023 7:12 pm

I once test drove a denim D10 Emmons at a local music store. It wasn't mica but actual denim cloth. It came from the factory that way. It also came with a small hole in the front part of the front neck. Brand new guitar....shipped out of the factory with a hole in the neck.

Mitch

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 25 Jan 2023 7:53 pm

I mentioned above about seeing one at a club. I always thought it was real denim fabric too. I also thought I remembered it actually had a Levi's tag on it....but it's been 40 yrs., and some other comments here indicated it was a denim print on mica, so I wouldn't swear to anything.

We didn't get much chance to visit, but I remember he told me it was a double coil pickup guitar.

Never saw him or the guitar again.

Peter Johannisse · Post by **Peter Johannisse** » 26 Jan 2023 8:48 am

mica

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 26 Jan 2023 5:16 pm

Certainly authentic looking.

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