The Steel Guitar Forum

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.

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

Rick

www.rickjohnsoncabinets.com

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

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

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

Stunning as always James!

Beautiful, James!

Going to be another nice one!!

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

That is some real nice TLC

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

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

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

-I

TTT FOR A GOOD LOOKING GUITAR

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)

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

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

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

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.

Thanks James and Ricky.

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

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

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.

James...Damn it!!!...pardon me while I wipe my saliva off my goatee beard ...that's a beauty

Micky "scars" Byrne U.K.