My New Sho~Bud Keyheads

John Coop · Post by **John Coop** » 17 Feb 2008 7:42 am

There will be no "string buzzing" on this keyhead !!!!!!!!! Coop :

Martin Weenick · Post by **Martin Weenick** » 17 Feb 2008 8:08 am

Thats a beauty Coop !!!!!!

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 17 Feb 2008 8:19 am

Now you done it, you crossed the line----from "craftsmanship" to "ART"!! Way to go John!!
Send me one!!

James

John Coop · Post by **John Coop** » 17 Feb 2008 8:20 am

This keyhead is actually flat, square and parralle. Imagine that. On a Sho~Bud ? Coop

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 17 Feb 2008 8:43 am

JOHN COOP wrote:This keyhead is actually flat, square and parralle. Imagine that. On a Sho~Bud ? Coop

So how are you going to get it to mount up right on a shobud guitar???

Martin Weenick · Post by **Martin Weenick** » 17 Feb 2008 9:17 am

"flat, square, and parallel ???? Well, so much for the Sho-Bud tone. Gone forever.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 17 Feb 2008 9:47 am

Absolutly Genious Work.
All of the Sho-bud Designs were great in theory; but poorly constructed.
John Coop has Precisioned the execution of construction of the designs.
This leads to No more inharent problems that the Great Shobud pedal steel had; that you can work around but very tuff to do from one steel to the next.
So when you perfect the design; you are perfecting the total output.
Output in playability; Tuning stability; more vibration of the inharent tone and voice; less tension....and I can think of a list of more things too long to write....
All of Coop's designs and ideas and parts and construction; just enhances every possibility in the shobud delivery.
Ricky

Colby Tipton · Post by **Colby Tipton** » 17 Feb 2008 11:05 am

John,
That is good news.
I always thought it was me making all
of those "String Buzzing" sounds.
The new gumby head stocks would just about complete the stuff I need for rebuilding my "Bud" along with the rest of my new parts Coop will have for me at Dallas.

Colby

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 17 Feb 2008 11:52 am

STUNNING John! Congratulations on another achievement!

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 17 Feb 2008 12:50 pm

very pretty.....but i would see that gap on the 5th string tuning machine everyday and it would bug me. fix that and they'll look perfect!

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 17 Feb 2008 2:47 pm

Martin W.,

Jeff Hyman · Post by **Jeff Hyman** » 17 Feb 2008 3:52 pm

John,

It's a piece of art. If someone were to buy this one piece alone (Gumby), how would you drill the holes to match the holes in the PSG? Is this a standard precise setting, or does it vary from guitar to guitar? If someone did want it drilled, do you offer that service?

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 17 Feb 2008 4:40 pm

Hi John - any news on my bits yet?

Ken

Kevin Mincke · Post by **Kevin Mincke** » 17 Feb 2008 6:47 pm

John, are the tuning keys the new smaller Grover 18:1's? Very nice at any rate!! I need an original newer style complete assy for a LKV from your vast array of conversion/pull off collection

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 17 Feb 2008 7:04 pm

I've owned a bunch of Sho~Buds. In fact, I played S~B professionally from 1968 through 1983 when I got my first Emmons PP.

My opinion was that probably over every workbench at the S~B factory was the company's dubious motto "Hey, that's good enough."

What Coop has done is what Ricky said. Raise the bar from "close enough" to "precision."

Great work, John. See you in Dallas.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 17 Feb 2008 9:20 pm

That's some beautiful work there John.

Ken Byng · Post by **Ken Byng** » 18 Feb 2008 4:57 am

Interesting that the rollers don't appear to be guaged.

I take it that the head is milled as opposed to cast.

Steven Black · Post by **Steven Black** » 18 Feb 2008 9:27 am

That looks great John, I may need to send my sho-Bud pro III back to you for these new key heads, how much do they cost?

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 18 Feb 2008 11:05 am

Forget about putting them on a steel guitar - I can see it decorating a coffee table in a photo shoot for Architectural Digest.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 18 Feb 2008 11:52 am

"decorating a coffee table"
I wanna great big one to use as a coffee table!

Mark Eaton · Post by **Mark Eaton** » 18 Feb 2008 11:58 am

Now that would be cool!

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 18 Feb 2008 12:00 pm

Big ole sheet of plate glass sittin' on the tuners

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 18 Feb 2008 12:02 pm

yes beautiful! but i'm serious.....!!....when going through this effort towards perfection, how can you accept poorly fitting tuners (overhang on 5) and sloppy washer contact on 1 and 10??

Harley Morris · Post by **Harley Morris** » 18 Feb 2008 2:13 pm

My Keyless Sho~Bud plays better than any other Sho~Bud I've ever seen, or played..

Harley

Colby Tipton · Post by **Colby Tipton** » 18 Feb 2008 3:33 pm

Chris,
I could be wrong but I don't think I am in saying this.
I think John is staying with the dimensions of the old Gumbys, I think some of the fit problems are because of the new style Grover tuners on it, the old style tuners are different.
As for the washers they could be different too.
Maybe John will come along soon and answer the answers I just gave.

Colby

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