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Posted: **29 Oct 2002 8:10 pm**

I got this beauty back from Mike Cass just in time for Halloween!

A stunning total restoration on my very first Emmons D-10 9&8 Push-Pull I bought back in 1978 (used to belong to Mike Smith - Dreams of India album)This guitar was in VERY ROUGH shape when I gave it to Mike, so we decided to go with a new orange sunburst color. Of course it plays and sounds as good as it looks - thanks to Mike!

Posted: **29 Oct 2002 8:25 pm**

Happy Halloween Indeed

CASSIFIED PUMPKIN

Posted: **29 Oct 2002 9:55 pm**

MY MY! My mouth is watering!

Posted: **29 Oct 2002 11:19 pm**

Yep ! Sho' is a Beaut'

(i love the autumn setting)
Happy Halloween pickin' Dyke !

Posted: **30 Oct 2002 6:49 am**

Dyke,

Great pics! Beautiful and unique looking finish. Is that mica or lacquer?

Congratulations! Happy Halloween!

Posted: **30 Oct 2002 6:51 am**

Incredible job!
What was used for those inlays?

Posted: **30 Oct 2002 8:11 am**

Dyke...
Great looking Emmons.....wish it were mine!!

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Billy Easton
Casa Grande, AZ
Where the Sun Always Shines

Posted: **30 Oct 2002 8:17 am**

Absolutely gorgeous!

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Frank Estes - 1978 Emmons D-10 8+7 #2441D

Posted: **30 Oct 2002 8:35 am**

OctoberSteel!

Great pix!

Posted: **30 Oct 2002 8:43 am**

It's a laquer finish with pearl inlay, Mike really did a killer job!

Posted: **30 Oct 2002 9:15 am**

dat's purty!!

Posted: **30 Oct 2002 10:09 am**

Dyke,
Your axe & my 75PP were both in "Dr Cass's" hospital at the same time. I got mine back about 6 months ago and can't say enough about the super job he did on mine.
JE:-)>

Posted: **31 Oct 2002 6:01 pm**

Jim, I hope my PP caught some licks from yours while in Mike's hospital!

I think Mike Smith told me this guitar was a 1974. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Posted: **1 Nov 2002 10:42 am**

That´s one of the prettiest Emmons guitars I´ve ever seen. I really like the lacquer finished ones better than formica. Sometimes I wonder what Mike Cass might have done to mine if I had sent it to him, but that one really would have been a whole lot of work for him... first, I would have asked him to put the missing C6 neck back on...

Enjoy that Emmons! - Joe H.

Posted: **1 Nov 2002 5:42 pm**

What a beauty !!....What a perfect time of year for this guitar to be finished...Play it in good health !!...How sweet it is !!...Jim

Posted: **1 Nov 2002 6:51 pm**

I saw this guitar on Mike's bench and, amazingly enough, it looks even more incredible 'in person' than it does in these photos. P/P heaven! Congratulations!

Posted: **2 Nov 2002 7:57 am**

Glad to see that Mike resurected the "Sultan". Beautiful job and congrats Dyke for the humanitarian effort. I'll bet it plays far better than when I labored with it over 25-years ago. (I don't think I ever officially called it the "Sultan" but I think a few friends did because of that original album cover. Maybe just "gorgeous" will do.)

By the way, I miss seeing those autumn leaves on the trees and ground. Cactus pretty much stay the same year round.

Mike S.

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