My Latest Sho-Bud Project

Leon Roberts · Post by **Leon Roberts** » 24 Apr 2005 4:32 pm

A very good friend of mine wanted me to take the green finish off his late model Lloyd Green Sho-Bud and put a natural finish on. Below are the before and after photos.

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Jon Light (deceased) · Post by **Jon Light (deceased)** » 24 Apr 2005 4:36 pm

Aw, beautiful, Leon. Old faded LDG green is not my favorite look. That is one fine looking guitar now.

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 24 Apr 2005 4:40 pm

Great job. Was the original green dye applied to the surface of the maple and had to be sanded off, or was it mixed in with the clear?

Lem Smith · Post by **Lem Smith** » 24 Apr 2005 5:47 pm

VERY nice, Leon! I really love the natural finish on those "Buds". Your work is very impressive.

Lem

Robbie Bossert · Post by **Robbie Bossert** » 24 Apr 2005 6:49 pm

That really looks great! Nice Job.

Robbie Bossert

Leon Roberts · Post by **Leon Roberts** » 25 Apr 2005 5:35 am

Jim, some sanding was required to do away with all the green, but not as much as you would think. I had to brush some bleach on a couple of stubborn places. Great care must be taken when sanding the front because the inlay is much softer than the maple. Thanks for the compliments guys. I love taking an old Sho-Bud and making it shine again.

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 25 Apr 2005 5:37 am

My, my, my Leon
that Bud sur looks fine !
Sho~Buddha he smile down on you too

Roger Edgington · Post by **Roger Edgington** » 26 Apr 2005 7:05 am

Very nice indeed. I like the light colored pad. I guess now it's a LDNatural. Green seems to be a hard color to keep from fading. I've seen a lot of nice guitars mostly Sho-Bud and MSA that faded.

Roger Edgington · Post by **Roger Edgington** » 26 Apr 2005 7:17 am

BTW Your blue D10 blows me away. It's beautiful. Sooo...what's next? What do you do for an encore?

Bill Miller · Post by **Bill Miller** » 26 Apr 2005 7:54 am

That's a remarkable improvement...just beautiful. I have strong dislike of green guitars. Now it's the same color as the old Sho-Bud 'The Professional' I sold last year but it obviously has a much higher quality finish than I managed when I did mine over. Nice choice for the pad color too...really sets it off.

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 26 Apr 2005 7:57 am

Leon,

This is a really awesome guitar. But maybe its my eyes but the right side of the apron still looks slightly green.

jim milewski · Post by **jim milewski** » 26 Apr 2005 8:23 am

blondes have more fun

Leon Roberts · Post by **Leon Roberts** » 26 Apr 2005 9:05 am

tbHenry, you have good eyes. That spot is a dis-coloration in the grain. It looks more yellow with just a hint of green to the naked eye. I don't think more sanding would have taken this out. The two pieces of inlay dictates how much sanding you can do on the front apron. The owner is happy with the results. I told him going in that getting all the stain removed would be difficult. He told me to do what I could. What you see is the best I could do. Thanks again for the positive comments.
Leon

Fred Jack · Post by **Fred Jack** » 26 Apr 2005 9:23 am

Leon, This certainly is not a negative post as I didn't even notice the "spot" as you describe so I went back and looked at original color and see that the green also has a "dark spot" in that area meaning that it is probably a soft spot in the grain which allowed more stain to penetrate and you're right you couldn't get it out.I'm kinda detail oriented but I hadn't noticed that,however,I'd still have to stamp it "EXCELLANT"! Fred

Farris Currie · Post by **Farris Currie** » 26 Apr 2005 9:30 am

Very nice,don't like the big knott in the wood,but thats not the refinishers fault. just the wood. man i'd sure like for mine to look like that. guess the LDG emblem is gone huh. farris

Brian Henry · Post by **Brian Henry** » 26 Apr 2005 11:07 am

Thanks for the clarification Leon. It is a true beauty, one of the best I have ever seen. Regards, tbhenry

Mark Herrick · Post by **Mark Herrick** » 26 Apr 2005 12:05 pm

The natural looks excellent but I still like the green better. (It just ain't an LDG to me if it ain't green.)

There is another current thread regarding refinishing a maple guitar. You guys should talk...

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Farris Currie · Post by **Farris Currie** » 26 Apr 2005 12:26 pm

Love Lloyd Green , but that green stinks.
farris

Ray Riley · Post by **Ray Riley** » 26 Apr 2005 6:50 pm

Leon, That is trully The best piece of workmanship I've seen in a long time , Thanks for sharing . Ray

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Sho-Bud S-12 and a brand new N112

Leon Roberts · Post by **Leon Roberts** » 27 Apr 2005 9:16 am

Mark, since you like the green LDGs, here's one for you that we refurbished about four years ago for Doug Meyer in San Diego. This was my first effort and Albert Johnson gave me a lot of assistance on this. The LDG decals were easy to come by in those days.
Leon

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