The Steel Guitar Forum

How many sho-bud players are there here ???

I'll confess. 1970 "The Professional" mainly.

I got my LDG last Thursday.

Been hackin away on my "Davis/Cooped" Professional since June. Couldn't be happier.

I play a shobud professional and a GFI expo
Love them both

'71 Professional 8p/4k. Not my main guitar though.

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howdy, i started on a remmington, s10, traded that for a sho-bud, s10,have now got six, sho-buds, only one double, thats a [THE PROFESSIONAL] all original, cant kick the habit, ide hate to let one go and have it messed with, theve just got somthin, for me, lew.

I have played Shobuds for nearly 44 years. I have tried many other brands including Fender, Emmons, Zum, Franklin, MSA, MCI, and many others. While these are all very good guitars, the Shobuds feel like they were built to fit me physically, and the Shobud sound has it's own personality which I love. I like the laquer finished guitars better than the mica ones for tone and beauty. I play a Super Pro, and also have an LDG and a Pro II Custom. Mine are tuned to chromatic D9th, using an E9th guaged set of strings. Like this, they have a bit lower tone, never break strings, and the pedal action is smooth and easy. The Super Pro and Pro II C6th necks are standard guaged and setup with a few extra knee levers. Changing copedants or adding knee levers or pedals on Shobuds can be quite a project due to their design, but the payoff is worth the effort. Hats off to the Shobud builders, the Jacksons. I wish they could come back and start building Shobuds again with today's modern technology. I would have another, or two. (regardless of what the wife says). Zeke

Had a used Fender400 for 3 months, sold it, and bought a new LDG, in the early 70's, that I still play today. You see it in the icon pic of me. Still looks beautiful, and plays like new.

I picked up this beauty a while ago:

I have a Sho-Bud LDG ,that has alot more potential than I do.

Here is my shobud professional with added nonpedal backneck:

Yeeeee-----haaaaaaa!!!!!

'74 Davis/Coop 3 and 6

'67 in front. '59 Perm middle. 1st run Fingertip in back.

Lovely, now i have some real brothers!!
Thanks BUDS.

A -63 permanent:

Here's my piece of Sho-Bud history. Newly restored 1969 Crossover.


Cheers!
Benton

Ok, I'll bite.



This lovely hunk of birdseye is my practice guitar. It rarely leaves my house.

Here's a bunch of John Coop's craftsmanship looking up at you.

And here's some more Coop courtesy of Rickey Davis!

Super Pro, the day it was brand new ....

My main guitar since 1993

My main recording guitar since 1979

Zoweee John and Larry!!!!
John Coop and Ricky Davis certainly do magnificent work, Just beautiful!!!

I chose to keep the Crossover restoration all original.
This is 100% David Jackson and

Rack and Barrels looking back at you!



Cheers!
Benton

Stunning! Do you know a good chrome plater?

Chas, that is an early fingertip? The blond one.

I hope we are all playing these lovely beauties, and they are not collecting dust, Just Beautiful gentlemen, bring them on!!