Emmons Steel Guitar Serial Numbers
Please note: Pictured below are a few of the guitars that I’ve sold within the past few years. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1999 gloss black mica all-pull JCH D-10 8×5 (SOLD!) This is one of the last guitars that the late Jimmy Crawford and John Hughey produced and utilizes the latest changer design (featuring raise helper springs). The serial number is 9903. This is a very smooth playing all-pull guitar, very similar in looks to an early Emmons Lashley LeGrande with 4 hole rod pullers.
Charlie was a well known Emmons mechanic, and steel guitar builder. His 'Derby' guitars were played by many big pro names like Buddy Emmons or Terry Crisp, just to name a few. This guitar plays and sounds amazing, it is virtually improved Emmons Legrande, so if you are interested in Legrande type of.
It’s an original (except for the pickups) un-restored guitar in very nice 9/10 condition. These are very desirable guitars with excellent playability and awesome tone! This guitar has a triple raise, triple lower changer and split-tuning capability for every string. For example; using RKL (F#) and Pedal 2 (A) results with a tunable G note for the 6th string. I changed the strings, did a thorough detail, lube and a set-up, so it’s all dialed in and ready to gig! This guitar has a very standard Emmons set up; 8×5 with E’s on the left but I’ll be happy to switch it to Day style, (or your own copedent) at no extra charge (as long as no additional parts are required). The Emmons single coil pickups are wound to about 19K ohms.
$4500.00 plus shipping. PayPal (add 3%) or cashier’s check accepted. Please feel free to call or email me with any questions. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1976 black lacquer Sho~Bud Pro III D-10 8×4 (SOLD!) I’ve just finished completely restoring this beautiful Sho~Bud, serial number is 11375. The cabinet was refinished in a semi-translucent black lacquer and the bright aluminum repolished, (end plates, necks, key heads, pedal rack channel, knee levers, pedals, etc.).
Most of the work I did involved a complete disassembly of the guitar and a thorough cleaning of the entire under carriage. A few of the tops of the fingers had some string abrasion, so they were replaced. I also installed new nylon tuning nuts and a new neck selector switch. The Grover tuning machines are original and in very good condition and I chose to reinstall the original fret boards, also in nice condition. The guitar is presently at standard height with the original legs. At the moment, this guitar has a very standard Emmons set up; 8×4 with E’s on the left but I’ll be happy to switch it to Day style at no extra charge. I’ll also make reasonable changes to the existing copedent for free as long as you pay for any additional parts (if required). The guitar still has the original Sho~Bud single coil pickups that came with it. The E9 pickup is wound to about 19K ohms and the C6 about 21K ohms. They sound great with lots of presence and string separation.