For b0b - rare Sho-Bud banjo

Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 5 Mar 2011 6:08 am

http://www.banjohangout.org/classified/20612

...complete with poker card inlay!

Jason Hull · Post by **Jason Hull** » 6 Mar 2011 3:10 am

I wonder if they actually made that. It looks like a Gibson that they customized.

Craig A Davidson · Post by **Craig A Davidson** » 6 Mar 2011 4:47 am

It could be possible that it is actually a Sho-Bud. Shot was the guy that did Buck Trent's banjo. I would guess that when that banjo was new that Buck was still with Roy. Also there was a time on Hee-Haw when the Clark family along with Shot did a segment and they all had Sho-Bud instruments.

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 6 Mar 2011 6:42 am

Made in Japan.

I had a 70s Ibanez Mastertone copy with this exact case

I sold it to a friend, he still has it - it's a well-made banjo. I imagine this is a pretty good banjo, but not made by Sho Bud, per se.

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 6 Mar 2011 7:50 am

The hardware and the hole pattern in the flange look very much like a Japanese era Epiphone. I suspect you could buy the same banjo with a number of different names on the headstock.

KP

Jason Hull · Post by **Jason Hull** » 6 Mar 2011 9:58 am

Dave Mudgett wrote:Made in Japan.

Missed that!