While I was in Nashville last week I visited Duanne Marr's Sho-Bud restoration and retrofit shop in Madison. I saw several old Sho-Buds in the process of restoration and retrofit. One in particular was having a total new body reconstructed. I watched Duanne do the routing and inlay work. Facinating. Duanne also retrofits new mechanics into old Sho-Buds. Heavy duty Marrs triple raise, triple lower changers with all new cross rods underneath. Lloyd Green's guitar was restored in this shop by Jeff Suratt and Duanne. Duanne and Jeff have been commisioned by Junior Brown to construct the next generation "Guit Steel" with pedals. Duanne worked at Sho-Bud for over 14 years and has extensive Sho-Bud knowledge. I watched them work on a 1961 permanent while I was there.
Duannes labor is surprisingly affordable. His retrofits make Sho-Buds play like a Zum. My original Pro-II looked like it came out of the box after it was disassembled, metal polished and reassembled.
He offers complete Sho-Bud repair. He will have a web site up shortly. His phone number is Marrs Music 615-868-5344.[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 27 March 2002 at 05:08 PM.]
