The cabinet was refinished by AJ Nelson and signed by him and by Lloyd Green. There are no bar dings. Fret boards, pedal rods and legs (std length) were all replaced during the conversion. Both pickups are BL 710's. Setup is Emmons with LKL raising the E's and LKR lowering them. The guitar comes with split foam-lined road cases with wheels on the body case. The original Sho-Bud serial number is 4615.
I bought this guitar from Kevin Hatton in 2004 when he launched his "tone journey" pursuing the West Coast sound and ZB guitars. It has not left my smoke-free studio. According to a note from Kevin when I bought it, "This is an incredible guitar. It's a monster. Enjoy it. You have a collector's piece." I could not agree more.
Jeff Surratt had this to say about the guitar when I corresponded with him. "Yes, we did the mod on that guitar. In fact, it was one of the first ones. That is why the axle is different. At the time we had not found a way to keep the tailplate original, but do now by milling out the underneath for the fingers to move enough. That guitar was going to be my personal guitar, but I sold it when building a new house. It really is a great one."
Price is $2,850 firm plus shipping and insurance from zip code 82414. No trades. The assembled guitar weighs 50 pounds, the body case 28 pounds and the pedal board case 21 pounds for a total of 99 pounds (excluding packing materials). Payment may be made by certified bank check or postal money order. The first person to commit to purchasing via email gets it (no PM's please). My email address on file with the Forum is current. Just click on the Email button at the bottom of this post.
