The Steel Guitar Forum

Ricky, ever try 3M's Finesse It II? It's a 'swirl remover' type liquid, but it works wonders to take out small scratches, and the 'hazy' type effect from rubbing against a shirt etc. Amazing stuff, just abrasive enough to do a golass like polish, yet gentle enough not to cause 'rub throughs'. Stuff ain't cheap, at like $10-12 for a 16oz bottle, but it will last ya a LONG time.

All Hail Ricky's secret sauce: Good for the wood thast ail's ya

Ricky, Your efforts have produced a beautiful guitar. I'm sure it plays as well as it looks. Now, don't go putting ugly white fret boards on it.(just joking with you buddy)Nice job.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Leon Roberts on 27 February 2003 at 08:47 AM.]</p></FONT>

Hey Gino; that sounds interesting....I'll have to look into that...ummmm.
Leon...HEy White fret boards wood LOOK Great on this steel >hey anybody got some...???yeaaah riiiight...
Thanks ya'll.....and I played it last night and today at sound check at the Houston Rodeo....and Last night I had to tweek on her for several songs..ha(didnt' back off some of the barrel tuners enough when I put them back in>common mistake)...but she settled in very nicely...and today setting her up and playing ...it was all there like a dream come true...and I doubt the tuning will float ever again on the changes...ah..ha...
And ONE MORE dream come true...Amazingly This Shobud(first I've seen) has ZERO drop...I pushed the pedals when I first strug her up...and there is NO drop in the 4th string E....NONE>NOT even a hint...and I use a wound 6th string...so no drop there when "A" pedal is pushed...but that normal for a wound 6th...yeee haaa.
...and like Jeff Peterson metioned in another post(which I always new..ha) it is the Axle that fits the tightest is the ones with less drop...and the axle on this E9 neck is nice and snug...and therefore ZERO drop...yeeee haaa again.
Oh and she sounds WONDERFUL...and I asked Dale: "how does this bud sound"...he said: "Sounds like a ShoBud"...ah...ha...I said: "AMEN to that".
Ricky

That is a beautiful thing my friend. After I got mine back last week all I can think is shipping you my other Bud and leting you have at it. Glad to hear you're palnning a Sho Bud again....

Ricky, all I can say is WOW !!!!!. All it needs is Linda Lay to sing along with it.

Looks like you made an excellent choice, Ricky. Just curious, what copedent do you use on it? Same as on your old Bud?

Joe

Beautiful Ricky!

Hey Joe the copedant is a little different from my Pro II.
LKL> raise 4 & 8 1/2 tone
LKR> raise 1st 1/2 tone&lower 6th a half tone.
RKL> lowers 4 & 8 1/2 tone
RKR> lowers 2nd 1/2 and whole and lowers 9th a 1/2 tone.

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C6th

4 5 6 7 8 RKL
G G# F#
E F
C D B
A Bb B
G F#
E Eb
C C#
A
F F# E
C D A
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Ricky

That´s interesting, especially that pedal 4 on C6 and the high G to F# on pedal 5.

Ricky . every time I open this page I just drool... that is SOOO pretty.

Jeewhizz, Ricky, all you have to do now is take off that C6 and and it'd be perfect!
No serious, it's a real beauty, gonna try your polishing system on mine.
Most interesting however, zero drop I mean, rob.

Let's see what Ricky can do with this swamp buggy...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2512422010&category=621

Ooooch!!!Joe> that one hurts me to look at...yuck...
WEll it's only worth 500 bucks in Parts...cause it needs a major major overhaul..."Body and All".
Ricky

The e-bay pics aren't there anymore just broken links.
But, as of about 6 hours ago I am the happy owner of a 81 Pro II 8+6. Aaah... Haaa!