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Ken Byng
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Southampton, England
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Posted 3 May 2008 3:49 am |
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I know that there have been many players on here who have extolled the virtue of Mr Coop's workmanship.
I finally got my parts this week from him to go on my Pro 11 D12 - vertical knee lever kit, a number of pullers (bellcranks) and teardrop levers. The quality of the parts are simply amazing. Every puller has been chrome plated, along with all cross rods and connectors. All brackets are truly exact and alloy parts are polished to a mirror finish. Beautiful.
Well done Coop!!
His contact email if interested is cshobud1@att.net |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 May 2008 1:25 pm
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| The best there is! |
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 3 May 2008 2:10 pm
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Nice person too. Coop will talk sho~buds forever.
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The only thing better than doing what you love is having someone that loves you enough to let you do it.
Sho~Bud 6139 3+3
Marrs 3+4
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John Bresler R.I.P.
From:
Thornton, Colorado
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Posted 3 May 2008 5:48 pm
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Now if we could just find someone to do Emmons P/P parts like that!!
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 3 May 2008 6:10 pm
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I agree with everyone. Ricky Davis is finishng up my Sho-Bud Professional with some of John's awesome parts. Here's what the under carriage looks like with a new pulling system. John's parts and Ricky Davis's tender lovin care make a good team.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 May 2008 6:30 pm
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Here's my Davis/Coop 3 and 6. The guitar is amazing! Just look at those left knees!
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John Coop
From:
YORKTOWN, IND. USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 3 May 2008 7:02 pm Guide Plate Mounting For The Older Sho~Buds
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New guide plate mounting with side to side adjustments for centering the guide plate slots to the raise / lower bars. Also the new geometry for the knee levers.  Coop
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 May 2008 7:12 pm
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| Beautiful John. Call you Tuesday. |
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Steven Black
From:
Gahanna, Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 May 2008 8:31 am John Coops parts
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| John Coop you come up with great ideas, he did my pro III double 10 sho-Bud with the new super fingers and that guitar plays great, excellent instrument after it was Cooped up by John Coop. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 5 May 2008 8:40 am
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| I'm sending my Pro-II down to Coop for changer installation.....than I'll rebuild the rest of the pull-train w/ Coop-parts. |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 5 May 2008 9:50 am
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| The photos show that you must cut away part of the wooden body to make room for the new changer. If you want to use raise-helper springs, you would have to cut away more than was cut away in that picture. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 5 May 2008 11:04 am
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| Earnest, what part of the body was cut away? |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 5 May 2008 11:17 am
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| Andy Sandoval wrote: |
| Earnest, what part of the body was cut away? |
A wedge-shaped piece of wood was removed, just next to the changer. You can see that the newly cut (or more likely, filed) wood is a different color under one end of the one raise-assist spring. If you want to use raise-assist springs, you would have to file away a lot more than that. |
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John Coop
From:
YORKTOWN, IND. USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 6 May 2008 2:44 am Helper Springs
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Gee..I must have missed something here because after that pic was taken, I put the strings on it which pulled the fingers back to there normal "nested" position, tuned it up, and it performs "flawlessly". You would think that after 32 years of working on these Sho~Buds I would have learned something! Coop  |
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Ernest Cawby
From:
Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 May 2008 4:13 am hi
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John I have an old Shobud parts catalog with pictures and numbers, if you want it I will mail it to you.
ernie |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 6 May 2008 11:06 pm
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I spoke w/ Coop last Thursday and my parts are ready for a total rebuild. I gutted it tonight and will ship it off to him, (as he prefers to install the changers himself)..... Then he'll ship back the guitar with the installed changers and a package with the new Coop undercarriage parts so I can reassemble it.
I left the pedal and knee lever brackets on to help me re-navigate the pedal and knee lever placements......Man, I'm psyched!
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 7 May 2008 10:51 am
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Coop and Bobbe Seymour both do astonishing refurbs of ShoBuds.
There are so many 'Buds out in the public domain that need a good set-up and replacement of worn parts that it could be a small industry in itself. |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 8 May 2008 3:41 pm
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| Coop check your PM. I need your address for shipping instructions........Tony |
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Lynn Stafford
From:
Ridgefield, WA USA
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Posted 8 May 2008 3:50 pm
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Tony,
I just sent you a PM with his address...
Lynn |
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