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Topic: What Kind of Sho~Bud is This |
Ian Worley
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Sacramento, CA
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Posted 17 Oct 2016 12:40 pm |
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Probably has serial number in the mysterious 7000s, no? Why do you say it is laminated pressed board Henry? It just looks like that gray textured paint they used to use on the undercarriage. The top, necks and apron look like maple to me.
Here are the original patent drawings for the Crossover. The changer mount looks the same, but the fingers themselves are functionally more conventional in the patent, albeit with a flat top (the patent wasn't recorded until '72 though).
I am curious if the bridge-lever thingies were a Sho-Bud experiment, or if they were installed later by someone. The scale length would be shorter with the fulcrum of the bridge offset like that (as Tommy alluded to). No one else with an example of this changer style out there in SGF-land?
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Ian Worley
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Sacramento, CA
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Posted 17 Oct 2016 12:55 pm
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Here's one in the for sale section with changer fingers like those in the patent:
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Henry Matthews
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Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2016 8:59 am
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Thanks for the neat info Ian, very interesting.
As far as being laminated, I will look closer but just looked like a thin laminate over the board of some type. The changer is an interesting design and I can see why the scale would be shorter, will have to check that out.
I'll look it over real good tonight for serial number and see if it is laminated or not.
Thanks again, Ian.
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D-10 1974 Emmons cut tail, fat back,rosewood, 8&5
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2016 11:43 am
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It's not laminated. The paint on the underside is called Roxatone. It's still made in Canada. Very durable, and was popular in the Fifties for industrial stuff, kitchens, and anything that needed a strong finish. The guitar is a very early Crossover, pre Baldwin or Gretsch connections. The Patent drawings are for a later model.
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"74 Bud S-10 3&6
'73 Bud S-10 3&5(under construction)
'63 Fingertip S-10, at James awaiting 6 knees
'57 Strat, LP Blue
'91 Tele with 60's Maple neck
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Dennis Wireman
From:
North West Indiana 47978
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Posted 10 Nov 2016 9:56 am baldwin
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2016 2:52 pm
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Yeah, that changer is very similar to the one on my Bud. Mine was built in the fall of 1966. Mine is 23" scale. My guess is they tried 23" to get away from string breakage. But why the rollers? On mine, the string is 24" at the changer axle and 23" at the roller axle.
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