Emmons Question ??

[Paul Wade]

how many where made with a black wooden neck. was that
a special order . i have seen mike Johnson emmons in a video with black necks ??

[Paul Wade]

Sorry for the side ways picture

[Skip Edwards]

Don't know how many, but there are a few of them out there. Basically it's just a wood neck/bolt-on Emmons, with mica instead of a laq finish.
I've seen rosewood ones, and black ones. Kinda always wanted one, myself. John Macy has one that used to belong to Sonny Garrish, and it's a sweet guitar.

[Ernie Renn]

I think they were fairly common.

Technically they are bolt-on changers. BUT when they talk about vintage bolt-on guitars they're talking about metal neck guitars that were made in certain years. Whenever they made a wood neck, it was bolted on.

[Lynn Stafford]

I've owned several Emmons wood neck guitars and they all sounded great!

Here are a couple photos of #8 (1164008W). I recently did a thorough mechanical rebuild on it before selling it to my friend, Jesse Cunningham.





Here are a couple photos of a '65 D-10 that I restored a few years ago and sold to my friend, Jim Hussey.





Here are photos of a '72 lacquer D-10 I restored for myself but later sold to Kimo Jones.





Here is a '74 Emmons D-10 owned by Melvin Duffy in the UK that I rebuilt mechanically for him. He didn't want anything done to it cosmetically.





This '72 Emmons D-10 was sent to me from a customer in Canada for a complete restoration.





Last but not least, here are a few photos of an S-10 that I created from various OEM parts for my friend, Rick Pedrosa. It was originally a Black Rock style guitar but I transformed it into a Pro style wood neck guitar.

[Skip Edwards]

Here's another...



And this one was up for sale here a while back...

[Jay Dee Maness]

Very cool guitars.

[Justin Griffith]

To me they are brighter and clearer. John Hughey was a big fan until he switched to LeGrandes, etc.

I’ve got one that sounds like a Million Bucks.