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I’ll tell you what you have and the true history.

First of all; Buddy Emmons left Shot Jackson in 1964 to pursue building the “Emmons” pedal Steel.

Shot Jackson and David Jackson did build that LDG but Buddy wasn’t around of course.

Lloyd Green is a long time friend of mine and he DiD play C6th and played a double neck Sho-Bud fingertip for years. But Lloyd was/is a major session player(most recorded steel guitarist in history btw) and none of the sessions were calling for the C6th tuning; and he had an idea of taking off the back neck and putting a pad there; but keeping with the same big body double neck for sound and Shot did that to a Baldwin Crossover that Lloyd had and he fell in love with the idea and so Shot built Lloyd a special Single-10 on a double body and stained it Green and they called it L(Lloyd)D(Dot>his wife)G(Green)(there's more story there) and that was 1973.

Lloyd’s LDG is the very first one built(1973) and actually had a few new Ideas that Shot was working on introducing on the regular pro models that he implemented in the following year (74-75) which was to be the new nylon tuning system. But that first year of the new line of LDG mechanically, had the same system as the pro model at the time(first run of Pro~II’s) and that’s what yours is and I have one of them myself; and they are the barrel tuners behind two hole pullers on round crossbars with the single raise/ single lower fingers. So yes the barrel tuning LDG was only made in 1973 and in the following year the LDG took on the new mechanism that Shot had the idea for; which is the double raise/single lower fixed rod and nylon tuners.

So there’s a little more history to what you actually have.

Yours IS in very mint condition; but unfortunately you won’t be able to sell it for what your asking, so yes I would highly recommend you hanging onto it as the sound of these first year LDG’s are AWESOME.

My interest in yours is for Lloyd Green himself; as he really really wants mine badly..ha….cause he doesn’t actually have that mechanism of the first line of LDG; as I said how Shot did new ideas on the first one made for Lloyd. I was going to buy your LDG for Lloyd as a present to him; as he has done so much for me through the years. But again; the price is too high; as I bought mine for 1000.00 and have found a few for customers of mine(I set them up for them) in the 1500.00 ball park. But I will say this> the sound and playability of this 1st year LDG is PRICELESS; and the LDG's that followed this mechanism for the years to come; don't even come close> excluding Lloyds personal LDG as that's a whole nother story why that one is the best sounding Sho~Bud ever made.

My name is Ricky Davis and I live in Austin.

If you need help redoing your LDG back to Emmons pedals and what ever with the knee levers also…..give me a shout; I’d be glad to help you out pal> this is what I do in my spare time as I still play gigs and sessions almost every day/night.

Ricky

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