Sho-Bud serial # 7935 pedal linkage

[Gary Emrick]

I bought an older Sho-Bud Maverick. Serial #7935. Underneath is a series of teetery links and rods. Not sure how to rig it. Is there a linkage diagram or instructions for what goes where on this model? Thanks guys... And gals. Keep prayin'. Gary

[Storm Rosson]

The old Mavericks were/are pull release type changer. If you use the search window you should find some info for maverick pull release changer.

[Lane Gray]

Nothing was ever quite standard at Sho-Bud, but here's a typical Maverick setup:
P1 (closest to the keyhead): a short rod goes to the middle of a whiffletree (a variety of yoke), and the ends pull on strings 5 and 10.
P2: a short rod and a whiffletree, which pulls on 3 and 6
P3: sometimes a whiffletree, sometimes one rod per string, pulling strings 4 and 5
The knee lever: the spring is essential! The spring holds the the fingers tight against the front edge of the hole in the deck, and a short rod and whiffletree and the rods pull on 2 and 8 until activating the lever releases them.

The highest notes are tuned at the keyhead with the pedals down and knee lever released, and the screws at the end tune the lower notes.

[Gary Emrick]

Thanks. I didnt know the terminology. Ill s3arch around. You guys are awesome.

[Lane Gray]

If you have any terminology questions, feel free to ask, and I will be happy to draw circles and arrows on a picture.
BTW until the guitar has strings on it up to tension the fingers just flop around and it won't make a lot of sense.

[Storm Rosson]

Gotta like that "whiffletree" term, totally new to me, that's why this stuffy old forum board ,smelling of old codger and stetson terlit water, is so damn addictive this kinda shared ,collective knowledge is found nowhere else....cool word Lane....Stormy

[Gary Emrick]

I connected the "C" pedal rod to the 4th and 5th strings but the corresponding chord when played is a diminished something. What chord should it be? Next Ill check for a tuning chart to see if i can determan how much the notes are to bend.

[Lane Gray]

P1, raises 5 and 10 from B to C# (up a whole tone)
P2, raises 3 and 6 from G# to A (up a half tone)
P3, raises 4 and 5 a whole tone from E to F# and B to C# respectively.
P1 turns the E chord into C#m (and turns the E9th into E 13th)
P2 turns the E chord into Esus (combined with the 8th string lower, you have a B7 chord)
P1 and P2 turns E into A.
P2 and P3 turns E into F#m.
Your lever turns the 2nd string D# into D or C#¹, and the 8th string E into D#.

¹ start with it at D, but within a few months, you'll learn that some songs and some uses will work better going to C#, and you'll get a feel for which is which

[Lane Gray]

Tune 4 and 5 to F# and C# with the pedal down at the keyhead, and use the screws in the endplate to tune the open E and B when you release the pedal.