1976 Sho Bud D 12 8+5 Pro II Custom. Keeping it.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 1 Nov 2014 1:49 pm

I have decided to sell my beautiful 1976 SHO BUD "THE PRO II CUSTOM D 12 8 floor + 5 Knee levers guitar built by Paul Franklin Senior when he worked at SHO BUD. It has a split case with wheels.I always wanted a Franklin guitar and this is as close as I got.This guitar plays easy and sounds great, has a beautiful birds eye maple all over it. I made a trade for it with Caleb Berger back around April of this year. I converted it to a D 10 by changing a couple strings on each neck so it is an Emmons set up on both necks. I find that this guitar is too heavy for me to work on, since I have some back problems and wanted to add a couple of things I have on both my Emmons and Mullen guitars. It would be an easy convert back for anyone with a good back. I will sell it for $2300.00 plus the cost of shipping packing and Insurance to the lower United States.

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Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 1 Nov 2014 2:05 pm

The dates on these pictures were on the camera and are not correct, These pictures were taken when I received the guitar from Caleb.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 3 Nov 2014 10:59 pm

I found a lot of better pictures see next post.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 7 Nov 2014 3:34 pm

I had a problem with finding the pictures in the search section of this forum posted on 17th of April by Caleb Berger and I tried this, Sho-Bud d 12 1976 pro 2 custom and found them. They show better pictures than I posted and views of the undercarriage. My camera doesn't work, so I apologize for this inconvenience. I will buy a camera next week.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 13 Nov 2014 3:21 pm

Bump for new lower price. $2500.00 plus the cost of packing, shipping and Insurance to the lower USA.
I still haven't bought a digital camera yet.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 15 Nov 2014 8:32 pm

Here are some added pictures of the underside and others.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 20 Nov 2014 11:43 pm

Better get this back up top, Maybe an offer might be made.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 25 Nov 2014 8:13 pm

Up to the top, anyone want to make a serious offer???

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 30 Nov 2014 10:48 am

I may have to bite the bullet and work on making the changes I need on the piece of Sho-Bud history. I am not dropping the price again.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 5 Dec 2014 12:23 am

One more bump up.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 11 Dec 2014 12:08 am

She was getting lonely on page two, so up to page one again.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 30 Dec 2014 12:25 am

It's lonely on page three, so lets warm it up.

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 30 Dec 2014 9:06 am

I have one almost identical to this, also 1976 I believe. It looks just the same underneath except my pedals are much wider. It's a wonderful instrument except for one thing:

Bill Bailey wrote: this guitar is too heavy for me

Same here. That's why I play C6 only once every few years.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 30 Dec 2014 11:05 am

Thanks Ernest, I had it at my church, but they had a problem with their insurance, so I brought it back home.

Andy Eder · Post by **Andy Eder** » 30 Dec 2014 11:24 am

Nice looking Bud!

Andy

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 30 Dec 2014 6:21 pm

Thanks Andy.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 31 Dec 2014 1:32 pm

I have had an offer on this guitar I can't accept, but I noticed that I made no mention of the cases that come with this guitar. There are two cases, one is for the pedal bar and one is a wheeled case for the body. They are very nice cases, but still have no camera to show you. Sorry for not mentioning this in my first post.
I originally had this priced at $3,000.00 plus the cost to ship pack and insure. Now $ 2,300.00 Plus.

Johnie King · Post by **Johnie King** » 5 Jan 2015 7:15 am

Brian Hall · Post by **Brian Hall** » 5 Jan 2015 5:19 pm

Guitar still for sale ???

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 5 Jan 2015 6:50 pm

Johnny,
Thanks for the bump.

Brian,
yes this guitar is still up for sale, thanks for asking.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 21 Jan 2015 1:30 am

Up we go!

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 1 Feb 2015 10:30 pm

Up to the top so it won't get lost.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 12 Feb 2015 8:17 pm

Up to the top. I hope to get new pictures soon. My wife bought a new phone that can take pictures.

Bill Bailey · Post by **Bill Bailey** » 20 Feb 2015 7:43 pm

I made some adjustments to this guitar and played it today, It feels great and sounds too good to let it go, I will be playing it at church where it won't have to be moved much, Thanks all 8051 of you who took a look at this Paul Franklin Sr built Darlin, B0b, Please close it up.

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