I hope that the nayers are not attempting to state that the Emmons Guitars are not world class design and of world class quality. Should we be reminded that Buddy played a Black Legrande III with the Rose on the front apron for years even after he parted ways with the E-co. I am asking myself where this thread is aiming.Īt the end of the day they are still great guitars so whats the point of all this ?Įmmons Steels didn't get to be excellent because the Emmons badge is on them, they became excellent on there own merit. That and my name pretty much sums up any meaningful relationship I ever had with the company. My contribution was the designing of the Emmons push/pull model. But from my personal standpoint, I wouldn’t care if it went under tomorrow. can keep the doors open for them and their needs. These facts are a matter of record due to another legal wrangling I had with the company in a Nashville court in the mid 1980’s.įor the sake of the Emmons Legrande owners and potential buyers, I hope this gloom and doom scenario is all overblown nonsense and Ron Jr. To get my release, one of the stipulations was to give them the right to keep the name Emmons Guitar Inc., so I agreed. A year or so before, I was persuaded to sign my half of the patent over to the company so the only leg I would have had left to stand on was gone.
When I discovered I had no ownership, I was so incensed I told my lawyer to do whatever it took to get me a release. While living in California I hired an attorney to investigate my status with the Emmons Guitar Company and found my “partnership†contract was nothing more than a carefully worded agreement for royalties. Erv - to elaborate a little, here's another's view on the subject: