EMMONS or DAY?

B Bailey Brown · Post by **B Bailey Brown** » 20 Jan 2002 12:43 pm

Day, and now Emmons. My first steel had the Day set up, so that is the way I learned. Then I quit for several years and when I bought my Sho-Bud Professional in the early 70’s it had the Emmons setup. That concerned me briefly, so I called Jerry Blanton and asked him about it. He said, “Buy the guitar…either one works as well as the other!” I did, and he was right!

B. Bailey Brown

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 20 Jan 2002 12:44 pm

Richard Sinkler- good move! With P7 on RK and boowah on LK , and your left foot on usual P5 and P6, you can just about play all C6 without moving your left foot. Just like on E9. Pretty good.

I used to use Day setup, it is more comfortable for me, and I think faster with the ankle, but most all the guitars are Emmons setup, so I switched too.

Another reason is, I don't use Pedal C on E9, I get the E to F# on a knee lever to take care of that. Then I have pedal 3 available for the C6 neck.

A Player can get used to either way, whichever is more comfortable to him or her....al

[This message was edited by Al Marcus on 20 January 2002 at 12:46 PM.]

Buck Grantham · Post by **Buck Grantham** » 20 Jan 2002 12:59 pm

Gary Dunn · Post by **Gary Dunn** » 20 Jan 2002 1:04 pm

Emmons

Steve Miller · Post by **Steve Miller** » 20 Jan 2002 1:12 pm

Emmons

Larry Miller · Post by **Larry Miller** » 20 Jan 2002 2:15 pm

Emmons, I wanted to try the Day set up a few years back, but B.S. talked me out of it.

Hook Moore · Post by **Hook Moore** » 20 Jan 2002 2:17 pm

Emmons

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Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 20 Jan 2002 3:01 pm

Larry: You should have asked Tommy White !!

Regards, Paul

George Rozak · Post by **George Rozak** » 20 Jan 2002 3:29 pm

Emmons

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Bob Tuttle · Post by **Bob Tuttle** » 20 Jan 2002 3:43 pm

I use the day setup. My ankle flexes better that direction.

Moon in Alaska · Post by **Moon in Alaska** » 20 Jan 2002 4:35 pm

My setup is Emmons --- but only by accident !! I had a single pedal for several years which pulled both the B and G#. When I purchased a steel with more pedals, I then had my left pedal raise the B only, the second pedal raised both B and G#, and the 3rd pedal raised the G#. It took me 3 pedals to have what we now have with 2. I played maybe 15 years before I changed to standard A - B - C. So I would say mine evolved !!!

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Donnie Blassl · Post by **Donnie Blassl** » 20 Jan 2002 4:54 pm

Day on my ZB.

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 20 Jan 2002 5:09 pm

Mooney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gary Morrison · Post by **Gary Morrison** » 20 Jan 2002 5:47 pm

Emmons on Emmons, then Day on Sho-Bud!

Rick Trolinger · Post by **Rick Trolinger** » 20 Jan 2002 7:57 pm

Day. My first guitar was setup that way when I got it. I don't think I would want it any other way.

Rick

Dale Thomas · Post by **Dale Thomas** » 20 Jan 2002 9:23 pm

When the split pedalswere evident, I put the split on my old electraharp the way I assumed it was done, mainly for comfort.
Years later, I heard it was the Day split.
When I used to teach pedal guitar I would give the student the option. I'd say "put your foot on the floor, is it easier to lift your little toe or your big toe?" Try it. I've had Sho-bud, Emmons, and now Franklin. all with the Day setup. Dale Thomas

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Nick Reed · Post by **Nick Reed** » 20 Jan 2002 9:33 pm

Emmons

Lem Smith · Post by **Lem Smith** » 20 Jan 2002 9:48 pm

Emmons. The first guitar I had was setup Day style, but it never felt "natural" to me, until I switched to Emmons.

Lem

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 20 Jan 2002 9:58 pm

Gene, I have purchased several used guitars and worked on many and I have never seen one with the C6th backwards like mine so I assumed I was the only ht6C player in the world.

Jerry

MARK GILES · Post by **MARK GILES** » 20 Jan 2002 10:10 pm

Winnie Winston · Post by **Winnie Winston** » 21 Jan 2002 1:36 am

Emmons with a number of additions after pedal 3...

Winnie

Ernie Renn · Post by **Ernie Renn** » 21 Jan 2002 3:08 am

Emmons

I should add that I didn't know there was such a thing until I played a friend of mines guitar. He uses the Day split. Without knowing it was an experience to remember... or forget...
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DALE WHITENER · Post by **DALE WHITENER** » 21 Jan 2002 3:42 am

DAY..it feels more natural to me.

Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 21 Jan 2002 4:41 am

Jerry....I finally found the original tuning charts from Music City Mfg and by golly you are 100% correct......your C6 set-up is reversed from the Sho-Bud factory set-up. It is my E9 neck that I have reversed from the original!

I should know better than to trust to memory...I'm even wrong most of the time when I try to remember what I had for lunch yesterday!

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Tony Orth · Post by **Tony Orth** » 21 Jan 2002 6:05 am

Emmons