Adding knee levers to Shobuds

[Eric Richardson]

Hi all.

I'm looking at possibly purchasing a Shobud 6139(?) that is currently setup with a 3x3 setup, and I would like to add the 4th RKR lever immediately and possibly a franklin pedal eventually.

After some quick research, there appears to be some information available about this topic, but a lot of the resources linking too external sources seem to lead to dead links due to their age unfortunately. (I will have to give them a shot on the wayback machine in the future)

Does anyone have any recommendations for additional resources, or any experience doing this themselves? I'd really much rather how to learn to do all of this myself. I am struggling to even find videos adding (non-vertical) levers to their steels. Any links to retailers within in Canada go for bonus points!

I am a newer player trying to learn as much as I can, so any additional information is greatly appreciated. Lurking this forum has been a helpful resource for me as I've been getting started, so thanks to everyone on here.

Similarly, I know I am a little light on the details here, but I will be able to provide more info and pictures tomorrow.

Thanks!

[Barry Coker]

Wayne at outwest country is a point in Canada;

http://www.outwestcountry.ca/

I can make anything he may not have but the shipping is rediculas.

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Good Luck
Barry

[Dave Campbell]

i added two knee levers to a shobud pro 2 a couple of years ago.

post a picture of your underrcarriage. some parts are readily available, and some might not be.

mine had an older style undercarriage, and i bought some parts but had others made by a local machinist.

as fr as learning about the mechanics, just flip it over and start watching things move around. it's not that hard to figure out, and there are lots of forumites who will help out.

[Damir Besic]

MichaelYahl at PSG parts is your man

https://www.psgparts.com/

[Dave Grafe]

Knees are relatively easy, adding pedals not su much.

[Jerry Overstreet]

Sho~Bud built several models that were completely different in mechanicals.

No expert here, but I believe model 6139 used rack and barrel mechanics. You need to be sure about the type and era of build when sourcing parts for upgrades.

[J Fletcher]

Eric , you could contact Clint at Strings & Things in Chatham , and see if he has the parts you need . There was an old Sho-Bud at L&M's here in London earlier this year , which was pretty much unplayable . Think I saw the same guitar a week or two ago on kijiji .