Sho~Bud 6139 and 6140 Question

admin · Post by **b0b** » 26 Oct 2016 12:53 pm

I loved my Sho~Bud 6139!

Tom Quinn · Post by **Tom Quinn** » 26 Oct 2016 3:29 pm

Ya got BIG hands there Bobster... ;- )

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 26 Oct 2016 3:39 pm

Is that a non-Gumby key-head, b0b?

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 26 Oct 2016 4:04 pm

Gumby, but hard to see.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 26 Oct 2016 10:45 pm

Why aren't the pots & tap switch in their usual spot... centered on the back shelf?

admin · Post by **b0b** » 27 Oct 2016 7:40 am

Built in early 1974 - that's how they made them then.

Jerry Malvern · Post by **Jerry Malvern** » 27 Oct 2016 8:04 pm

Didn't come with strap locks so you could play it standing up either!

Chris Sattler · Post by **Chris Sattler** » 28 Oct 2016 5:39 am

Jeff Mead wrote:
Lane Gray wrote:Almost certainly. 6139 by definition was 3 & 1. HOWEVER, I'm not sure that they'd have changed the model number if someone ordered a 6139 with more knees.
So was it considered a student model? Hard to imagine Sho~Bud in the mid 70's selling a pro model with only 3x1.

Hi Jeff. My first guitar was a blonde Bud late 70's. It was a 3 X 1 pro model and I had Kenny Kitching add two more levers when I found it was lacking horsepower. Definitely not a student model but I didn't know that at the time and I could easily have got one without realising. I don't recall the model number, but I know now it was a really nice guitar. I'd love it back or one like it. It had lovely inlay work which went unappreciated then.
I think it cost me about $1100 AUS then from a shop in Park St Sydney near Town Hall Station

Allan Kirby · Post by **Allan Kirby** » 1 Nov 2016 3:27 pm

My 1974 Sho-Bud model 6139 came originally with 3 pedals and 1 lever. Two more levers were added a few years later. As you can see in the photo, the added levers do not have the teardrop design that the original lever had, but they work well and I do not intend to change them.

My Bud is a solid 3x3 guitar with nice action and great tone. I work a few gigs a years with it to keep it active. I play about 60 times a year and while the 6139 is not my "go to" guitar, I really enjoy playing the occasionally gig with it.

Willis Vanderberg · Post by **Willis Vanderberg** » 3 Nov 2016 1:24 pm

The most stupid thing I ever did was let a famous ShoBud person talk me into letting them install their new under carriage on my 6139. Not only ruined the sound but put two big scratches on my fret board. Then they generously offered to replace the fret board for thirty five bucks. This was to take about three months, I waited a year for it. After driving to Nashville twice,about 1600 mile I felt I was Ripped off. My over all experience with Nashvilles finest steel guitar mechanics left a lot to be desired.