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who still playes a shobud d-10 professional . i have one coming in are they tough to work on??


p.w

Easy to work on and great for experimenting with different copedants. There are really unlimited possibilities with the rack and barrel system. The hardest part of working on one is lifting it onto the work bench. They weigh a ton and I couldn't think of taking it on a gig. It's been kind of hard finding the right R&B parts to add knee levers to my current Professional. I'll probably look at putting on a couple with two hole pulls and barrels when Michael Yahl starts making all of those parts again.

Here's my Professional that I completely refinished/restored last year:




I finally managed to gather the parts for two more knee levers, making it 8x4. It took some finagling to get the leverage and position of the LKR to where it was comfortable, but I like where I've got it now. I don't gig out regularly anymore, but it holds up well and is a good, solid guitar. With some tweaking (and lots of advice from Ricky Davis), I've gotten all of the pulls timed perfectly and feeling super smooth.

Paul, I'm moving back to the Chicago area next month, and would be happy to share some mechanical tricks, if you like.

Why would anyone move from Austin to Chicago?

Tommy it's the windy city and home of the Chicago cubs

Paul, I have to wonder: if you don't do much work on your own guitars (inferred by your occasional posts looking for pedal steel mechanics in northern Illinois), mightn't it be more sensible to stick to guitars made AFTER the advent of the Internet?
I've not spent much time under them, but they're not bad at all.

lane,
i don't get your point?? i do work on my own steels plus others. i have been playing for 30 years and know my way around a pedal steel...

p.w

OK. I just drew a wrong inference, after seeing posts looking for people to work on them. My apologies

no problem

p.w

I dunno, Tommy. Austin's been good to me, but my heart is still in Chicago and I miss it a lot. My wife got a job offer back there, so we're seizing the opportunity to return "home." The traffic certainly won't be any worse.

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Here's my Professional that I completely refinished/restored last year:




I finally managed to gather the parts for two more knee levers, making it 8x4. It took some finagling to get the leverage and position of the LKR to where it was comfortable, but I like where I've got it now. I don't gig out regularly anymore, but it holds up well and is a good, solid guitar. With some tweaking (and lots of advice from Ricky Davis), I've gotten all of the pulls timed perfectly and feeling super smooth.

Paul, I'm moving back to the Chicago area next month, and would be happy to share some mechanical tricks, if you like
thanks Adam. please contact me at msad10@comcast.net
when you get back to the windy city

I have a 1972 D-10 "Professional" that I've had since1998. Great guitar. I worked in club's for about 9yrs. And other than changing a 3rd string now and then it was just fine. But the sound is out of this world. I had Jeff Surratt at Show--Pro steel guitars install a left knee vertical making it a 8&5. If it wasn't so heavy I'd still be using it..

Are they heavier than an MSA D-10 classic? T.L.

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