The Steel Guitar Forum

I have a 93 Emmons Legrande 2. The tone is very cloudy the further up the neck you get. What can I do to significantly improve it?

Thank you,
Wayne Baker

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Emmons Legrande d-10 w/8&5 Nashville 400, peavey ultraverb II.

Wayne , without much info to go with,,,,
don't throw a rock over here at me , but , make sure you don't have the cables hooked up backwards in the vol pedal.
also ,check the tone control, and, did this happen all at once ?


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66 Emmons D-10 bolt-on

No sir, it happened last night when I played a 69 Emmons p/p w/wooden necks and realized my 93 not only did'nt sound anywhere near as good, but did'nt play near as good either. Now. I use nashville 400 and ultaverb2. I use goodrich v/ped. My steel has stock p/u's. Thanks in advance for any assistance and anwering the call of a frustrated steeler.

Thanks,
Wayne Baker

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Emmons Legrande d-10 w/8&5 Nashville 400, peavey ultraverb II.

Wayne,
Did you try the PP through the same equipment as the legrande?
You could try going straight to the amp, using the 3 cord method for the volume pedal, forget the effects units for the time being, and do an A/B test with both steels.

"it happened last night when I played a 69 Emmons p/p w/wooden necks"

Case closed

bob

A light just came on!

Wayne, out of curiousity what are you using for pickups on the Legrande?

Wayne,
You just seen the difference between the P/P and the all-pull Emmons guitars. Good luck getting that Legrande to sound like the P/P but I'd try the Bl-710 pick-ups. It made a huge difference in mine but it still ain't no P/P.

I have a 2000 model D-10 Lashley LeGrande II 8-5 and a 1967 PP D-10 8-5 with almost the same set up on both Guitars other than the all pull playing better, to me they sound one as good as the other. I use a NV-400 & NV-1000 and DPC-1000 with a Pro-Fex II and 2 15" BW's & a Sho~Bud Chritmas Tree with 15" JBL.
Larry

Hey thanks guys, sorry I could'nt reply sooner. I'm an Air Force First Sergeant, and that keeps me pretty tied up. I'm using factory p/u. Also, I did not try my LeGrande through the same sound equipment as the p/p. I'll tell you, that old 69 p/p kicks some serious "you know what". I'm using a nashville 400 and ultraverbII.

Thanks for all the replies boys,
your bud,
Wayne Baker
"future sheiße hot steel player"

Hey Larry, how far to Hampton from Valdosta?
I could use a lesson or two.


Wayne Baker

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Emmons Legrande d-10 w/8&5 Nashville 400, peavey ultraverb II.

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Wayne Baker on 28 January 2003 at 04:41 PM.]</p></FONT>

I think that you have just discovered that wood sounds a lot better to a lot of people. You didn't pay that much attention to it until you compared them.

Frank's got it