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1979 Emmons. Nuff said!

71 Emmons p/p 9/8
66 Emmons p/p 8/8
72 Sho-Bud 8/5
62 Fender Stringmaster

75 and 76 Session 400's

69 Standel
The old stuff still sounds great and plays great.

76 sho~bud fender

Frank,you are armed pretty darn good I would say...
your bud Damir

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I play an older BMI. Can anyone tell me how to ascertain what year it actually is?

I've got some older ones. They just seem
to have more character. Each one sort of
has it's own personality. The newer steels
are great, but they sound like.....
well...new steels!

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I have a 1973 MSA Classic U12. See my link, below.

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1965 Sho-Bud Fingertip D-10
19?? Sho-Bud Maverick, metal keyhead, rollers
1950's Supro Grand Console 8-string
1950's Airline 6-string
1939 Dobro model 45 squareneck
1928 Dobro model 55 roundneck
1930's Oahu student model Hawaiian

Right now, I am playing a MSA "Universal" with 8/5 flame green wood lacquer, triple raise and lower. Weighs 39lbs out of the case. I like it.It is about 20 years old, just a youngster compared to me. LOL...al

'35 Dobro
'40s Rickenbacher
'49 Fender D8
'54 Stringmaster T8
'58 Fender 400
'58 Martin D-18
'60 Fender 400
'62 Fender 1000

Fender 2000 altered with 9 and 3 knees. Lake Placid blue, all chrome pedals. Proto type. Chrome pedals thanks to Gene Fields.

Fender Twin with 2 12" JBL's. Also Fender Proto type.

Fender Showman enclosure with 2 15" JBL's, Horn driver with crossover. Proto type

Carl West
Emmons D-10

I play a 1974 MSA classic D12 9 & 5 built for me to my specifications and I wouldn't trade it presently for anything unless the new Melliniums have something better to offer. I love the sustains and ease of playing. It is a bit heavy, but you can't have everything. I use a 10k pot Goodrich volume pedal and two evans amps 1983 FE500 LV w/JBL E130 and 1999 E200 LV w/stock 15". My style is really not so much the new speedy style so maybe that makes a different also. I like the fatness of the older steels, especially on the C6th where my bottom is very low.

1975? SHO-BUD PRO11 CUSTOM DOUBLE 12 AND 1984 EMMONS PP

2 Pair of Plaid Pegged Pants circa 1952
1 Pair Penny Loafers circa 1949 (needs heels)
3 skinny ties
1 lb hair glue "pomade"
These are NOT FOR SALE.
1 Arthur Godfrey Ukelele..

Endecott keyless, lefthanded,S-10 with pad, looks like an older MSA underneath with round cross-rods, so it's probably old, but I don't know how old

My Oldies

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I do.
67 Emmons D10
70 Fulawka S10
70s Session 400

Matt

Everything I have is old.

1972 Sho Bud Professional
1952 Oahu "Killer Bee" Lap Steel
1965 Ampeg Jet
1961 Leslie 122 amp/speaker
Love the old tube sound...love the craftmanship and real wood too.
Skip

My current main guitar is a 79 model, but it's a Franklin, so the mechanics are still state of the art for 'modern' guitars. I have a new Weissenborn style guitar, a new Asher lap steel, a middle aged dobro, but a '30s National, and a 50s Fender deluxe 8. I also have some older amps, including a 50s Fender Pro and a 60s Showman, but the amp I mostly use is a 2002 model THD tube head.

For me it's 99% tone. My newer guitars sound great, that's why I play them (in particular, the new Weissenborn sounds better than any prewar guitar I have ever played). If there was an older pedal steel that had a tone I absolutely loved, I would probably make the funky mechanics work for me. I'm lucky that I am crazy about the sound of my Franklins, because they also work so well. The only older guitar that I would think about owning would be a ZB, because of the unique killer sound of those axes. If I ever were to do such a thing, I would put a very simple copedent on the thing and never touch the mechanics.

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RICK
All I can say is "DYNAMITE"...really great.

Thanks for sharing.

I only have one guitar older than me
It is a Rick Bakelite. I have one guitar my wife's age (National Double and my "new one" is a 1959 Golden Hawaiian accoustic. If each of them were tuned in a different tuning..how old am I?

I play an old Franklin serial# 002,
and it's a great guitar

Look at the pictures on my web site.
www.morten-sand.com

I play a 1977, S-11 RusLer. It still sounds great to my ears (huh!) Never had any major problems with it, even though it's got thousands of hours of playing. I have ordered, and hope to receive my new S-12 Zumsteel soon. I'm still keeping the RusLer, though.

66 Emmons # 1026-D, 8&8 bolt-on
Kenny

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66 Emmons D-10 bolt-on