Two Sho~bud's Finished; Eye Candy

[Ricky Davis]

Ok here are a couple of Sho~bud's I just finished.
The LDG sp(special paint) belongs to Butch Broad and is a real looker and plays new again.






The Pro~II Custom belongs to Zach Walters and redid the whole system underneath with James Morehead Knee mounts and Knee levers and they are freakin' AWESOME...







Have a ton more on the bench; so more eye-candy to come.....stay tuned...ha.

[Andy Sandoval]

Howdy Ricky, that guitar is a beauty for sure. Glad to see your back restorin these great old guitars.

[Bill Terry]

Beautiful as always Ricky... so are the 'hands' issues all resolved? Must be, you've been busy!

[Richard Sinkler]

HE'S BACK!! Great job Ricky. You are the Bud master, for sure.

[Bob Muller]

Ricky, those guitars are absolutely beautiful!! I don't see any way possible that anyone could have done a better job. If anyone has a Sho-Bud in need of restoration you would be the man for the job.

[Tony Williamson]

hey ricky, as soon as i get done paintin my blue one's comin your way. gosh those guitars look good!

[John Billings]

They look great Ricky! Kinda remind me of the one ya did for me! But,,,, I miss the old fireplace shots!
Folks,,, I wouldn't've have bought my S-10 if Ricky hadn't agreed to work on it! It was a 3 and 1, now it's 3 and 6! Yee Haw!
John
Here's a pic,,,, cuz it just seems to fit in:

[Ricky Davis]

Wow thanks ya'll for the very kind and supportive words.
Bill T. the hands are actually doing great. I'm being a lot smarter in how I use them this time around...ah...ha.
Ricky

[Dale Rottacker]

Beautiful...looks like you guys are getting the hang of this...they're awesome...

[Zachary Walters]

Sho-Bud #13000.

I wanted to post some pics once I got it back in the pocket at my place... as everyone already knows but must be re-stated: parts by James and Teresa Morehead (knees and brackets), refurb and installation by Ricky Davis.

[Dan Beller-McKenna]

Gorgeous!

Keep 'em coming Ricky.

Dan

[Justin Kania]

Looks fantastic! Keep up the great work!

[Kevin Hatton]

That Moorhead/Davis combination is a winner. Great Sho-Bud parts and installation. If I bought a Sho-Bud that's the first place I'd send it.

[Ricky Davis]

Ok wow thanks everybody(especially you Kevin...ah..ha)And thank you Zach for your patience; but really, I love doing this work and having a blast doing it.
Here's the latest....Also belonging to Butch Broad that owns that Red LDG sp above. This is a rare metal neck LDG...and WOW; what a sound and player this one is; NOW..ha.






Ricky

[Mike Kowalik]

Beautiful guitar Zach!!

[Terry Sneed]

Zach, is that the Pro II I sold you? It was purty when I sold it to you, but looks like brand spankin new now. Bet it plays like new to. Congrats on one beautiful Bud!
terry

[Skip Edwards]

Nice work on some cool Buds...
I'd really like to see how this Super Pro turned out...

[Ricky Davis]

I'd really like to see how this Super Pro turned out...

I would too Bro. I had to send it back to Coop; as I waited and waited for parts; then me and Leslie Got pregnant and I had to get out of the Biz: and he sat on it a while; then Bob went and got it...just before Coop Died I believe.
That is Bob Case Shobud that Mark Giles did that finish on....WOW...stunning...and I felt so bad for Bob; as he was so patient and such a great guy....and doesn't deserve the waiting he had to do. Bob if you are out there somewhere; Lets finish that baby or have you got it done somehow??
Ricky

[Skip Edwards]

Bummer...I'm sorry to hear that. Beautiful finish...
As a fan of the much-maligned SuperPro, I'll admit to lusting after that one. I'd love to have one just like it.

[Zachary Walters]

Terry, yes indeed it is.

[David Kellogg]

Hey Zach, That Sho Bud sure gets around. I sold it to Bechtel and Terry must have picked it up from him. She sure was nice then and Ricky made it nicer. Glad to see it's loved.

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[Fred Layman]

Ricky, question = the under carriage on your Sho-Buds restorations look great. Do you replace all the old metal bell cranks, crossrods and their attachments to the body etc. with stainless steel? The metal work looks fabulous .. as does the rest of your refinishing of the guitars. Fred Layman

[Ricky Davis]

Fred; my work I mainly do is Refurbish. I take apart the whole steel and clean/polish all existing original parts. Now on the later model Shobud's...there are Chromed pot metal parts that WILL break or are going to break; and I will replace them with Steel parts made by James Morehead that are identical to the original; except for the material he makes them from...ha.
It is A LOT of labor what I do. And of course any part that is broken or can't be redone to almost perfect..it is replaced with a original part that is.
Anyone wanting to replace parts with upgraded original style parts....pretty much has to order them through James Morehead and either I'll do the install or he will. I'm sitting on 8 steels right now in the working process and he's sittin on more; plus he's making parts and getting some machined by very slow and expensive CNC shops.....so more than likely ME will do...ha....as we are trying to get caught up as much as possible...>but they keep coming and coming..ha..>which ain't a bad thing...only takes more time and patience from owners and us builders....
When we do get caught up...we will have a HUGE anouncement/presentation that will ROCK THE STEEL GUITAR WORLD....yeee haa.
Ricky

[Ricky Davis]

Here's one of the Al Marcus Sho~bud's I just redid for Rocky in Australia. It was 6 pedals and 5 knees. And we made it 4 pedals and 5 knees and a LOT better parts than what was on there; but all original...>this is a monster playing/sounding Shobud. Barrel tuning behind two hole pullers.