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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 2 May 2018 3:38 pm    
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I got this guitar few days back, and it was in pretty bad shape, somebody painted it black with a spray paint or paint brush or something...





I bought bunch a sand paper, paint scraper and power sender, and got to work






front had to go as well, but BUT 😊 I’m going to have our forumite and my dear friend David Ball do some awesome MOP inlay







guitar will then be finished in natural finish
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Post  Posted 2 May 2018 3:40 pm    
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and this is going to polishing shop tomorrow 😊



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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 2 May 2018 3:44 pm    
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and for the end, this beauty will get a brand new split cases hand made by Mr. Hatton

I have to tell you, this is going to be one amazing sounding guitar, cabinet is dry and light as a paper, it actually vibrates and resonates if you hit it... as well as all the other parts, especially aluminum necks, those ring like a church bell if you touch it with a screw driver... I just have that feeling in my gut, this is going to be a tone monster...😊 more pix to come...
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Johnie King


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Post  Posted 2 May 2018 4:26 pm    
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Damir I want yo to do all my finish work I will furnish th tea
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 2 May 2018 4:41 pm    
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Johnie King wrote:
Damir I want yo to do all my finish work I will furnish th tea


lol, thank you for a nice words and a tea offer, but I’m not the one doing finish, Forrest Lee Jr. will be doing final finish, after David gets done with inlay work.., it will take a couple months, but I’m having a feeling this is going to be a one of a kind Sho~Bud 😊
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Post  Posted 3 May 2018 10:23 am    
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I like these restoration projects, cant wait to see how this one comes out.
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 3 May 2018 12:09 pm    
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Just dropped off all the metal parts at Advance Plating in Nashville, now we wait for 2-3 weeks 😊
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Johnie King


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Post  Posted 4 May 2018 12:27 pm    
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Damir are you getting these parts plated in 24 karat gold. Look like that Company could do what ever u want very impressive looking Webb site they have. Says they been in business over 50 years. I didn’t no we had that service here in Music City.
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Dan Robinson


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Post  Posted 4 May 2018 9:47 pm    
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Damir Besic wrote:
...it actually vibrates and resonates if you hit it... as well as all the other parts, especially aluminum necks, those ring like a church bell if you touch it with a screw driver.


I often wonder why this factor doesn't get more attention. It must play a big part in the overall sound of the steel. Maybe this one will be the "ES-335" of Sho-Buds. You can't get "black tone" in a spray can. Whoa!
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Mike Scaggs


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Post  Posted 5 May 2018 4:17 am    
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BE very careful with these guys as they are used to plating bumpers... Steel guitar parts can easily be damaged for good if someone doesn't know what these are suppose to look like . They need to be extremely gentle with your stuff. I would explaining that to the polisher himself if these were my parts. Not saying they won't do you a good job but I would proceed with extreme caution as you get one shot as this.

Other builders please chime in or anyone else that has used Advanced... I need a polisher too Smile
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 5 May 2018 5:35 am    
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http://advancedmusicproducts.com/





“Advanced Plating” is actually a parent company of the newly formed “ Advanced Music Products” company ... while dropping off my parts I spoke to Jerremy , and he was very familiar with Sho Bud and steel guitar in general, I don’t have any doubts they will do a great job.
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Johnie King


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Post  Posted 5 May 2018 5:41 am    
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Good advise Mike. I took post down post don’t want to look like
a captain no it all. l don’t no squat really.


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Mike Scaggs


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Post  Posted 5 May 2018 7:00 am    
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Johnie King wrote:
Mike if a person was set up to buff would it be the End of the world to do it yourself I do all my own buffing which is not a lot. Small good variable speed buffer with Ten inch buffing Wheels is what I use. The castings on a old Sho-Bud is still going to have the pits that u can’t buff away. The only reason I would not buff my parts would be to help someone who needed to make Kroger money.


I could do that but it a dirty job I don't care to do it or have space to do either. I guess I was spoiled with Bud's high quality, experience, and price. 75ea for end plates seems very expensive to me.
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Mike Scaggs


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Post  Posted 5 May 2018 7:01 am    
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Damir Besic wrote:
http://advancedmusicproducts.com/
I don’t have any doubts they will do a great job.


Yes Damir and for the price they charge your parts should be nothing less than 1000% perfect
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Post  Posted 5 May 2018 7:05 am    
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I used these guys a lot when I was at Beard Guitars (2002-2012).

Top notch.

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Howard Parker wrote:
I used these guys a lot when I was at Beard Guitars (2002-2012).

Top notch.

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Ok, good to know...
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 14 May 2018 5:49 pm    
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Howard Parker wrote:
I used these guys a lot when I was at Beard Guitars (2002-2012).

Top notch.

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yup, I just picked up my parts today, they are all professionally wrapped, and I don't want to unwrap it until I'm ready to install it on the guitar, they just unwrapped a small portion of the endplate, and what a bling, it is a mirror like finish, I have never seen shinier Sho Bud end plate in my life... Very Happy
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Pete Burak

 

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Post  Posted 14 May 2018 6:50 pm    
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Great pictures, Damir!
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 14 May 2018 7:12 pm    
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Pete Burak wrote:
Great pictures, Damir!
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thank you my friend, it is a very interesting project for me, but it is time consuming, and it will take some time to have this finished... but I will post a picture or two of every step I go through, until guitar is finished...I decided to cover cabinet in as little stuff as possible, so I decided to go with just a natural lacquer finish, I'm not going to kill the tone of this beauty with sprayed layers of plastic... also idea is not to tighten the necks all the way down, but let them "breath" and vibrate ... at least that is how I feel... cabinet, and necks resonate and "sing" , they are not just a "dead" parts, I have a very good feeling about this one, I think it is going to be one beautiful guitar, with the tone to die for Very Happy
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 19 May 2018 11:56 am    
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few coats of sanding filler are on, now waiting till tomorrow for level sending 😊
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David is cutting Sho ~ Bud logo out of pearl, he is going to design the front of the guitar with pearl and abalone 😊
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example of Davids inlay work Very Happy cant wait to see my Sho ~ Bud after he gets done with it ... Very Happy
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Johnie King


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Post  Posted 19 May 2018 6:29 pm    
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Looking good be glad when u finish it for me I want E9th on back don’t for get.
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Damir Besic


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Post  Posted 19 May 2018 6:33 pm    
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Johnie King wrote:
Looking good be glad when u finish it for me I want E9th on back don’t for get.


Very Happy I don't know my friend, I don't think this one will be for sale Very Happy
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