The Steel Guitar Forum

I recently bought a really nice double neck pedal steel guitar. It has an metal placque on it that says it is a sho bud, but I am concerned it may be a Maverick. Was maverick a copy of sho bud and there fore not high quality. How do I know if I have a sho bud or some copy?? This is a really nice looking instrument, grover tuners, has a rose on the front by an emblem and a hand carved rose in the tope of the guitar between the two necks. I own alot of guitars and you can tell if something is cheap and this is definitely not. Anyone have any ideas or resources???

Sho~Bud did indeed make Mavericks but,I dont think Sho~Bud made any double neck Mavericks...but I could be wrong
Post a few photos and I am sure someone here will be able to identify what you have!

Mavericks are Sho-Bud's student model steels. They're cheap, and mechanically not very well-made. Mavericks are single neck, so if yours is a double neck, then it wouldn't be a Maverick.

Why don't you post some photos of the guitar? That would help.

Larry,
Here is a pic of a Maverick for you (later version) the earlier ones were a bit different in appearance but all were single necks.

Larry Houser wrote:I recently bought a really nice double neck pedal steel guitar. It has an metal placque on it that says it is a sho bud, but I am concerned it may be a Maverick.

What is making you think it "may be a Maverick"?

There weren't many, BUT this IS a Maverick. NO, It is not a Fender.

I defer to the greater knowledge and experience of Mr. Knight and stand corrected. Does yours look like that?

Bob
That's an intersting steel -
Any chance you could post
us a pic of the underside?
I'd never heard of a
double-neck Maverick.
An 'experimental' Bud?
Is it three pedals per
neck or 2 on the front
neck and 4 on the rear?
Thnx,
Russ

This is the FIRST double neck Maverick I have ever seen or heard of!!! Cool! Must have used Fender parts for it. It would be good to see the underside. Is the finish "stock"? Very interesting.

I Think Bob Is right I Belive bobbe seymour Had A Picture Playing One. A D-10 SONNY.

What does the underside of that thing look like?

Here are the photos of my pedal steel, this is a real nice piece and am happy to find that it is not a maverick. The guy I purchased it from paid $1,600. for it approx 30 plus years ago and believes it to be a original sho bud. Any comments of its origins and value would be appreciated. Thanks Larry

here is a picture of that sho bud under side

One more pick of the sho bud

Ok Really the last one.

Looks to me like a later model Pro 2 or Pro 3 (hard to tell with one metal and one wood neck) or a Super Pro. The undercarriage (hard to see detail) looks like the Super Pro that I used to have with the pot metal parts. The logo on the front doesn't look like any I have seen on a Sho~Bud PRO guitar (from that era at least). I would also doubt that it came from the factory with one metal and one wood neck, but anything is possible. I would guess it had wood necks originally, although there is no inlay on the wood neck like the Sho~Bud's I have had or seen. If you look at the metal neck, there is a mis-fit at the pickup end by the 10th string that I don't think Sho~Bud would have let leave the factory, but again, anything is possible. EDIT: Now that I look at it again, the mis-fit also seems to be in the same area on the wood neck. It also looks like the pot metal knee lever brackets were replaced with machined aluminum parts, though it really is hard to tell in that picture. They seem to have a raw aluminum finish as opposed to the shiny finish that you see on the bell cranks, knee levers and knee lever stops (all the pot metal parts).

I'm going to guess it's a bastardized Super Pro. Does anyone want to guess what that is under the strings of the inside neck between fretboard and changer? I think it had two metal necks, and the inside neck was changed to wood by someone desiring a more mellow tone for the C6, therefore the improvised screw on the top of the neck. Also, the end plates are the full width of the front apron, and the changer castings are rounded on top.

Def a super-pro, u can tell by the straight across mounting ledge for the deck on the endplates.

I owned a new SuperPro and the aluminum necks were one piece....I think an aluminum neck was inserted here...JS

Regarding the Super Pro with the changed neck. Does anyone know what this would be worth to a buyer. Would it be worth changing the neck back to a metal neck if I were planning to sell it?? thanks for your input. Larry Houser

I owned a new SuperPro and the aluminum necks were one piece....I think an aluminum neck was inserted here...JS

Good point, John. Now I'm wondering where the insert came from that fit so well.

Larry, in regard to selling it, I would think that it would be worth more with the original necks. The version you have now looks kind of "homegrown" if you get my drift.

Is the logo from a Shobud seat?

I think that the very early super-pro's were available with either wood or Al necks , and were based on the ealier pro-II - III and the Al neck on this one is a real sho-bud piece....not the wood one tho.Also that particular diamond inlay is from the first LDG's produced