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Topic: Sho~Bud Square Front Rope Inlay Guitars |
Mike DiAlesandro
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Kent, Ohio
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 8:06 am |
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Sho~Bud "generally" used rope inlays on their round front Professional's and Pro I and II's. It seems that they went to the diamond inlay when they started building mainly square fronts in mid 1974.
I happened across a 76' Pro II with a 2-1 changer, and it has rope inlay, and I also noticed a recent LDG that had it as well, and it was from the Gretch era.
How about some photos of any more of these interesting Buds, Thanks!
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 8:18 am
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6160, ca. 1975
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Brandon Schafer
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 10:36 am
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Those are really handsome guitars!!!
These kinds of pictures get me sentimental about the old ‘Bud I used to have. |
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Dave Campbell
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Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 10:39 am
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i had a 76 ldg. i sold it when i bought an emmons (or two), but i still miss it sometimes.
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 11:22 am
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Beautiful guitars.
I hope Jon checked the string on that volume pedal.
I'll bet he did.
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Jon Light (deceased)
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 11:41 am
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Beautiful guitars.
I hope Jon checked the string on that volume pedal.
I'll bet he did.
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Don't get me started!! Yeah, I went in three times and it still is not right. I've done this before so I'm not a beginner but man......this is like my 3rd string backup (no pun....) so I'm not in a hurry to go back in again. |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 12:17 pm
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Sho-Bud was a custom shop as wells a manufacturer, so they would make just about anything you wanted.
Here's a beautiful SuperPro body...I wonder whatever happened to this guitar.
And some more...
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Dana Blodgett
From:
California, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 12:46 pm
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Awesome looking Buds!
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Dana Blodgett
From Los Osos,Ca.
'74 ShoBud 6140 3+4, Martins HD28,D-12-28, D-15,'65 Gibson LG-1, '77 Gibson Les Paul special dbl cut p-90's, Les Paul Special p-100's,Les paul Special Hybrid(maple top) hbkr's,'68 Fender Strat reissue, Fender Squire Jazz bass,Epi mandolin,Epi Wilshire '66 reissue, Kamaka Concert uke, 70's Kamaka Soprano Uke, Fender Super amp, Ampeg ba112 bass amp,60's harmony banjo,'00 Gibson SG Supreme |
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 2:55 pm
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Thanks Skip  |
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Jamie Kitlarchuk
From:
Alberta, Canada
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Posted 6 Dec 2020 9:25 am
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| Dave Campbell wrote: |
i had a 76 ldg. i sold it when i bought an emmons (or two), but i still miss it sometimes.
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I’ve got Dave’s old ‘76 and it’s a beauty... absolutely rock solid! Sorry to open up an old wound Dave, but it’s in good hands. Hope you’re doing well.
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Dave Campbell
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 5:48 am
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| aww, nice to see it. i'm super happy you're playing it and taking care of it. |
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Bruce Blackburn
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 12:11 pm
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Skip,
That last pic is my guitar. It is an 8 & 9 factory Super~Pro
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Rittenberry Prestige D10, Dekley S14U, (stolen) ZumSteel D10
(2) Nashville 112's Nashville 1000, Profex II Kemper Profiler Powered, Quilter Tone Block 202, Benado Steel Dream |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 12:16 pm
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Beautiful, Bruce. You rarely - almost never - see a SP in that classic Sho-Bud brown with rope inlay. Very, very nice. I've got a nice SuperPro, myself.
What's the serial number?
btw... those are some really light gauge strings.... |
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Bruce Blackburn
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 12:23 pm
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Serial 14677. Those strings are a special order. As long as I have been playing them I have never had to change them nor have I ever broken one. So hard to find 11’s that last that long.
I am thinking of marketing them.
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Rittenberry Prestige D10, Dekley S14U, (stolen) ZumSteel D10
(2) Nashville 112's Nashville 1000, Profex II Kemper Profiler Powered, Quilter Tone Block 202, Benado Steel Dream |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 7 Dec 2020 12:25 pm
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Awesome... that's one way of getting rid of cabinet drop.
thx... |
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 8 Dec 2020 2:11 pm
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1979 Pro 1
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 11 Dec 2020 7:38 pm Square Front Rope Inlay
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I realize this isn’t a very good picture, it was taken during a rehearsal many, many years ago for a local morning TV show. The guitar is a square front, LDG w/rope inlay and the newer, “squared off“ key head.
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Cameron Kerby
From:
Rutledge, TN
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Posted 16 Dec 2020 10:47 am
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I've been told that my first D10 ('79 Super Pro) I owned is rare by having rope inlay all around it. It was a real closet queen until I brought her home. Now its my practice guitar.
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Sho Bud Steel Guitars
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Mike DiAlesandro
From:
Kent, Ohio
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Posted 10 Dec 2021 6:17 pm Found Another
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Found another one, a 79 Pro I.
Nice sounding guitar, getting some playing time after over 20 years in it's case
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Mark Draycott R.I.P.
From:
Portland, OR
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Posted 12 Dec 2021 6:15 am Rope Inlay
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My 1976 LDG. Great sounding guitar. Its my main player
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