The Steel Guitar Forum

Danny, do you have an interest in this?

Let's keep it positive, fellas--just a couple of observations. No biggee.

My experience with James is great.
His Shobud parts are the best replacements I've seen and his improvements make some parts work better than ever.
James has been a great help refurbing my '73 LDG.
I live in the Netherlands and email works great for me.
Since James has posted that he is making and selling Shobud parts he did get an increase of 500% in incoming emails.
In general I get a reply to my emails to James the same day which is a lot better than many manufacturers and supliers.
I thinks he's the best for parts, knowledge and support when it comes to upgrading and refurbing Shobuds.

I was a diehard "push/pull" guy that got into Sho-Buds fairly recently. I discovered that I like 'em a lot!

I give 'em a 10 because I can dance to 'em

Brand New Knee Levers.

Right Knee Right kit, as well as Left Knee Right.

Looking great, James!!

Bump for a great guy, keep them Buds working James.
Bill

James - you are knocking out some brilliant work there. I have a feeling that you will be swamped with orders.

Right Knee Left--singleneck.

Left Knee Vertical.

Right Knee Left--D-10 and SD-10 type guitars.

I am new to the world of pedal steel guitars, and I have purchased some items from James. He (and his entire family) have been very gracious, very responsive and just all around great individuals to deal with.

James has provided much advice and great insight to me, simply from the goodness of his heart. The world needs more people like James. Just Awesome.

I have a background in manufacturing, and I can tell you from my experience that these parts are extremely high quality. I can't wait until I grab a "new" Sho Bud!

Thanks, James!

Van Gray

James is the man for making these parts for sure.

Now is the time to pull the (80 trillion) broken Sho-Buds out from the sheds and make 'em killer guitars.

Thanks James for your dedication to bringing back some old Buds to their original glory.

(Hopefully the Hogs didn't eat those gumby headstocks off some of these old girls)

Looking great, James!

Thanx for the nice comments, fellas. I have had a couple folks say they PM'ed me, but I never got the messages. It's best to contact me through my email shobud@windstream.net

It's frustrating to be missed. It is my policy to answer every email I get, and answer every phone call I recieve, and as soon as I get the message. Communication is of utmost importance to me.

This week I installed some more new parts on my LDG and I'm impressed with the quality.
It's great to be able to swap corroded old parts with the parts that James sent me.
No mods or changes needed. A perfect fit.
One 'problem' I foresee is that I am so happy with the looks of the (almost completed) refurb of my LDG that it will be difficult to have that shiny undercarriage face the floor...

James those new knee levers look amazing.....good luck and I'm sure you'll stay busy.

Gerard said:

it will be difficult to have that shiny undercarriage face the floor...

Gerard, you gotta learn to play that lloyd upside down, Ha Ha!

Nobody likes my jokes?

James,

Do you have any more pics of your parts?

If so, can you post them?

They's soooo purdy!

Thanks

Hey Danny, I like your jokes.

More pics soon to come.

Just coming back from Quad Cities Show. Good to meet you Bob Watson and you have a gorgeous Professional. Your playing was over the top

Here's our new endplates for a Shobud Professional we are refurbing. These are obviously still in the rough, CNC'ed out of 6061 aluminum. Coil tap switch holes will be added later. Will add pics when these are finished.

Fabulous James!

Wow, just looking at those end-plates makes me regret not having a Sho-Bud!

I know from other posts and threads that there are sometimes issues with original Sho-Bud end-plates so I have a feeling these will be a popular item for 'Bud rebuilders.

Of course, CNC'd from 6061 means they could conceivably be used to build a Boeing!