From: Upstate SC. Posted 31 Dec 2010 11:18 pm George, the Legrande seres are simply numbered. As a general rule.

Aug 23, 2006 Hi Joe, Look under the guitar on the endplate at the changer end. It should be stamped into the bottom of the casting. If there is no serial number. EMMONS Trademark Information. Emmons Guitar Co. By Lashley, Inc. The USPTO has given the EMMONS trademark serial number of 85270489. We are an authorized Emmons steel guitar dealer and repair center. We have new guitars on order and have a selection of used guitars in stock.

The higher number you have the later year model it is. However, bodies that where built with less popular colors sometimes sat on shelf for months or even years before the changers and undercarriage where installed. Your Legrande is likely numbered somewhere between 005 and 386. And your Lashley Legrande is likely from around 387 to 1060. Emmons started with the LII's decals somewhere around 1100. Hope this helps.

From: Notown, Vermont, USA Posted 1 Jan 2011 6:47 am Bobby, Thanks for the reply, and you are correct about the numbers,264L for the Legrande and 557L for the Lashley. I was just wondering if the numbers would indicate body styles and so forth as my Legrand is a 'short' peg head.

Why did Emmons change back to a longer peg head as is with the Lashley? I'm no historian with Emmons what so ever, I do know the earliest models were Push Pulls and conceivably if not so, there was a number '1'. (wonder who has it?) I've heard there is some 'desirability' with the short peg heads?

Thanks again, George.

Remembering John John Fabian loved pedal steel guitar. Osburn Bay Vista Gas Fireplace Insert here. He loved technology almost as much.

So it was only natural that he would seek to blend the two whenever possible. As President and co-founder of Carter Steel Guitars, John had the perfect outlet for his twin passions. John was an early adopter of computer technology and immediately realized the potential the Internet provided to transform and promote his business. The pedal steel guitar industry had been (and to a great extent, still is) mostly a cottage industry -- a few small builders in small shops, lovingly hand-crafting customized instruments, selling them largely through word-of-mouth. During the industry's 70s-80s boom, larger companies like Sho~Bud, MSA, and Emmons had extensive production and distribution facilities but by the time Carter came on the scene they were either closed or greatly diminished. As John's business began to grow, coincidentally Internet access became available to the general public.

Grasping that the 'net could be a sales and service medium for Carter, John quickly snapped up dozens of steel-related domain names, including the coveted steelguitar.com. He created the first steel guitar manufacturer's web site and continued to add features, services, and content to it for over 13 years. There were no professional web developers or webmasters in those days, so John learned how to produce web sites himself. He learned to use Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, Photoshop, 3DMax, PHP, HTML, and other essential tools and technologies. Fusionfall Private Server there. Carter was the first manufacturer to offer online ordering for steel guitars, even including a web-based tool John developed to show custom configurations and prototyping with 3D modeling. He later added a dealer-only site which allowed resllers to view currently available inventory in real time, freeing up the office staff from phone inquiries and providing immediate feedback to those needing the information. Behind the scenes, John was using his MBA background to improve business and production processes at Carter.