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This Emmons Guitar Company catalog, labeled Catalog No. 734, offers a glimpse into the Emmons Guitar Company during the mid-1970s. According to information retrieved from buddyemmons.com, this is a 1973-74 catalog.
Here are a few items I found particularly interesting:
- Introduction from Ron Lashley Sr. with pictures, both outside and inside, of the original Emmons Guitar Co. factory.
- Emmons lap steel, model LS-8, on page 6 and again on the back cover.
- Instrumental albums on page 12, including Buddy’s classic “Black Album”.
- Instructional material on pages 12 and 13 from Jeff Newman, Don Sharp, Herby Wallace, Russ Hicks, Doug Jernigan, Jimmy Crawford, and John Hughey.
- Emmons dobro guitars on page 16-18.
- Custom finish options on page 19.
- Emmons amplifier on back cover along with several pedal steel guitars and the LS-8 lap steel guitar.
