Any old guys left out there? Fender/Bud help needed to ID Gu

John Davis · Post by **John Davis** » 23 Jul 2023 6:14 am

have just gutted this little guitar, cleaned it up and re-rodded it plus changed the set up, has it ever repaid me for the TLC! It rings like a bell, pedal action is soft and light and so very fast, tuning is easy and spot on and I believe it to be a very special one of a kind guitar probably a sales promo item.... I don't know but I'm gonna research it I dont see it as the Fender "Artist" series, maybe they were the dummed down cheaper to produce than this ??
Pics to follow......

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 23 Jul 2023 6:44 am

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com//viewtopic.php?t=390987

John Davis · Post by **John Davis** » 23 Jul 2023 7:01 am

Thank you Jon, sorry for the repost the guitar has been sitting here a while and I forgot I had asked previously.
there are a lot of memories on the topic nearly all positive.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 23 Jul 2023 8:22 am

That's a very nice looking instrument. I haven't seen a lot of these around.

Kenny Davis · Post by **Kenny Davis** » 23 Jul 2023 11:03 am

Who's undercarriage is that?

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 23 Jul 2023 5:03 pm

Kenny Davis wrote:Who's undercarriage is that?

All Mullen. Great upgrade in parts?

On second look, I believe the mechanics photo is of a Mullen guitar, and not that Fender. Looking at the wood, rails, hardware, etc. I don't believe that photo even goes with the guitar.

If so, that would be a major and expensive modification.

Good catch Kenny.

Kenny Davis · Post by **Kenny Davis** » 23 Jul 2023 7:01 pm

Don't know Mullen that well, but that tech wasn't around when that Fender was built. I agree, mainly by the "pristine" look of the wood on the underside.

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 24 Jul 2023 2:05 am

Yeah, that photo must be of a different guitar that got mixed in with the Fender. I didn't notice it at first as the Sho-Bud Super Pro era bell cranks are very similar to Mullen.

That's definitely Mullen underside. Looks like a G2.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 24 Jul 2023 5:25 pm

No, it's nothing special, just one of the 4,400 "Fender Artist" pedal steels built by Sho~Bud back in the mid '70s. That's a top of the line pro model, but they also built somewhat plainer ones, and a really plain & simple student model. It's something of a cross between the two brands, sounding like a Fender, but playing like a Sho~Bud (thanks to the under-carriage parts). About the only Fender-design parts are the changer, tuning pans, and fretboards.

Its a really decent guitar; all you need, really!

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 25 Jul 2023 9:34 am

About the only Fender-design parts are the changer, tuning pans, and fretboards.

And maybe that badge on the front of the guitar!

~Lee

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 25 Jul 2023 11:02 am

I'm betting it's all original Fender/Sho~Bud Artist s-10. Just mistakenly posted a photo of the underside of a different guitar.

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 26 Jul 2023 8:39 am

yep, Fender Artist S10.. Knife edge changer,pickup, tuner pan, body, all intact... Pull mechanism seriously rebuilt, and looks like an upgrade over the Bud Super Pro pot metal parts that should be there... Probably a great guitar, that I personally would love to own!.... bob

Ron Pruter · Post by **Ron Pruter** » 26 Jul 2023 1:44 pm

I vote with Jerry. Look closely and you see the two level, bent cross shafts from a G2 Mullen guitar. A very hard upgrade to get the two bearing holes on the same axis. RP

Ron Pruter · Post by **Ron Pruter** » 27 Jul 2023 12:40 pm

So John, ya still out there? Us old guys don't have that much time:-) Is that the actual picture of the undercarriage? Ron