Sho us your Bud

Gary Preston · Post by **Gary Preston** » 17 Mar 2008 6:08 pm

Me and my Sho~Bud Pro-ll Custom that i bought new in 1977 . Still a great guitar and is going strong .

Gary Preston · Post by **Gary Preston** » 17 Mar 2008 6:25 pm

This is a great L.D.G. that i sold and maybe i should have my head looked into huh ?

Ricky Thibodeaux · Post by **Ricky Thibodeaux** » 18 Mar 2008 8:56 am

Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 18 Mar 2008 12:53 pm

This is my late model Pro-I that I got off the forum here from a great forum member, Neil Lang.

I'm still saving up money to get it "Cooped"(and add a couple of knee levers), so it will look as beautiful underneath as it does on top, and work better then ever.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 18 Mar 2008 1:00 pm

Here's a "bottoms up" view of my Fingertip.

Mike Bagwell · Post by **Mike Bagwell** » 19 Mar 2008 9:18 am

Here's a couple of single channel amps in maple.

Mike Shefrin · Post by **Mike Shefrin** » 19 Mar 2008 9:27 am

Mike, those amps look beautiful. I'd be afraid to take them out of the house for fear of getting scratches. I'll bet they sound real sweet too.

Skip Edwards · Post by **Skip Edwards** » 19 Mar 2008 9:30 am

Cool amps...
I double-dare ya to put rope or diamond inlay on 'em.

Carl Vilar · Post by **Carl Vilar** » 11 May 2008 9:32 am

Here's my latest addition Pro III best tone I've had so far and the sustain well let's put it this way I didn't think a guitar could sustain that long without a pedal.

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Rick Abbott · Post by **Rick Abbott** » 11 May 2008 2:41 pm

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 11 May 2008 3:04 pm

Rick, you and I talked a lot about your early guitar. How's it workin' out?

Rick Abbott · Post by **Rick Abbott** » 11 May 2008 3:19 pm

John,

I have it working well enough. I made the one KL an e-raise instead of the e-lower. I use that a whole bunch more. I think that I'm gonna make it some version of a universal type tuning that'll take both feet to use. I don't know?!? I have the low g+ as a 10th str. and a B for a 9th str. I put a pedal change on 2 and 9 to get a D out of both for a low and high 7th chord. It does sound very nice!

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 11 May 2008 3:26 pm

Eggs-u-lent! I'm really glad you kept it!

Gary Watkins · Post by **Gary Watkins** » 11 May 2008 5:34 pm

Here's a picture of my Sho-Bud Mini! Custom made by Bobbe Seymour.

Neil Lang · Post by **Neil Lang** » 11 May 2008 6:46 pm

Alvin.........SHES LOOKIN REALLY GOOD!!!!!!
Glad you got her and she's got a great home!!!! When I get a few minutes I'll put pictures of my "Buds" here!
Neil

Antolina · Post by **Antolina** » 11 May 2008 10:26 pm

My primary Bud is the wine colored beauty on my avatar. It's a 6139 with 4 + 3. The next photo is my '68 Barrels and baskets that's currently undergoing refurbishing.

Lewis John Foote · Post by **Lewis John Foote** » 12 May 2008 9:49 am

howdy, mr, R,C, ANTOLINA, I have early pro1, the same as yours, with the tone and vol, and switch on the apron, blonde also, ive never found out the year it was made, the no,on it is , 3400, does that precede yours or after, just trying to roughly date my bud, thanks, lew.

Antolina · Post by **Antolina** » 12 May 2008 9:52 am

As close as I can determine, it's a '68.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 12 May 2008 9:54 am

LJF, even if the numbers are lower, or higher for that matter, may not really tell the story. See if there are date codes on the pots. Post a pic of the underside. I take it yours does not have a "Distributed By Baldwin" decal on it?

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 12 May 2008 9:59 am

LJF, mine is a 1967. It has a much more primitive type of baskets and barrels. It has the Baldwin decal. It's serial number? 7444!

Jimmy Gibson · Post by **Jimmy Gibson** » 12 May 2008 2:28 pm

Super Pro.

Rick Maxwell · Post by **Rick Maxwell** » 13 May 2008 3:51 am

Pro II Custom

Rick Batey · Post by **Rick Batey** » 13 May 2008 4:41 am

Lewis John Foote · Post by **Lewis John Foote** » 13 May 2008 4:50 am

howdy, john, the markings on the pots say,A-B in a circle, then, 938698, under that,A-500k-ohm,under that, type, J, theres no baldwin markings on it, around the decal on the front apron,[ sho-bud] nashville, ten, there are smaller than the ordinary card symbols two left of the decal and two right, there quite small compared to the others ive seen, the baskets and barrels look the same as any others ive seen, sorry cant show you a pic, bit illiterate on that one, thanks for your time and reply, lew.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 13 May 2008 6:03 am

The pot is an Allen Bradley. But the first 3 numbers don't follow the manufacture's code according to the site I use. But,,,
"If the code is only six digits long, then the fourth digit is the year code
(between 1947 and 1959). If the code is seven digits long, then the fourth and
fifth digits indicate the year. The final two digits in either of the codes indicate
the week of the year the potentiometer was built. Any final two digits with a
code number over 52 possibly indicate a part number instead of a week of the
year code."
So the pot was made in 1966, but the guitar was not! Shot probably bought a lot of pots and used them over the course of a few years until he ran out.

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