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Topic: Sho Bud D10 Body Twisted |
Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2017 4:03 pm |
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| Any one ever see a D10 body warped or slightly twisted? Looking from the top down I noticed my pedal bar sticking out more on one side then the other. I thought that the threaded leg holes in the castings were casted on a different angle. The answer to the issue was that the guitars body itself was slightly twisted. Any advice? Or has anyone else encountered the same thing? Found it with a straight edge. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2017 5:14 pm
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Bwaaaa! It's a Shobud! I'm a huge fan, but I've seen stuff that makes you wonder, "What the Hell were they doing?"
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Dr. Z Surgical Steel amp, amazing!
"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
Dozen more guitars!
Dozens of amps, but SF Quad reverb, Rick Johnson cabs. JBL 15, '64 Vibroverb for at home.
'52 and '56 Pro Amps |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2017 5:45 pm Sho Bud D10 Body Twisted
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| John, I actually loosened the tuning key end end plate and shimed between the body and the plate and was able to correct about 90% of the alignment. Bought off of the Forum about a month ago. Nice looking clean Super Pro. Great sound. Must have been built on Monday!!! |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2017 6:59 pm
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Sometimes I think everyday was Monday at Shobud!
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Dr. Z Surgical Steel amp, amazing!
"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
Dozen more guitars!
Dozens of amps, but SF Quad reverb, Rick Johnson cabs. JBL 15, '64 Vibroverb for at home.
'52 and '56 Pro Amps |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2017 6:59 pm
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There's lots of steels out there that the holes for the legs were drilled slightly off, making the pedal bar not line up with the body. I worked on one a while back (which shall remain nameless), that one end of the pedal bar was about 2" farther out than the other end. The rear legs were not aligned either. I re-drilled the end plates oversize and used thread inserts to get everything lined back up.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, as well as some older MSAs, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Recently added a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored blue Rose, named the "Blue Bird" to the herd. Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic again that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also added a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 25 Jun 2017 4:50 am
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| If it was a Super Pro model, it is more likely that everyday was Monday at the Gretsch drum factory where according to the late Bobbe Seymour, the later model Sho-Buds were built. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 25 Jun 2017 5:09 am
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| I've got a modern steel with a slight twist to the body resulting in one leg front sitting forward of the other. Its most likely cause is green wood curing out with a mild twist. The maker offered to rebuild my guitar with a new body but at the time I could not afford to be without the guitar so I passed on it. There is no question, it is a flaw. But I can live with it. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 25 Jun 2017 6:18 am
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| John Billings wrote: |
| Sometimes I think everyday was Monday at Shobud! |
Word is there was a sign over the work tables at MCM that said "hey, it's good enough." 
Only certain eras, I think. I surmise that the quality control at Sho~Bud started downhill when the company took on the Fender contract in mid-70s.
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Ronnie Boettcher
From:
Brunswick Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Jun 2017 7:45 pm
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My 1977 LDG came out perfect. And Mr.PF has his endorsement on the underside. So glad he worked on mine. Thank you Mr. Franklin. I modified a few things, to fit my playing, and will not consider any other steel.
Ronnie
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Sho-Bud LDG, Martin D28, Ome trilogy 5 string banjo, Ibanez 4-string bass, dobro, fiddle, and a tubal cain. Life Member of AFM local 142 |
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Andy DePaule
From:
Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 26 Jun 2017 3:18 pm
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| John Billings wrote: |
| Sometimes I think everyday was Monday at Shobud! |
For sure that seems to be true. No two seem the same but they sound great and play so well if set up right. Using less than well aged wood is the cause of something like that most of the time.
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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