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The instrument is sold, and heading south to Tennessee. Forum donation forthcoming.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1504/9992_DSCN1015_1.jpg SOLD! The Sho-Bud is moving to Nashville. Donation forthcoming. I'm selling my 1973 Sho-Bud 6139 3x4. It's in great playing and cosmetic shape. It's a wonderful instrument -- beautifully decorated, and has that great old Sho-Bud sound. ...

Yep, it was wired incorrectly -- that's why it acted as a kill switch rather than a tap. The ground wire was connected to one of the inputs, and both input wires appear to be soldered to the same connection. The blue block is the broken, soon to be replaced tap. The first connection is soldered to t...

Ron, thanks for the multimeter tip. I bought that old Sho-Bud from Ian, so I'm the guy replacing the toggle this time. I'll get out the multimeter and see if I get a valid readings.

Ian, I am the happy owner of your old Sho-Bud. The toggle has broken again, and I'm about to wire up a replacement. I'm glad I found this thread -- I'm going to see if I can get the tap working finally.

Sale pending. Thank you all for your interest.

UPDATE: Sold and shipped. Thanks to everyone for their interest. ===================== For sale is my Fender Dual Professional 8, serial number 2163. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/9992_fender_dual_professional_th_1.jpg The blue paint is non-original, but the instrument is otherwise all ...

Hi folks-- Thanks for your kind words regarding my article on Joaquin Murphey. If you're interested in reading more about the Cooley/ Williams bands, I also wrote a piece for the same publication on Larry 'Pedro' DePaul. You can download a PDF of it here: http://www.tangleweed.org/blog/2007/06/14/my...