The Steel Guitar Forum

Beautiful work, James. It is so good to see such great restoration work that preserves the historical integrity of these cool old instruments.

James that is great work, do you do P/P Emmons to, Shorty

James, did you also use Muvva's on the endplates and pedal rack? I usually have to sand out nicks on those parts, and then take them to a pro for buffing.

Hey John, I do my own polish and buffing. Yes Mother's works great. Also, Mothers will clean the grease off the paint under the body. Yee Haww!!

Wow... you managed to take an already relatively clean guitar considering it's age and make it look drop-jaw amazing- well done!

Thanx for the kind words, Mr. Collet.

James, I polish all the smaller parts with my bench buffer. Just can't seem to do as good a job on the rack and endplates as a shop with a big wheel. And they don't charge very much, and saves me a lot of time. Also easier on the old arthur-itis!

Nice job James. Nothing like a refurbed Bud are they? You do a tremendous job on them.

Very fine ole hoss. Probably took ya well over a year for that job I bet. (Lil humor there) Happy Trails through the new year. Mike C.

Absolutely beautiful job, James ... that guitar turned out fantastic. The LDG was always one of my favorites in the Sho-Bud line.

Hey Mike, yeah, I hear ya, pal!!

James Lindsey, thanx for the kind words. These old 'Buds have a special place in my heart--especially a cool '73 LDG. Like fine aged bourbon.