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Topic: Shobud Fingertips and Permanents----got a picture?? |
Joel McCoy
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 16 Sep 2011 6:39 pm |
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hey, I paid $1880 for my Fingertip and my Compactra on Ebay. Not trying to gloat , but show that deals exist. 
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'64 Sho-Bud Fingertip D-10 9+1, Goodrich VP, Sho-Bud/Evans Compactra 100 Custom, Sho-Bud/Evans Compactra 100 Head unit, '75 Tele, '77 Guild D25, '71 YBA-1, Marshall 4x10 and a Les Paul. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 17 Sep 2011 1:11 pm
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Here's the ABM page JB mentioned, it's the inside back cover of ABM's complete and fairly large catalog of musical instrument parts.
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 17 Sep 2011 1:13 pm
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Curly Chalker with Sho-Bud and Compactra...
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 17 Sep 2011 3:08 pm
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Buddy Emmons with Sho-Bud and Compactra...
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Daniel Ibanez
From:
Madrid, Spain
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 12:49 am
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| Michael Lee Allen wrote: |
Here's the ABM page JB mentioned, it's the inside back cover of ABM's complete and fairly large catalog of musical instrument parts.
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Yeah, similar to the brochure I have, only mine in German only.
Thanks for sharing. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 10:57 am
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My ABM catalog is undated, sixteen pages total, bilingual German and English. They make a full line of guitar tailpieces, vibrato units, bridges, jacks, even a page of banjo parts.
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 10:59 am
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Feb 2012 7:26 pm
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Here's a pair of early fingertip keyheads we made for a project. They use brass string ball ends for rollers. The project we are doing is bringing this fingertip back to original form. It's no secret anymore that it is the Lightening bolt seen in the pics of the above post. I have started a thread and here's the link for these new fingertip parts:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1901765#1901765
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Apr 2012 7:22 am
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TIP: A good way to clean the underside of a guitar (If it's stripped down, of course), is to use Orange Hand Cleaner--it lifts the grease and crud easily, yet does not harm the finish. I think it works very well.
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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Alan Berdoulay
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Posted 4 Apr 2012 10:47 am
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| What a sweet old guitar that is |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2012 3:49 pm
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| Very clean machine!! |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 19 May 2012 12:55 pm
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Well I have managed to dig up yet another Fingertip guitar. This one looks to be an early one, in need of restoration seems to have some very nicely figured wood in the cabinet. It is missing a few parts, one pedal Rod, knee lever, wiring and switches, but seems to be fairly solid overall. It looks like someone has put the later style pickup housing's, and pickups on the guitar. The serial number is interesting 6-111-111 still not quite sure how to date these yet.
The guitar has very nice maple wood grain on the top  It also has the early style fret boards with wide fret marker lines.
The pickup mounting plates, and the pickups, are from a later style fingertip, the missing screws from the back plates have no screw holes drilled into the guitar below them. The pickups appear to be from a later style like a professional.
The string pullers are the old flat back style.
The guitar has, Ten cross shafts for pullers, but only nine pedals, and has only one cross shaft for a knee lever. This will require some rearranging, but it looks doable. It should make an interesting restoration project. |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 19 May 2012 1:01 pm
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| Way to go Bob. Looks good now but I know she's really gonna be a beauty when you get done with her. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 19 May 2012 1:04 pm
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| Stunning! The Maple is outrageous, and the Rosewood has wonderful color! |
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Carl Mesrobian
From:
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2012 9:22 am Re: How many still gig with their Fingertip or Permanents?
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Saturday, I basked in Shobud Fingertip tone, as projected through my Fender Vibrosonic, as well as 100 degree sunshine. Nasty 35 mph wind at our back sides--our sound probably carried on up to Kansas. Glad I had an extra George L cable for my hat! 
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You ran the stop sign 
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Sep 2012 7:51 am
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No Carl, I stopped first-----kinda!
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Alan Berdoulay
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Posted 12 Sep 2012 12:54 pm
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 12 Sep 2012 4:54 pm
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James,
With work like that, you don't have to bragg...It shows. Love the way you staggered the 5 & 6 keys
BF
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2012 5:02 pm
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"Love the way you staggered the 5 & 6 keys "
Bill, that's the way they were on the earliest Fingertips. Here's an oldie, so you can compare, and see how accurate, and beautiful, James' work is!
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Sep 2012 5:17 pm
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Here's a link to the thread about my new parts I am making for Fingertips. I guess I forgot to put it in my post above. 
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=1901765#1901765
Thanx for the kind words, it's a labor of love, and these particular parts will be going on the Lightening Bolt.
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Sep 2012 8:14 pm
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John B., I simply love that style keyhead--it's got to be my favorite Shobud keyhead for looks and simplicity.
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Nov 2012 5:52 pm
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Hey John Billings, I love the pics of that perm you have. Interesting about that keyhead on it, there are only grooves for the strings. How well does the string return on that sort of configuration? I'm sure it led to the use of rollers, but I wonder how good/bad they actually played? Anyone have experience with this?
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2012 8:05 am
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Well James, as you know, no pedals came with the guitar. But, considering all the great music that was recorded on these guitars, I assume it was not that big a deal, although rollers were an improvement. A little Nut Sauce, and I'd assume there'd be no more of a problem than there is on six-string guitars, doing bending, etc.. The open strings sound better than open strings on a roller guitar.
Here's a couple pics, before and after, of the keyhead in question;
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 11 Nov 2012 10:33 am
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Had one with a similar keyhead, a small can of 3 in 1 oil was a must to keep in tune...Bill
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Bill Ford S12 CLR, S12 Lamar keyless, Misc amps&toys Sharp Covers
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