Cody Stewart wrote:Henry, interesting! As of present, I’m only aware of 6 Brown Flocked guitars that came from the factory. The one I own has factory original flocking as I confirmed it from the original owner. Do you recall if the guitars you reflocked were both bolt on’s?
For anyone who cares, here’s is a current list of the D10 Brown Belly bolt on’s I’ve cataloged and what history I know of them:
1. A rosewood mica (no serial number) restored by Lynn Stafford, currently owned by Bill Price in, TX
2. A mahogany mica (no serial number) originally owned by David & Bobby Boggs currently owned by me in Michigan.
3. A mahogany mica (invoice 2605) owned by Tom Quinn.
4. A rosewood mica, (Rosie) marked; (SR 2770) assuming that’s an invoice number. Guitar is allegedly made from mahogany planks opposed to maple. Assumed original owner: Larry Sasser. Formerly owned by Mike Cass, Herb Steiner, Bobby Flores, Dicky Overbey, Tommy Detamore and currently in the care of Dicky’s grandson Caleb Lindley in, TX.
5. A rosewood mica (1060D) owned by Mike Harrington in Michigan
6. A rosewood mica (1062D) allegedly originally owned by Weldon Myrick currently owned by Don Hemmer in, TX.
If anyone else is aware of more factory brown flocked Emmons guitars, please make your voice heard here. Inquiring minds are waiting.
Respectfully,
CS
Cody, very interested in your history of that particular guitar, #4 on your list above.
I acquired the guitar in the late 1990's from a steel guitarist in GA named Larry Keyt. It was in original shape but didn't have my copedent on it, and so I sent it to Mike Cass to put my setup on it. Mike never owned the instrument, per se; he only worked on it but allowed as how it might have been a "kit" guitar sent to Larry Sasser (provenance uncertain).
Mike sent it back to me and unopened I took it to a Johnny Bush gig and both Bush and fiddler Scott Moon (a forumite) allowed as how it was an incredibly loud and "ballsy" Emmons. At the time, Bobby Flores wanted my wraparound "Bill Johnson," but didn't have the bucks I wanted so he purchased the brown bolt-on from me. He later sold the bolt-on to Dicky Overbey to acquire the money to purchase the Johnson wrap from me. Dicky was playing an LDG Sho~Bud at the time but replaced it with "Rosie," as it became to be known, and Bobby F. bought the Johnson wrap with the proceeds from that sale, sometime around mid 2000, as I recall.
Cass told me that when withdrawing some wood from the front apron, the front apron of the guitar was mahogany at least. So probably there was at least
some mahogany involved in the construction of the guitar. The guitar has changed hands in the last few years, and now may be in the possession of Tommy Detamore, Jack Phillips, or Caleb Lindley... they're all good friends of mine so I'm sure the horn is in good hands, regardless.
My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg?
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It came from the factory a nine pedal guitar, and I believe it had either two, or zero levers from the factory. All four levers are Emmons, but the install had some issues. One of the brackets for LKL was in a weird spot too close to the pedal stop bar, and LKR was actually a left moving knee assembly that had been made to work. It's in great shape now, thanks to several kind folks (namely Clem Schmitz, Tommy Detamore, Lynn Stafford and Billy Knowles). I love the guitar, it is a blast to play. Here's a clip a buddy of mine took from a gig a few years ago.