When old SHOBUDS recieve a little TLC

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 28 Mar 2013 4:46 am

Alot of old Shobuds just need some TLC. This guitar will play like butter and tone-wise will crack like a rifle, when she is done!! It will go back to it's original great system--rack and barrels. My thanx to my mentor, Ricky Davis for teaching me so much about these old 'buds and doing refurbs.

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » 28 Mar 2013 5:21 am

Did you enlarge the holes on the fingers
so the pull rods would not bind up?

Rick

www.rickjohnsoncabinets.com

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 28 Mar 2013 5:33 am

Rick, this is stock. Pullrods do not bind at all, unless you mis-align your racks--like any guitar-new or old.

Douglas Schuch · Post by **Douglas Schuch** » 28 Mar 2013 5:47 am

Whoa, let me find my dark glasses! Too much shine on that guitar!

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 28 Mar 2013 5:48 am

That's awesome Bro; and you have become so awesome on this work.
Ricky

Marc Jenkins · Post by **Marc Jenkins** » 28 Mar 2013 6:36 am

Stunning as always James!

Jeff Heard · Post by **Jeff Heard** » 28 Mar 2013 8:12 am

Beautiful, James!

Bob Muller · Post by **Bob Muller** » 28 Mar 2013 8:20 am

Going to be another nice one!!

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 28 Mar 2013 8:29 am

Excellent James! Looks just like my first GOOD Shobud. Actual first one was a Crossover Custom,,, not so good!

Gary Lee · Post by **Gary Lee** » 28 Mar 2013 1:34 pm

That is some real nice TLC

Kenneth Kotsay · Post by **Kenneth Kotsay** » 28 Mar 2013 3:18 pm

Another, "CLASSIC SHO-BUD," very nice looking.
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KEN

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 28 Mar 2013 4:15 pm

Excellent work, James! I wish I could take lessons from people like you.

Ian Stynes · Post by **Ian Stynes** » 30 Mar 2013 4:09 am

Really amazing, James! I love how you are bringing life back into these beautiful old Shobuds.

-I

Gary Lee · Post by **Gary Lee** » 28 Sep 2013 3:49 pm

TTT FOR A GOOD LOOKING GUITAR

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 29 Sep 2013 8:36 am

James, seeing that there 'bud, just makes me smile. Beautiful.

Question: on the C6th pick-up, it looks like the pole pieces on the bottom 2 strings were pushed in a bit. I don't think my old ShoBud has that, but I'm thinking that's a great mod, as those strings tend to be too loud. Do you typically do this to your C6th PUs?

(maybe it's just the light in the photo that makes the poles look recessed)

Jack Aldrich · Post by **Jack Aldrich** » 29 Sep 2013 9:07 am

Man, I miss my old S10 wooden neck ShoBud Pro I! I traded it for a D10 Metal Neck Pro III, which is ok, but not as mellow. - Jack

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 29 Sep 2013 9:24 am

Hey Tom that is just the Top plastic plate on these old pickups....looses it's regularity/stick over the years and will come up. I haven't found it to affect the sound or volume in any way.
Ricky

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 29 Sep 2013 9:25 am

Hey Tom that is just the Top plastic plate on these old pickups....looses it's regularity/stick over the years and will come up. I haven't found it to affect the sound or volume in any way.
Ricky

James Morehead · Post by **James Morehead** » 29 Sep 2013 9:51 am

No Tom, It's just the pickup as Shobud let it out of the factory, and as Ricky says, age can lift the plastic top a little. It makes no difference, it's so minscule. What DOES make a difference is to lower your pickups just enough to slide 3 quarters(coins) between the strings and pickups. You can lower one end or the other of the pickup a little further if you want. But there is a "zone" where the pickup needs to be for optimum tone possible.

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 29 Sep 2013 9:57 am

Thanks James and Ricky.

Alan Bidmade · Post by **Alan Bidmade** » 2 Oct 2013 8:13 am

For those of us 'over the water' and using sterling or euros, what height is 3 quarters?

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 2 Oct 2013 8:22 am

Looks like about 5mm to me. If I'm reading my scale correctly.

Gary Lee · Post by **Gary Lee** » 21 Apr 2014 10:11 am

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 21 Apr 2014 1:58 pm

Same color as my 74 Pro II, I call it chestnut brown - just got a dab of auburn in the color...

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... highlight=

Unlike emmons though, all shobud colors sound good.

Micky Byrne · Post by **Micky Byrne** » 22 Apr 2014 11:48 am

James...Damn it!!!...pardon me while I wipe my saliva off my goatee beard

...that's a beauty

Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.

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When old SHOBUDS recieve a little TLC

When old SHOBUDS recieve a little TLC

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