Mike Cass, The Perfectionist!

[Frank Estes]

Well, I took this 73 Emmons I had sold to a guy in Canada to Mike Cass as the buyer requested. Mike knew about a stolen steel he had worked on that occured some time in July. That was a real shock.

So, in the meantime, I had Mike take a look at my 78 Emmons D-10 and he proceeded to make it better than new. He did not do it for free, but when all was said and done, I got every bit of my money's worth.

I was impressed with his attention to detail and how he did not cut any corners.

My C6 is now set up like Jernigans, except instead of lowering E (string 6) to D, I am raising 7 to D. Everything except Doug's 4th pedal is the same. WOW!

The guitar was missing that support strap that goes across the cabinet and he replaced it. That did require removing some of the bow in the guitar cabinet by using a clamp.

Every time he made a cut he would sand off the edges.

He used an air compression to blow out the dust and shavings from underneath the cabinet.

He used maple dowel pins to fill the holes, reapplied the black flocking.

He cleaned all the parts and tweaked and lubed all the parts at the end.

This guys is a perfectionist and is very patient and given to detail. Simply amazing.

No wonder everyone raves about his work. I got to witness him doing it to my guitar and it looks like a piece of art underneath!

Thanks a million, Mike!



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Frank Estes - 1978 Emmons D-10 8+6 #2441D

[Frank Estes]

Even though Mike was extremely patient as he worked, occasionally he would holler some "French" words at the parts when he got a little frustrated...

Somehow, some of the parts were the illegitimate offspring of some other parts???

He must have got this one spring from a farm because he claimed it latched-onto roosters???

Other pieces-parts must of come from a female dog???

Yet other pieces were from her male puppies???

(Mike, you know I am just pickin' at ya' and you have far more patience with this stuff than I ever could have!)

[Frank Estes]

BTW, you can use your credit card to pay Mike via PayPal.

Oh yeah, I saw the beautiful black 67? Emmons wraparound that belonged to Mr. Steiner that now belongs to Mr. Loessburg (sp?). I think Jim wants Mike to turn it into a 10 pedal 20 knee lever setup!

[LeRoy Sawyer]

Frank this is too funny. I am glad Mike has some farm experience as I heard he was "outstanding in his field".

Mike told me last night that my '72 Emmons rosewood D-10 arrived at his shop for some of his magical touch. What I forgot to tell Mike was that there are some miniature recorders under the fret boards. When I get the ax back I would be glad to post some mp3 clips of everyone to listen to. Just dial BR-549 and listen to Mike at his finest.
LeRoy

[Mike Cass]

.....now I know how Richard Nixon felt when his secret tapes were released to Congress...it just goes to show you,everyone slips their leash occassionally
Frank was alot of help too, as I did put him to work cleaning some of his parts etc, to save time, but I bought dinner

[Bobby Lee]

<SMALL>Even though Mike was extremely patient as he worked, occasionally he would holler some "French" words at the parts when he got a little frustrated...</SMALL>

That reminds me of a sign in a shop where I used to work:

Labor rates:
$25/hr. Standard
$50/hr. If you watch
$100/hr. If you help



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[Frank Estes]

I thought of that one too, b0b!

The guitar performed like a champ this weekend and somehow it even sounded better than before as well!

Some won't believe this, but a push-pull that is well adjusted eliminates the action advantage of all-pulls!