The Steel Guitar Forum

I paid $200 for this baby in 1985. Yes it was limited on knee lever inventory but it got me started at a low entry-level price. Wish now I had hung on to it for the memories. Nick

here's a maverick that had the wallpaper covering removed and some cool barbwire auto pinstripe tape added. this thing works well and sounds good for what it is.

Nice grain on the wood! Shame to have covered it up!

Paul Redmond wrote:Use naphtha or Zippo lighter fluid to soften and remove the glue under the contact paper/vinyl covering. It won't harm the lacquer underneath. The clear lacquer is not very heavy...just enough to seal the wood.
Back in 1978, I removed the vinyl from mine using naphtha, then wet-sanded the existing lacquer slightly with 1000-grit Wet-or-Dry sandpaper. I sprayed clear R-M automotive lacquer over the body, then hand-rubbed the finish with toothpaste and a damp rag. Toothpaste contains pumice which is also used in most fine buffing compounds used by body shops.
The results of this procedure can be seen on a Forum post called "Hot Rod Maverick" if you do a search.
PRR

If you can get an edge of the vynal started, use your wife"s hair dryer to heat the underside as you pull the covering up....works on many applications here

Hilarious.

I just joined the forum and at the same time took a few pics of my Sho-Bud Maverick to post in the serial numbers thread. Then I'm scrolling through the forum and I find this old thread and I see Chris Ivey's post (above) and think, "Not only is that almost my PSG, it's almost my damn carpet!"



Hilarious.

(PS I'm kinda disappointed to discover in this thread that I have such an entry-level starter instrument but man, it's keeping me busy and I think it sounds awesome. But what do I know...I've been playing the thing for a coupla months.)

Todd your Instrument is not the same style as Chris Ivey’s. Note the tuner rack And the extra timber for the neck.
Btw as far as I know the pickup is the same as the pro model. I could be wrong and I’m sure someone will correct me.

Just to clarify, Todd, yours is way, way cooler.

These are the parts used .This is what I did to a Sho-Bud Maverick,the wood is beautiful Maple ,the legs are just a push in,but can still be adjusted at the back to get the steel level.The changer is a 3x3 ,it plays really great and sounds awesome.


JG.

Yes, I noticed that it wasn't exactly the same guitar (or carpet).

Ken Pippus wrote:Just to clarify, Todd, yours is way, way cooler.

Why is that? Is it due to the differences that John pointed out, because of the extra wood and the raised headstock...err...tuner rack? Or maybe because I spent six hours cleaning, oiling, and polishing the thing before I took the picture?

I'm a total newb. I have no clue.

Hehehe, I'm sure your cleaning didn't hurt. But IMHO, your Maverick is cooler than mine and his because of the reasons you mentioned - the Gumby headstock and the raised wood neck. Mine's a 3+1 like his, with the ashtray for the tuning keys. But I don't think mine had shelf paper when it was new. It didn't when I got it.

I'm no great shakes at the pedal steel myself, but I recently bought a S12 MSA. More because I wanted to get the low notes and changes available on the B6/E9 tuning than anything. So yeah, I'm changing guitars because of the limitations of the Maverick, but it's more that I don't think it could handle the heavy gauge strings than a lack of changes available.

I paid wayyy too much for my Maverick, but only had about $300 of my own money into it, and a bunch of Guitar Center gift cards covered the rest. I _think_ I've played on it for about 6 years. My wife kind of wants me to sell it now that I've got the MSA, and I've had a few people ask about it that want to get into pedal steel. To be honest, I like the little guitar enough that I would probably not be happy to sell it for a fair price.

So what makes the maverick difficult to add extra levers (pedal)? Hint : let’s see the undercarriage

Here's the undercarriage of mine. Adding pedals and knee levers is doable. There's one on reverb with 7 pedals for sale right now. But it's not set up to do it from the factory.

There was a gentleman on the SGForum (now deceased) named Ed Naylor who would soup-up your Maverick for you, adding levers, etc.
It would be worth taking a look at his posts/discussions, but here's a bit of what he said at one point:

"Practically all Mavericks I convert or sell parts for, are 3/4.Occasionally a 3/3. I use Super- Pro type changer fingers and R/L for 2-4-8 strings.All other fingers are modified to "Match" but are Raise only.The Bell Cranks are "Multi" position very similiar to what I use on the most expensive guitars."

As with so much on the SGF, there's a lot of wisdom and experience in the rear view mirror.

Bart Bull wrote:There was a gentleman on the SGForum (now deceased) named Ed Naylor who would soup-up your Maverick for you, adding levers, etc.
It would be worth taking a look at his posts/discussions, but here's a bit of what he said at one point:

"Practically all Mavericks I convert or sell parts for, are 3/4.Occasionally a 3/3. I use Super- Pro type changer fingers and R/L for 2-4-8 strings.All other fingers are modified to "Match" but are Raise only.The Bell Cranks are "Multi" position very similiar to what I use on the most expensive guitars."

As with so much on the SGF, there's a lot of wisdom and experience in the rear view mirror.

Wow. Thanks for that. That's a resource that I'm sure will be quite valuable.

Jeff Metz Jr. wrote:I am asking $500.00 for mine. Is that outrageous? Or is it a fair asking price?
Thanks
-Jeff

That’s a very fair price

A 3+1 is fine for learning the basics, and an awful lot can be played with that. In fact most of the stuff that Buddy Charleton cut with Ernest Tubb was done with a 3+1 setup on E9th. Here's some songs with some of my favorite Charleton rides:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSL4cR_UE-k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A6id3Ik1hc

And here's one he did with Porter Wagoner (using no levers):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkjKOClJuvM


By the way Patrick, that ad is 10 years old, and that was a very good price back then. I'd put the value at least $700-$900 nowadays, but they sometimes bring far more for the right model in good conditions. (There were many different models and designs of Mavericks.)

Donny Hinson wrote: (There were many different models and designs of Mavericks.)

Do you know where I'd find a list of the different models and designs? I don't even know what model mine is.

Just plug "Sho Bud Maverick" into Google images, and you'll see a bunch of different ones.