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Dan Robinson


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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2017 9:36 pm    
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Saw this old steel guitar at a local music store. 10 strings, 3 pedals, cable operated mechanism, one knee lever. Tag says "Sho-Bud 6152."



Tuning pan has "Sho-Bud" inscription, but looks like Fender to my eye. It looked pretty clean, but I didn't get a chance to play it.







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Bob Muller


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Oregon, USA
Post  Posted 9 Oct 2017 11:13 pm    
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Maverick
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Storm Rosson

 

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Silver City, NM. USA
Post  Posted 10 Oct 2017 6:53 am    
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Yep looks like someone took the crappy plastic covering off a later series maverick.
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Dan Robinson


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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 10 Oct 2017 7:21 am    
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Thanks, guys. Ha, ha... everyone talks about these, but I had never seen one.

Did they make any of them with more than one knee lever?
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Dan Beller-McKenna


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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 10 Oct 2017 10:29 am    
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That is the original crappy plastic (vinyl?) cover (my very first steel; I remember it fondly). They only made them with one knee, but I've seen many with knees added, although these are usually the earlier maple-finished Mavericks, which may have had slightly more room underneath.
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Storm Rosson

 

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Silver City, NM. USA
Post  Posted 10 Oct 2017 2:46 pm    
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You're correct Dan, my vision is crappier than the plastic , I thought it was gone until you mentioned it wasn't. I had to zoom in firefox to see it was there..duh. Embarassed
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Jim Sliff


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Lawndale California, USA
Post  Posted 11 Oct 2017 8:50 pm    
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A Maverick with cables?

It looks like a parts special to me. Home built.
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2017 8:34 am    
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That looks more like "coat hanger" wire than cable. Which is the standard
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Bob Knight


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Bowling Green KY
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2017 11:49 am    
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It's a stock Maverick with rods, no cables.
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Kevin Fix

 

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Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 18 Oct 2017 5:02 pm     Sho Bud no Fender!!
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Sho Bud Maverick. Had two of them over the years. Used them for practice guitars only. I used to leave them where ever I was rehearsing. Saved having to move and leave a expensive guitar sit out of my sight.
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