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Topic: Super Pro Re-build - Body by Giles |
Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2009 3:56 pm |
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I started to put this in the "Show Us Your 'Bud" thread, but I think it deserves it's own thread.
This is my next re-build project, a Sho Bud Super Pro. I had Mark Giles, the master builder and re-finisher of guitar bodies, to refinish it, and it is absolutely beautiful. Evidently the original color was green, but it had faded to an ugly brown. Mark refinished it in blue, and also changed the banding to abalone with accent stripes above and below. It looks much better than the original. Now I have a ton of work to do polishing all of the aluminum and putting it all back together. Of course pictures are worth a thousand words. The last picture is a "before". I'll post more pics when it's finished in a few months.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 11 Jul 2009 6:45 pm
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Darvin,
Beautiful color/finish, what are the cutouts on the neck for? Maybe a tone thing, also the screw pattern??
Lookin good..BF
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KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
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Posted 11 Jul 2009 6:52 pm
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That's really nice Darvin.I like the blue. Can't wait to see the finished guitar.  |
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Jimmie Martin
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2009 7:00 pm super pro
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Thats going to be a beauty when its finished. remarkable  |
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2009 10:30 am
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2009 10:43 am
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 Wooooooooow Darvin ! What a bueat ! I to cant wait to see it done . Mr.Giles did a great job on this . G.P. |
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Hook Moore
From:
South Charleston,West Virginia
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2009 12:16 pm
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Bill, the keyheads on this Bud have extensions on them that fit up into the cutouts on the neck. It probably helps distribute the string tension over a little more of the body.
Thanks for all the comments, Mark does superb work. One of these days, I'll have a Giles Custom archtop six string in my collection. Move over a little Bob Benedetto, Mark Giles is here. 
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Pat Comeau
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 12 Jul 2009 4:56 pm
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Wow! That Mark Giles sure does a nice finish job. It is this "wet look" that really sets it apart Great project in front of you Darvin! Give us reports every few days.
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 12 Jul 2009 5:02 pm
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A 'Classic' re-born, good man Darvin, smoking hot finish and colour.
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Ulf Edlund
From:
Umeå, Sweden
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Posted 13 Jul 2009 2:52 am
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You gotta love a nice peace of wood like this 
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Rex Thomas
From:
Thompson's Station, TN
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Posted 13 Jul 2009 4:24 am aching heart time
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Mike Poholsky
From:
Kansas, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2009 2:56 pm
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Take THAT, Mr. Mica!
Beautiful, can't wait to see the finished project!
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ShoBud VP
'64 Fender Twin Reverb/Fox Rehab
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 13 Jul 2009 4:59 pm shobud
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darvin,
you are going to sell that super pro to me right!! 
can't wait to see it all together
nice one
p.w |
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Daniel J. Cormier
From:
Lake Charles, LA, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2009 8:44 am Super Pro
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Is this the one I sold you. If so nice save.
DJC
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Rittenberry with Tone to the bone,profex or tubefex and what ever amp, hilton pedal, BJS bars. Email at kajunsteelman@yahoo.com. |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 14 Jul 2009 10:38 am
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That is an incredible job by Mark. He is such a modest guy too. I just love the abalone inlay - it makes the finish really classy.
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Show Pro D10 - amber (8+6), MSA D10 Legend XL Signature - redburst (9+6), Sho-Bud Pro 111 Custom (8+6), Emmons black Push-Pull D10 (8+5), Zum D10 (8x8), Hudson pedal resonator. Telonics TCA-500, Webb 614-E, |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2009 12:17 pm
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Yep Danny, that's the one you sold me. It may take me a year to finish it, but it's gonna be a nice one.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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