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Topic: Amazing Steel Guitar" cover photo - question |
mickd
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london,england
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Posted 13 Apr 2004 11:43 am |
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On the cover photo of the Buddy Emmons compilation CD "Amazing Steel Guitar", theres a picture of him playing and theres a
weird-looking gizmo on the changer of his guitar. It looks like a pair of jump leads for kick starting a car battery. Is this some kind of wrist lever ? Why does it have wires trailing from it ? If I get one of these can I play like him  ? |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 13 Apr 2004 11:54 am
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The weird gizmo is the "Emmons String Machine"! It had 3 pickups that swung out over the strings and with built in fuzz-tone it was used to get a string section sound.
JE:-)>
ps - Even if you had 2 of them, I doubt that it would make "anyone" play like "E"!!! 
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Emmons D10 8/4 P/P -75'
Fessenden SD-10 3/5
MSA SD-12 4/4 - 76'
76'Session 400
86'Nashville 400
Bandit 112
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2004 1:40 pm
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| Mick...you might wanna ask Gerry Hogan to show you his "Fiddlers 3" machine sometime. It's the only one I've ever seen. I think it's similar to the gizmo youre talking about. I think Gerry keeps it in a box in his storage shed. Definitely old technology. |
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mickd
From:
london,england
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Posted 13 Apr 2004 1:55 pm
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Thanks - that explains the 'arm' that sticks out - presumably thats how the 'gizmo' was engaged.
I've seen Gerry play a few times - minus gizmo though. If I make it to his convention this year I'll make a point of asking him about it  |
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