Here is Pete Drake’s Sho-Bud “Permanent” also owned by Buddy Emmons. When Buddy had it was a D-8 and Buddy put his signature “Buddie Emmons” on the front with a wood burning kit. When Pete acquired the guitar he had it converted to a D-10 and put his name on the front over “Buddie Emmons” with a tooled leather patch. In 1983, Buddy donated this guitar to the Country Music Hall of Fame where it is on display:
This is Pete Drake’s “Permanent” he used on Dylan’s 1969 “Nashville Skyline” album including the #7 Pop Billboard hit “Lay Lady Lay.” Dylan’s Nashville recordings (beginning in 1966 with “Blonde on Blonde”) created a demand for Nashville studios and sideman that continues to this day. Pete Drake’s work on Dylan's “John Wesley Harding” and “Nashville Skyline” helped create a demand for pedal steel by the rock, country rock & folk artists who followed Dylan to Nashville:
Here is Pete Drake’s “Old Goldie” a Sho-Bud “Crossover” given to him by Shot Jackson and gold plated to acknowledge all the gold records Pete was playing on. Too many credits to list here: George, Tammy, Dolly, Charlie Rich, Jerry Lee, Elvis, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Johnny Rodriguez, Gary Stewart..... “Old Goldie” was Pete’s favorite guitar and he recorded with it exclusively from the late ‘60’s until he retired. In the Guitar Player interview, Pete tells about taking "Old Goldie" to Shot to have different pedal changes put on to get different sounds for specific artists - like on Tammy Wynette’s “I Don’t Want To Play House.” Later on, Pete would take "Goldie" to Paul Franklin, Sr. for adjustments.
One more photo: The Pete Drake Show - "The Talking Steel Guitar Man":
