Shobud Maverick

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 27 May 2006 5:43 am

Take a look at this gem $1400 for a maverick!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pedal-Steel-Guitar... [This message was edited by b0b on 28 May 2006 at 10:48 AM.]

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 27 May 2006 7:37 am

That's about twice what it's worth. The only thing unique about this Maverick is the finish. The stock finish for this model was a brown fake wood cover glued on like wallpaper - ugliest steel guitar ever made. It's possible someone stripped the cover off and refinished with natural lacquer. However, the wood looks too highly figured for that. Maybe it was custom ordered with figured maple and natural lacquer finish. Still, it's a Maverick, ugly black endplates, coat-hanger pull-release mechanism and all.

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 27 May 2006 7:56 am

But hey, it includes a seat!

Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 27 May 2006 11:35 am

That's a very early stock Maverick from about 1974.
I have one very much like it. They made these before they went to the ugly plastic finish.
It is a nice piece of maple with a clear lacquer finish.
Blake

David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 27 May 2006 1:35 pm

Interesting, Blake. I never knew they made any of this model natural lacquer - didn't appear in any of the catalogues or brochures. I think the best Maverick was the one before this one. They were almost all natural lacquer, had a raised wood neck that wrapped around the changer, and had a pro type keyhead with roller nuts and grovers. But underneath they were all the same, except for the very earliest ones, which were even flimsier underneath.

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 27 May 2006 3:47 pm

Pretty funny, wish I could get those prices! On my floor it would be $499.00, a shame that it isn't even the "Good" early Maverick. At least the first ones sounded good.
The Carter Starter is a four times better deal, the GFI student? Yep, this also.
Ebay, ya' gotta' love it!

Pat Kelly · Post by **Pat Kelly** » 27 May 2006 10:05 pm

Yes guys, this is overpriced but not by as much as you think. If I bought it at Bobbe's for the $499, it would still probably cost me around $AUS1200 with currency conversion, shipping and tax on arrival. Insurance if required. I'd still have to find a pack-a-seat if I wanted one and a volume pedal. Even so, this guy is a bit ambitious. I'd say, in this market, its over priced by at least 30% for an opening bid. I last saw a Maverick on e-bay in Austalia about two and a half years ago and it had an opening price of $AUS1200. It didn't attract any bids.[This message was edited by Pat Kelly on 27 May 2006 at 11:15 PM.]

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 28 May 2006 3:15 am

Mine from 74 was also the clear finish. They went to the ugly finish shortly after that.

A. J. Schobert · Post by **A. J. Schobert** » 28 May 2006 5:51 am

There is a music store close to me with a maverick for sale $799 if I buy it and flip it on ebay how much profit will I make ? hmmm.

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 28 May 2006 8:52 am

Not as much as you'd make if you bought it from me and flipped it on Ebay!

Bobbe

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 28 May 2006 8:56 am

Touche

A. J. Schobert · Post by **A. J. Schobert** » 28 May 2006 9:34 am

this is true

Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 28 May 2006 11:40 am

Dave,
You are correct. I got out my 1974 Sho-Bud catalog and the guitar shown has a raised neck.
Mine also has a raised neck.
However, my Maverick does not have a roller nut, so it may predate '74.
Blake

Joe Shelby · Post by **Joe Shelby** » 28 May 2006 3:14 pm

The Maverick (natural maple, raised neck, nut
rollers) I had delivered in May, 1974.
Within a year I installed Schaller keys (that
was a pretty complex job, that included disassembling two of the tuners and shortening the string shafts. The keyhead would not accomadate them the way it was cast). Of course Sho-Bud's answer for the same situation was to grind down the shafts on strings 5 and 6 (they were Grover Sta-Tites, not a good key).
I added two knee lever kits (from Sho-Bud);
one raised the 1st and 7th strings a half;
the other I somehow rigged to pull the E's up
a half (don't remember how I made that work).
Why did I go to all this trouble? I just couldn't afford a pro model guitar.
I gigged with it for two years, five or six nights a week and I just put up with the tuning/playability issues...I guess I was a lot more patient back then.

Joe.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 31 May 2006 3:42 pm

Wonder how many beginners over the years gave up because of the maverick,or a Red Baron,That prestigious lable put on them could easily fool someone that has NO clue what a real guitar that will play in tune and STAY in tune is.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 31 May 2006 3:50 pm

Joe,all that time and trouble trying to get your Maverick to play,If you could have found something like a Pro-1[even if it was beat up.]You would at least had a real guitar.

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 1 Jun 2006 1:33 am

the MAV.. I purchased in the early 70's was Natural finish on an all Maple body...just like the one pictured.

EBAY..gotta love it....

But it ain't the Sellers fault if someone pays $1400 for this....

I have seen some students show up for a lesson with a student Steel that they purchased from a PLAYER..that basically couldn't be played..knee levers flopping around not even connected....

Which is worse ?

t

Scott Shipley · Post by **Scott Shipley** » 1 Jun 2006 2:26 am

Ooooooooooooo, all this Maverick hatin!

[This message was edited by Scott Shipley on 01 June 2006 at 03:29 AM.]

Jonathan Shacklock · Post by **Jonathan Shacklock** » 1 Jun 2006 2:44 am

I loved my Maverick. There, I'm out! It stayed in tune, the changes (2+2) all worked correctly (zero cabinet drop!

) and to my ears it sounded perfectly fine, great even, for a beginner's guitar (a 30 year old one with an 'ugly' finish at that). {edited to add: The guitar!!}

I upgraded after six months, but that was less to do with lack of quality in the guitar and more to do with being HOOKED on pedal steel. I imagine that was all they were intending when they designed it.

$1400 is ridiculous but to a lot of people a Mav (for Bobbe's $499 anyway) costs all they can scrape together for a funny looking trouser-press with strings and a brake. BTW spare a thought for Pat, have you seen how much a Carter Starter costs down under? http://www.guitarfactory.net/Folk/pedalsteel.htm

Same story over here, you pretty much pay twice the US dollar value. Let's please not talk about Pro-1's.
[This message was edited by Jonathan Shacklock on 01 June 2006 at 03:48 AM.]

Pat Kelly · Post by **Pat Kelly** » 1 Jun 2006 11:05 am

Which all goes to illustrate what a great country this is, even for PSGs. When they come over here they never go back!