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Well not to flood the forum with pics; but Jess Dodson brought me this LDG and needed some major tweekin' ....and yeee haaa ShoBud lives on with this one.


More pics here>House of Wood at Mightyfinemusic.com


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I had few of those LDG`s myself and one thing is that every single one of them had a KILLER sound.Better then my Pro I,II and III and definetly way better then Super Pro.Why is that?Any ideas??Ricky?

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Ricky: I enjoy looking at your pictures. The Marlen is beautiful.-----Eddie

I have a LDG that has been in the case for the last 15-20 years and it is very green.I was told it is food coloring green and it would fade in time as yours has but it only gives it more character.A fine sounding Guitar.
Don

"Well not to flood the forum with pics..."

flood away, looking at the pictures of your restorations is one of my favorite things to do at the forum, in fact I have the pic of that sweet job you did on the Pro-II recently on my desktop at work, Also I have a Pro-II en route from florida right now, I know mine probably wont be nearly as pretty, but looking at the fine specimen you brought back to glory helps me stay motivated, I am going to use your suggestions for bringing the finish back to life, but if there are probelms down below its gonna come your way.

Another fine job
keep em' comin, please

Jesse

Thanks guys.
Jesse; please if you have any trouble...just write pal...and I'll give ya Free advice in E-mail...can't beat that deal..ha.
Damir; these LDG's of course have the big body of a Professional and Pro II and really the good ones have the mechanics of a early Pro II with two hole pullers and double raise/single lower fingers(my preference in sound)...but what makes them so unique and cool sounding is the lack of parts screwed into the Wood; so the body just resonates more freely and is not absorbed so much by the parts.
I prefer the round front; but this square front LDG I did for Jess Dodson is a really killer sounding one and the best sounding original ShoBud pickup I've heard> NO HUM...it's quite amazing.
Ricky

You know I´m always curious about them Buds Ricky... does this particular LDG have single or double lowers? Seems to be from the same era as my Pro-II.

Joe

Hey Joe this one is the double raise/single lower(my preference) fingers.
And cross bars with two hole pullers(bell cranks).....but it is the square front big body as opposed to the round front big body of a pro II...so it is just like my pro II but single neck square front...and raised fret board...1978.
Ricky

As I see more and more of these pictures (and spend more time looking at the Pro II that Ricky recently refurbished for me) it occurs to me how special these older Sho Buds truly are. I don't think there's a prettier steel than a big body bud with wooden necks and beautiful figured maple. Oh yeah, they sound pretty good too.

Well then it just looks like at a time when they had already gone to the double raise/double lower on the Pro-II (like mine), they would still make the LDG´s with double raise/single lower. This is odd. Ricky, by any chance do you have the serial number of that LDG? Mine has # 12101, just curious which one is older. There are many diffuse points in ShoBud history and I´d like to clear up at least some of them...

Joe

I sold an LDG a few years ago that had that same fading (turning brown) going on. It was faded on the front and not the back, so I know this isn't the guitar, but I really love the color that the green turns into.

Joe; I don't have the guitar anymore...it went back to the owner>Jess Dodson...; I I don't know what numbers were stamped on it../sorry.
And knowing these small turns in events of design and contruction and what was when and where and what and what point in time....that ShoBud did....ALWAYS baffles me...ha.
Chris; it's been more than a few years since you sold that pal..ha...."and what were you thinkin' again"???ha.....and just think How cool it would be for you to be playing it with the Derailers...(and what kitchen covering guitar are you playing again..ha..) cause they had a ShoBud on all their Records(well I guess the newest one has Bruce on it...I haven't heard it)...But oh well> easy come easy go I suppose.
Ricky

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I'm still playing my LeGrande. It was built in '93 for me. I was talking to Carp the other day, he still loves his. He was commenting on how the Emmons guitars built in '93 and '94 were the best all-pulls they made. He said he would never part with it. I would have to agree. My color is dark forest green to remind me of all my green Sho-Buds. It also matches my refrigerator and cook top

Thank you Jess. So it looks like mine is actually younger than yours. Still trying to figure out when they changed them all to the "Super Pro" type undercarriage. Duane Becker claims ´77, but there must have been some built the old style after that.

Joe H.

Cool Deal Chris.

Joe; the LDG did not particularly follow the guide lines on mechanics as the Double-10 Shobuds.
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