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Sho-Bud LDG $1500/obo plus shipping, photos attached. True tone pickup (installed currently), George L pickup (was on it when I got it), and Goodrich volume pedal included. Known issues: one string goes more out of tune over a period of time than the others, and one of the screws holding the pickup ...

Thanks very much Coop for the information. I've been lurking on the forum for awhile learning what I can and looking for my first PSG, and I've enjoyed looking at the photos of some of your beautiful restorations. And thanks Mike for the input on the pickup. It may have had a coil tap at some point,...

If it doesn't work out with either of the above parties, I'll take it.

Thanks, Mike. I almost ordered a new pickup from Jerry Wallace earlier today, but couldn't decide on coil tapped or not. Since I'm a total beginner I don't have a good idea of if I'll want to use the lower resistance setting for the brighter tone, or if I would sacrifice any tone at the higher setti...

@Manfred
The steel came with the unique upholstery. It coincidentally kind of goes with my living room.

@Chris
Thanks for the note, and enjoy your trip to Hot Creek. Too bad you're not a pedal steel teacher - then you could write the trip off by giving me a lesson!

Thanks, Jerry. I'm in Bishop, CA which might as well be Nevada. I'm about 5 hrs from the LA area and 6 from the SF Bay area. But, I do go to one or the other from time to time, and next time I do I'll be looking to set up some lessons in advance.

Hello, I'm new to the forum and pedal steel guitar, and just acquired a faded but seemingly pretty original Sho-Bud LDG. I'm looking to clean it up, and learn as much as I can about how to work on it myself. And play it too, of course. I live out in the middle of nowhere, so I don't really have any ...