The Steel Guitar Forum

Hey guys, I'm thinking about selling or trading one of my push pulls to get a newer all pull Emmons. What do y'all think? Anybody else have one of each type? Pro's and cons of one over the other?

Thanks
David

Got one of each... '67 P/P and an '88 Legrande. I've had the P/P just over a year and the Legrande about 3 years.

Sound: I think the P/P probably sounds the best of the two. The Legrande has E66's and it sounds good, but different.

Stability/Tuning: both are rock solid.

Ease of setup/change: Legrande wins, easily.

Playibility: Both are great, I tend to prefer the P/P as I get more used to it. My P/P was a Cass guitar, so it's always been setup correctly, a key factor in enjoying a P/P so I hear.

OK, So am I NUTZ? Should I keep the P/P? I can't believe nobody is trying to talk me out of this

All pull guitars come and go, but my '69 will have a plot next to mine in the cemetary.

I know I would regret selling mine -- I think you would too. There are many great all pull guitars out there, but, for SOME REASON, a lot of folks still make a lot of fuss about those clanky, noisy old push pulls <font size=1>that sound better than anything else on the planet</font>

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<small>Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2000 Fessenden S-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro

Dave, given the fact that you already have 2 P/P's, I would give it a whirl. I hear the '87-'92's were good years.

Thanks guys, I love my 71 rosewood fatback dearly so that would be the one that I would keep. The Black 1982 that use to belong to Tommy White is a GREAT guitar and it's in better shape and has a few more bells and whistles but for some reason, the rosewood just feels more like "home". Does one sound better than the other? No, how ever they are 2 different guitars, and sound slightly different. I guess I'm just more attached to Rosey

How about the short keyhead models? I've heard good things about them