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Another "Rescued" Sho~Bud Super Pro

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 2:19 pm
by Lynn Stafford
Hello everyone,

I just finished restoring this Super Pro for Forumite Steve Price from Virginia. He bought the guitar from someone on the east coast and had it shipped to me last year. As you can see in the last "before" photo, the guitar was blonde but Steve wanted a red guitar. AJ Nelson stripped and refinished the cabinet for us a few months ago and did a wonderful job! During that time, I had the hex rods replated and all the aluminum professionally polished. I also replaced five of the stock knee lever brackets with those made by Jeff Surratt.

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This one give you an idea of what the guitar looked like "before".

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Thanks for taking the time to look :D

Best regards to all,

Lynn

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 2:30 pm
by Dave Diehl
Great looking job Lynn.

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 3:26 pm
by Richard Park
Beautiful!!! How do you handle the "Sho-Bud" and "Super Pro" names when stripping, staining and refinishing?

Posted: 22 Aug 2009 6:03 pm
by James Morehead
Sweeeettt!!! 8)

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 1:24 am
by CrowBear Schmitt
Wow ! :D
Great job Lynn

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 7:10 am
by Matt Elsen
NICE! Looks terrific, Lynn. She's a real beauty.

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 11:45 am
by Barry Gaskell
Hi Lynn
Another 'Super' brought back to life.
Top drawer old chap.
Just gotta love those 'Buds'
Barry

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 5:40 pm
by Kevin Mincke
Another GREAT job!! Thanks for posting this Lynn as it's always rewarding to see "real works of progress" :D

Posted: 23 Aug 2009 5:52 pm
by Jeff Bradshaw
It looks top notch!!

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 1:20 pm
by Ulf Edlund
Beautiful!!! How do you handle the "Sho-Bud" and "Super Pro" names when stripping, staining and refinishing?
Exactly what i was thinking!
A stunningly beautiful Bud.
Well done 8)

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Posted: 24 Aug 2009 1:49 pm
by Lynn Stafford
Thanks so much everyone for all the kind remarks! I really appreciate them.
Richard Park wrote:Beautiful!!! How do you handle the "Sho-Bud" and "Super Pro" names when stripping, staining and refinishing?
AJ Nelson, who did the finish work for me, happens to work with Jeff Surratt at Show Pro and between the two of them, they seem to have a good supply of correct Sho~Bud decals to use.

Best regards,

Lynn

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 7:27 pm
by Mike Poholsky
Man, I love RED guitars. Lynn, that is a beautifully rebuilt guitar! Awesome work. Bet it sounds pretty good too! LOL
Steve, you must be one happy camper!

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 3:09 pm
by Steve Price
This is a dream come true. I met Lynn on the forum and saw one of his restored guitars and could not believe how beautiful it looked. After I placed a wanted ad on the forum, I got lucky with another member finding an unrestored guitar that was for sale, and I jumped at it and sent it right to Lynn and he just out did himself on this one. Now if I could just learn to play the darn thing!!!!. I have not seen it in person yet, but I can't wait for this "new" guitar to get to my house.! Yes RED is my favorite color!!!!All I can say is THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH for this amazing restoration!

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Posted: 25 Aug 2009 5:15 pm
by Billy Knowles
Lynn
A wonderful job as usual.
Billy

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 8:37 pm
by Eddie D.Bollinger
Your refinishing job is superb! The finished product looks so much like my lost "Pro". (In the hands of a thief on Dec. 2, 1994.

Congratulations on a beautiful horn.
I predict happiness.