Sho-Bud #

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 29 May 2003 1:15 am

HI All,
I recently bought aSho-Bud Pro II,
8&2 model# 6155, serial# 5712
could anyone enlighten me as to the year
this was made?Very pretty steel and sounds
sweet too! Many Thanks,
Larry

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Larry Robbins
GFI-s 10
Morrell lap steel,Reagl 75 dobro and Marshall half stack(I know,I know)

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 29 May 2003 1:10 pm

By the way,it also has the original
Sho-Bud volume pedal if that helps.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 29 May 2003 2:26 pm

Serial numbers are a shot in the dark and mean almost nothing with the Shobuds if you want to know the exact yeaR.
So> What color is it?
Wide pedals with curved or straight knees?
Are the pullers underneath fixed rods or barrel tuners?
Is the underneath lightly finished wood or a covering texture?
Does is say Pro II or Pro II custom?
Ok answer those questions and I can get it within a year or two...and there may be more questions to get it to the exacty year.
Ricky

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 29 May 2003 5:53 pm

Hi Rick,
thanks for the help!This steel is brown in colour and looks to be made of curly maple.Pro II (not custom).Wide pedals and
curved knee's.The underneath is lightly
finished maple looks like clear finish.
Barrel type(brass)tuners underneath.It
also has the metal end-plate tuners as oposed
to the nylon type.This steel was purchsed as
an up-grade from my student model GFI and is in great shape.I know its hard to say with-out actually seeing but, did I do ok for a
grand?Thanks again for the help.
Larry

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Larry Robbins
GFI-s 10,Sho-Bud ProII,
Morrell lap steel,Reagl 75 dobro and Marshall half stack(I know,I know)

Bob Knight · Post by **Bob Knight** » 29 May 2003 6:18 pm

Early/Mid 70s[This message was edited by Bob Knight on 29 May 2003 at 07:19 PM.]

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 29 May 2003 7:21 pm

Yes you did real well for a grand pal.
I'll go with Bob; early/mid 70's and go with 1973; as that's the main color they cranked out just before the nylon tuning system and here are two that I restored that are exactly like yours with the barrel tuners on pullers...and they are close in color stain>

Ricky

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 29 May 2003 8:14 pm

Ricky,
Thanks so much!Yep,sure looks just like mine in the photo!right down to the inlay.My knowledge of different brands is limited but I think I made a good choice.they sure are pretty arent they.How well do thet hold up
over time?You all have been a great help!
Aint this Forum the greatest!!
Larry

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 30 May 2003 9:20 am

Well they held up for 25 years already...and will go a lifetime if kept up well.....and so will your car...ah...ha.
Ricky

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 30 May 2003 7:08 pm

I've got 2 of 'em, an early 70's Professional- looks like heck, but plays and sounds great... and a mid-70's Pro III. Love 'em!

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Rick McDuffie
Tarheel Jazz Q-tet
Debbie Elam Band
www.tarheelmusic.com

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 31 May 2003 1:15 am

Sho-Bud
Good for the life of the owner.

Now there's some marketing.

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 31 May 2003 5:35 pm

This guitar pictured is positivly a 1972.
Made at the end of production at the 8th ave. Sho-Bud plant, summer time. Just before the "Music City Manufacturing" moniker was coined, or possibly , during the new company formation. This is a David Jackson concieved model, as they all were from here on out. Should sound very incredible. The following year the Lloyd Green guitar was built, the one Lloyd has and plays today. This range of Sho-Bud steels was the most prolific of all Sho-Bud steels ever built, this was built during the largest production years Sho-Bud ever had, '70 to '74. Thousands were built in these years, I sure wish it could happen again.
We have two of these guitars in the process of total restoration, one is almost done, see it on our web-site WWW.steelguitar.net

Bobbe Seymour, [This message was edited by BobbeSeymour on 31 May 2003 at 06:38 PM.]

Eric West · Post by **Eric West** » 31 May 2003 5:51 pm

Yup. Ya can't beat 'em.

I've got my ProIII that looks like it's been thru a war, and I can't seem to get any guitar I've tried to play the same. Maybe I'll dye it blue and refinish it in urethane. Who knows...

The Professional in my office is awaiting my spare time to use the resources I've found here to rebuild it sans the racks and barrels, adding three knee levers. They've got some dyomite silverware patterns on knife handles out there. ( Learned a long time ago that they don't break like the cast alum ones.)

I suppose Mr Marrs even has a double/single changer for the E9 when I get to it.

Maybe when I cut back from having 4 gigs, and a day job that's stacking up with roads to pave...

Off to another night at the Grindstone. Maybe the bass player will need soe special help with her chords...

EJL

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 31 May 2003 6:01 pm

Great![This message was edited by BobbeSeymour on 02 June 2003 at 02:15 PM.]