Sho Bud Gumby key head

Brian Gattis · Post by **Brian Gattis** » 23 Feb 2019 2:31 pm

I always liked the look of the the Gumby headstock on Sho Buds I was wondering if anybody knows the reason they designed them this way?

Thanks

Brian Gattis

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 23 Feb 2019 2:44 pm

I believe that it was just cosmetic. ZB had a nice design as well. When the trend was designigning more compact and lighter weight guitars, those nice designs disappeared,

Edward Rhea · Post by **Edward Rhea** » 23 Feb 2019 2:48 pm

Great question!
I wonâ€™t even pretend to know that answer ...however, the early permanents with the â€œduck tailsâ€ and the â€œgumby headâ€, remind me of the ~ in the Logo!?

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 23 Feb 2019 4:44 pm

I don't believe it's widely known, but according to Buddy Emmons, that keyhead was the very first piece of the guitar that Shot Jackson designed and envisioned as the Sho~Bud. He first showed it to Buddy, and Buddy said the headstock reminded him of a "shark fin", and that Shot was really proud of it. I don't know who came up with the "Gumby" monicker, but I think Buddy was right - it looks more like a shark fin than it does anything else.

Marco Schouten · Post by **Marco Schouten** » 24 Feb 2019 10:34 am

Donny Hinson wrote:I don't believe it's widely known, but according to Buddy Emmons, that keyhead was the very first piece of the guitar that Shot Jackson designed and envisioned as the Sho~Bud. He first showed it to Buddy, and Buddy said the headstock reminded him of a "shark fin", and that Shot was really proud of it. I don't know who came up with the "Gumby" monicker, but I think Buddy was right - it looks more like a shark fin than it does anything else.

Especially the oldest version of the headstock. The later version is more like a dolphin fin