The Steel Guitar Forum

Just my own humble opinion, the most beautiful looking and sounding pedal and straight steel guitars were built by Sho Bud. Be they D8's with pedals on one neck, usually, the front neck, as Don Helms played, or the straight steel that Jerry Byrd or John Betchel played, along with many others. As I stated in the beginning of this and earlier posts, the only true Sho Buds built, involved Shot Jackson on the building end!
JMHO
Jay Y.

I always sell off my Buds as the original mechanism had issues and were somewhat "dodgy", mostly with tuning stability .. That being said, they always had great action, and a better sounding steel has never been built.. I miss having a 6139 round front with tone/volume/coil tap/ and rack and barrel.. To my ears they are the sweetest toned pedal steel ever built.
I am seeking another.. On the back burner, but my eyes and ears are open,, bob

6139 Cooped up by Ricky Davis...both gentlemen did a great job because this guitar had been in an attic for 20 years all WD40'd up...was ugly..believe me

Davis/Coop 3 &6 S-10.

Here's my Crossover. It's not as pretty as Benton's but I've grown attached to it.

Yep Alan! Wood wrap-arounds. Great- sounding guitars!

I am enjoying my new responsibility as the current caretaker of this 1964 Permanent. The sound of this guitar is great, what I have been surprised with is it's playabilty, it doesn't play like an old guitar at all. It's had some good care along it's life, what you see here is the original finish and it's pickup is in original condition also. Has some newer knee lever parts under it but the original permanent cross shafts and bellcranks are still in action. I bought the amp from fellow Charlottesvillian (now from Texas) Tommy Detamore a couple of years ago and I think it's from the early 70's? The seat and volume pedal I bought with my proIII in 75 and I think even those blue chords are almost that old.

Don't know How To post Pictures but i Have A Like Show room New LDG I Love Them. SONNY.

Sonny, the easiest way is to have a digital camera. Set the camera on a low pixel number, then take the picture. load it into your computer. then when you hit post reply, look in the upper right corner, and you will see where it says "upload pictures". Click on that, then brouse your computer to find the picture. Then highlight it, and send it to the post reply click send, and it will be on here.

Here is my Shobud professional/custom 10/6

David Dunn restored Professional D-10. Bombshell Blonde and Bikini blue. So darn cool it likes to sit by the pool!

Proud to be your Bud!
Mark Twang

Here's mine and it sure does sound sweet

Jay, is the S~B amp called the Lil' Buddy with a 12" speaker?

No, it's the full size 15" JBL single channel amp. I bought one in 75 but the cabinet was a little smaller and lighter than this one, both were/are good sounding, if not hugely powerful amps.

My Sho Bud Pro 2 Custom Pedal Steel

Here's my three.....

Here's a family portrait of my Maverick (purchased new in 1974) and my 1976 Pro II Custom.

i love this old girl!

Bryan,

Wow, that's some beautiful grain! Looks like a red tiger. Is that the original finish?

the finish is original a little worn but still looking good
thanks for the comment!

does any one have 2 or 3 knee lever assemblys
they might want to part with?
i would like to add 2 more to a old pro-1 single 10

Not the first time I've posted these. This is my Pro that was a basket case from a pawn shop in Vegas in 1993. The body was in 2 pieces, which is why there's an aluminum brace down the center of the undercarriage.

When I got it, it was apparent that this was a "Monday morning" guitar. The fit-up of all the parts, necks, changer housings and keyheads wasn't even close so I did a little machining and I added a "wraparound" for the changer to tie in to the endplate. Even thought the changer housing butts up against the neck, I thought that four #8 screws could use some assistance against the string tension.

It was my first encounter with the baskets and I didn't like the "blacksmith" quality of the metal work so I machined all the parts for the undercarriage and used needle roller bearings for the cross-rod ends. If I had to do it over again, I would used a looser tolerance.


My first Sho-Bud, that I got in 1979 from Red Rhodes. It's had a lot of mods and incarnations over the years.

"I would used a looser tolerance."

Why Chas? Is it tight feeling?

John, at the time, I wasn't planning on making changes to the co-pedant. Then, when I wanted to make a few, it was a major pain in the butt. Looser tolerances would have simplified things with the bell cranks and cross shafts, on the other hand, I used gears for the reverses on the E, D and the LKR, C neck knee levers.

Nice work Chas! It's a Hot Rod fur shure!