My Father recently passed away and I inherited his guitars. One of them is this Emmons split tail push/pull. Im wanting to find out when it was manufactured or any other useful information that can be used for an appraisal. It has some cosmetic flaws but mechanics and pickups and switches all work. The case is a little banged up, but completely functional. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Judging by the features, it is roughly a 1978 model. I love the blue! The serial number list that is often shared is rather inaccurate, especially for the early models, but post 1970 there isn't a huge affect on the value. We'd love to give it a tune up!
My own 8x6 D-10 (black) is like this one serial #6695. Great tone, but she is wearing out mechanically.
Emmons D-10 Push-Pull Serial Numbers**
Year Starting # Ending #
1966 1024 1126
1967 1127 1205
1968 1206 1283
1969 1284 1337
1970 1338 1474
1971 1475 1588
1972 1589 1720
1973 1721 1825
1974 1826 2044
1975 2045 2204
1976 2205 2310
1977 2311 2416
1978 2417 2581
1979 2582 2767
1980 2768 2870
1981 2871 2948
Look at the serial # located near the changer end of the guitar. If the serial number starts with 66xx it was most likely made in the early 1980's. These were in a group of the final PP's made before Lashley went to the all-pull guitars. The thinner pedals on the guitar are also indicative of that particular era.