The Steel Guitar Forum

Does anyone know about or have a list of Sho-Bud serial numbers? My guitar, which has cleaned up nicely and sounds great, has these numbers on it:

Inside the lefthand end plate in large type: 1-A-3 and stamped below as well as into the wood in smaller type: 3111.

The guitar appears to be from 1970-73. I don't know the first year for the Professional. If anyone can offer some help, I'd appreciate it.

My first Sho bud professional had the serial # 1319. It had the pickups with the 2 mounting screws that went thru the top of the pickup. The next one I had, had a serial # in the 2400's with pickups mounted by the bottom plate with 4 screws. I believe that Sho Bud started making these in 69, but I'm no expert