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Topic: Best model old Sho Bud would u buy |
Johnie King
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 5 May 2018 11:40 am |
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Looking too buy single 10 sho Bud would like to avoid
the pot metal changer fingers. Johnny Cox talks about the old Sho Bud sound. On Jackson steel in the for sale forum section. An I believe he’s right as rain. Years ago I bought a new Loyd green model I really liked that steel. You know what happened I thought I needed a 12 string an traded it off an my ability to play has went down hill to this day. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 5 May 2018 3:02 pm
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The real "Sho~Bud" sound; are the ones with a "PIN" on the finger top that you hook the ball end of the String on. Those are the original aluminum tops.
Any Sho~bud finger with a notch you slide the ball end in; is a pot metal Fingertop and is NOT the real Sho~bud Sound...it is "A Sho~bud sound".
The pot metal finger tops came out around the '75 when the finger began the double raise/double lower era and then everything after that had the potmetal finger top.
So look for a Sho~bud with pin in the finger top and you're good to go.(anything from day 1 of ShoBud> Perm; Fingertip; Professional; "Pro~II" and "Pro~III".; The Pro II Custom and The Pro III Custom was kinda the start of the double/double..but very first "The Pro II Custom" I think had Double/Single and that will have pin in finger top).
Ricky
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Email Ricky: sshawaiian2362@gmail.com |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 5 May 2018 3:09 pm
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| Thanks Ricky good to know. |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 5 May 2018 9:42 pm
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For a single 10, my gold standard is an early LDG with roundfront, 2-hole pullers and barrels. Jim Palenscar had one in his shop a while back. It sounded heavenly and played like a dream. I was short on scratch and didn’t buy it. My bad.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 May 2018 10:54 pm
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One with barrels.
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Dr. Z Surgical Steel amp, amazing!
"74 Bud S-10 3&6
'73 Bud S-10 3&5(under construction)
'63 Fingertip S-10, at James awaiting 6 knees
'57 Strat, LP Blue
'91 Tele with 60's Maple neck
Dozen more guitars!
Dozens of amps, but SF Quad reverb, Rick Johnson cabs. JBL 15, '64 Vibroverb for at home.
'52 and '56 Pro Amps |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 6 May 2018 8:00 am
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| Another vote for two hole pullers & barrels. One up/One down changer. |
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Tom Keller
From:
Greeneville, TN, USA
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Posted 6 May 2018 7:57 pm
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My Pro III Custom had the slot fingers.
Tom Keller |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Posted 7 May 2018 4:37 am
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I don’t have a favorite Sho~Bud , I love every Sho~Bud I ever played, I don’t remember a one single Sho~Bud that didn’t sound great, I would actually go so far to say that Sho~Bud is the best steel ever made... just my two cents
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Tiny Olson
From:
Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 9 May 2018 3:53 pm
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I'm with Ricky all the way. Pre 1975.
For me, it would be a Pro II. Not the "Custom", just a round front, Pro II. Single raise / single lower.
I had one back in the early - mid 70s. Mahogany finish w/ rope inlay. 8x4, 2" taller than standard... I sure wish I still had it..!! With that Sho-Bud and my '69 Emmons (which I have now) I'd be set for life...!!
Chris "Tiny" O. |
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Brooks Montgomery
From:
Idaho, USA
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Posted 9 May 2018 5:50 pm
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This one! I don't know any better, but I love my '75
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 9 May 2018 5:57 pm
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My x-over was stolen, but no big deal. It was a boat anchor, and was insured. Bought a new Bud in '72. Wow! What a great guitar!
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Dr. Z Surgical Steel amp, amazing!
"74 Bud S-10 3&6
'73 Bud S-10 3&5(under construction)
'63 Fingertip S-10, at James awaiting 6 knees
'57 Strat, LP Blue
'91 Tele with 60's Maple neck
Dozen more guitars!
Dozens of amps, but SF Quad reverb, Rick Johnson cabs. JBL 15, '64 Vibroverb for at home.
'52 and '56 Pro Amps |
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Charley Bond
From:
Inola, OK, USA
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Posted 9 May 2018 7:40 pm
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| Damir Besic wrote: |
| I don’t have a favorite Sho~Bud , I love every Sho~Bud I ever played, I don’t remember a one single Sho~Bud that didn’t sound great, I would actually go so far to say that Sho~Bud is the best steel ever made... just my two cents |
I like what Damir had to say about Sho~Buds, but I would never buy another Sho~Bud. All the tone in the world is not "locked up" in a Sho~Bud or an Emmons", but the Sho~Buds are pretty.
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 9 May 2018 7:56 pm
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I have owned 2 Miller Customs, both great sounding guitars, one played hard the other like butter. I had 4 Carters, two U-12s, an sd-10 and a d-10. All were mechanical perfection, IMHO. They all played and sounded great. But, the two Sho~Buds I have are it for me. My old Crossover is now my D-10 non-pedal and it is perfect for the job.
I have a 1970 "The Professional" that has changed my understanding of tone. Honestly. I will never deserve it. I don't have the time or talent to make the music this guitar is capable of. These early Professionals have a sound, maybe in the realm of "the sound" of Sho~bud as we know it. I suspect many Buds from 1970-75 would do it for you. They are not consistent, some are not all that good. Those? Send 'em to Ricky Davis, he might work some magic 
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Wakarusa 5e3 clone
1953 Stromberg-Carlson AU-35 |
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Robert Rogers
From:
Manchester,TN
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Posted 10 May 2018 6:01 am
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| Sho-bud Super Pro is my pick |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 10 May 2018 5:45 pm
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I had a 70 Professional that was a great steel. I'd go that way again. 
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Dan Robinson
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 10 May 2018 6:49 pm Old Sho Bud - already bought
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Round-front Professional S10, rack and barrel guitar. It's 3+2, E's on the right. Original pickup with coil-tap. I bought this from Manny's Music in 1973. Nothing wrong with it that can't be cured with a little TLC, but it really needs two more knee levers.
This guitar has not been out of its case in a couple of years. When we lost James Morehead it took the wind out of my sails on this project.
I don't know of any source for rack-n-barrel hardware. I've heard that 2-hole pullers with tuning barrels can be mixed with the rack-system. If that's possible I should do it. It's a sweet little steel. |
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