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Topic: Sho- Bud Maverick question |
Stan Schober
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Cahokia, Illinois, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 12:48 pm |
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When did the maverick switch from the standard gumby style machined headstock to the Fender style recessed soapdish style ?
Any other major differences?
Just looking at some of the newer ones, they appear to have a veneer overlay. |
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 1:28 pm
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I do not know the exact date of the change from the raised neck to the ashtray models but here are some differences:
Early Model:
Lacquer
Raised Neck
Gumby Head
Birdseye Maple and Alum. pedal board.
Late Model:
Vinyl covered birdseye maple body
Ashtray Tuning Pan
Flush dust collector fretboard
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Stan Schober
From:
Cahokia, Illinois, USA
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Bobby Burns
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 2:22 pm
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| Yes it amazes me every time I see one of these brown mavericks. Sometimes the vinyl is very poorly glue on top of it all. The maple is sometimes prettier than some pro models of the same era, and the did such a crappy job of covering it up. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 3:17 pm
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The earliest models had a raised neck and were enamel painted. Mine was sky blue, and I have heard of red ones. There was a big solid metal keyhead (but not a gumby), with grooves in the nut and no rollers. The wound strings sounded kind of scratchy when pedaled, but the tone was good. The end plates were polished aluminum, not black wrinkle-coat. The wood was good maple with a few birdseyes, but not highly figured. Nevertheless, I stripped mine and lacquered it and it looked nice.
The middle model around 1973-4, had nicer lacquered birdseye and a gumby keyhead with a roller nut. These were the best. But they had the ugly black wrinkle-coat painted endplates. I think they felt they had to screw something up to devalue them, so you would want to trade up to a pro model.
Sometime in the late '70s they switched to the Fender style ash-tray key heads, and slapped on the brown fake wood vinyl. But these had good maple under the vinyl.
Last edited by David Doggett on 10 Sep 2009 9:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Bobby Burns
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 4:26 pm
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| My maverick had the gumby head without rollers, natural finish and as nice a birdseye maple as you have ever seen. The end plates were polished. I inlayed it with the diamond pattern like my crossover had, and set it up with regular crossrods and pullers instead of the skinny rods and single tree deals that it came with. I also altered the knee lever to lower both e's. I currently have it apart and I am making new fingers, and lower stops to improve the leverage and stability. I'll most likely mill the head out for rollers. I like the pull release system, but the maverick is a little flimsy like it comes. It will be a three pedal four knee setup when I'm done this time. It's light weight and sounds great. The maverick, and my bandit 65, will both fit in the front seat of my truck, and I can carry them one in each hand. That is worth a lot to me. |
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Dave O'Brien
From:
Florida and New Jersey
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Posted 10 Sep 2009 4:35 pm Mavericks
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| I sold them new - a lot of them. The switch was in the mid to late 70's but it depended on what went out of the warehouse. I was appalled at the vinyl wrapped Mavericks because the old ones were bad enough (mechcanically) although they looked good. Emmons and MSA and others had much better student/entry level models at the time IMHO. |
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Richard Park
From:
Alexandria, Virginia
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Posted 11 Sep 2009 9:22 am
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| I have one I bought new in 1973. It is birdseye maple, gumby head, raised neck, black end plates. The ashtrays came out in '75 I think. |
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