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Topic: Super pro fret board |
Don Sulesky
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Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 14 Jan 2004 12:08 pm |
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Can anyone tell me what year Sho-Bud changed from the colored fret board markings on the Super Pro to the black and white silk screen markings.
Don |
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2004 4:39 pm
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| I'm guessing '78, I have Super Pro #2 and it had them. |
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Al Udeen
From:
Hendersonville Tn
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Posted 14 Jan 2004 9:03 pm
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| When I was Sho-Bud Product Mgr. for Gretsch, we introduced the first Super-Pro at the NAMM show in Chicago in 1977 I had that guitar From then until recently, it had the black & white fretboards, Ser# 13124 |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 7:01 am
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Al,
Thanks, The one I have just purchaced has serial # 09791 and it just does not seem to fit in the number sequence, although it looks excatly like the one I had sold in 1999 which was serial number 15685 and was bought new in October of 1980.
This one has wooden necks while the other was Aluminum, if that makes any difference.
Don[This message was edited by Don Sulesky on 15 January 2004 at 07:03 AM.] |
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 10:33 am
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Mine is, as you might expect, #13125.
It's had a few mods perfomed on it over the years.[This message was edited by chas smith on 15 January 2004 at 10:38 AM.] |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 10:48 am
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Chas,
Mine must be a later model.
I have the black and white silk screen fret board. I also have the Super Pro logo on mine and on the right end bracket it has the tone knob and two switches like my old 1980's model.The catalog decribes the tone now on top like the present Emmons.
I have a 1978 Sho-Bud catalog and it shows and decribes what you have except with the standard head.
Don[This message was edited by Don Sulesky on 15 January 2004 at 10:49 AM.] |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2004 3:27 pm
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Don, that guitar doesn't have very many original parts on it. It has Kline tuners w/ brass rollers on E9 and aluminum rollers on C6, the plastic raised fretboards w/ red pinstriping tape around the borders, Emmons pickups and EMG pickups as well as MIDI pickups. The changers have brass fingers on E9 and aluminum fingers onC6. The necks are solid aluminum and incorporate the changers as a solid unit (yes it's very susceptible to temperature changes) , The knee levers are machined aluminum as are the attachments to the cross rods. The leg adjustments came stripped from the factory so back around 1980 I made solid legs and had them chromed.
The guitar has had other mods, like pickups on both endsof the necks, at one time as well as control knobs for pots(the holes have been filled with bondo, which looks and sounds pretty good for plasic).
This guitar, affectionately known as the no-Bud, has played on about 50 movie soundtracks. |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 11:37 am
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Chas,
It looks great and I'll bet it sounds great also.
A "one of a kind" as I see it now.
Al,
Johnny Bondz was at our jam last night with his Black Dbl. neck S-10 Sho-bud from 1977 and wants to "Hi." So I'm passing it on to you.
Don[This message was edited by Don Sulesky on 16 January 2004 at 11:38 AM.] |
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