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Topic: Sho-Bud 6139 value |
Jim Dempsey
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Belmar, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 10:05 am |
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| What are the 6139's (rack/barrel)getting these days. Let's say a 3+1 in excellant shape.-JD |
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Antolina
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Dunkirk NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 10:33 am
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I'm not certain the 6139 is a rack and barrel system. Mine is the two hole puller with nylon tuners.
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The only thing better than doing what you love is having someone that loves you enough to let you do it.
Sho~Bud 6139 3+3
Marrs 3+4
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Jim Eaton
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Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 10:37 am
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Mine was R/B, about 72'.
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Antolina
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Dunkirk NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 10:44 am
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Well okay. I learned smething new today. Thanks! 
Back to the original question. I paid $1500 for mine in excellent condition but remember it's the two hole puller. I have no idea what the rack and barrels are bringing.
For that kind of money I could have bought a lot of other steels but I wanted a sho~bud. I've seen these buds go from around $1000 to $1500 and more. That being said, I saw one go untouched on ebay for $1600 and it was a beauty.
Gawd only know what I'd be willing to pay for a blonde roundfront 
Stay tuned. I have no doubt others will be chimimg in.
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The only thing better than doing what you love is having someone that loves you enough to let you do it.
Sho~Bud 6139 3+3
Marrs 3+4
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Lewis John Foote
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Dorset, UK
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 11:52 am
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howdy, i have two round front pro, 1ns one rack and barrel, 3-1, now 3-4, could do with make over, paid, £450, for it, plays and sounds wonderful, the other is an imaculate,3-4 bell cranks, plastic tuners, paid, £1000 for it, they both have switches on the coils, one has tone and volume controls on it,maybe i paid to much, for them , but im happy with them, things of beauty, [to old to start another family they keep me busy,] lew.
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pro1,s two round fronts, one square front, sho-bud, S12, LDG,1977, built by paul franklin sen, [THE PROFESSIONAL]nice all original, bandit65, nash, 400, profex 11,match-box, 7A,DD3, delay,various accoustic guitars, amps, and other necessitys, |
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Lewis John Foote
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Dorset, UK
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 12:05 pm
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howdy, i forgot to mention, ones a blonde, the other sorta like coffee or chocolate, i also, have a square front pro, 1, green, laquered, lew.
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pro1,s two round fronts, one square front, sho-bud, S12, LDG,1977, built by paul franklin sen, [THE PROFESSIONAL]nice all original, bandit65, nash, 400, profex 11,match-box, 7A,DD3, delay,various accoustic guitars, amps, and other necessitys, |
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 1:38 pm Re: Sho-Bud 6139 value
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| What are the 6139's (rack/barrel)getting these days. Let's say a 3+1 in excellant shape.-JD |
These rack and barrel guitars are sometimes refered to as a single neck Professional.
They are no good, junky, and ugly. If you acquire one, you should immediately send it to my house!!
I know how to properly dispose of them!!  
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 1:48 pm
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Or my house if it's closer. I'd even pay the shipping. I suppose I could salvage a few parts. Maybe. I'm gonna part this one out. I think the Grovers are still good.
Pre-Ricky/Coop. |
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 1:51 pm
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Yer both makin' me sick
James, send me that Blondie before you hurt yourself with it.
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The only thing better than doing what you love is having someone that loves you enough to let you do it.
Sho~Bud 6139 3+3
Marrs 3+4
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 2:05 pm
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I want to make it clear, I have no clue what guitar you are considering, Jim D. These are just some tips.
Some of the biggest issues with these guitars, is you want to make sure the end plates fit well enough for you. And some of the guitars of this era had poorly fitting endplates, looking like they came out of a Jr. High shop class.
Also, another problem to consider: is that you do not have a cabinet that is separating at the corners. The top starts separating from the front and rear aprons at the corners. It will actually split right down the top edge of the inlay. This is a built in shobud flaw in cabinet design that plagues the roundfront guitars and some early squarefronts, for some reason. Singlenecks, double necks, LDG's, makes no differance.
Of course, it's just a cosmetic problem, and the guitar will play and sound great anyways, but you need to determine how bad it is, and can you live with it. It would be a shame to buy a roundfront for top dollar, just to find these problems passed on to you. You need to see better than "vague" pictures before you make this purchase.
Of course, some roundfronts do not even have this problem at all. But it is definately out there.
Here is a Pro II, that the separation was bad enough you could actually pass a business card through the cabinet. It's a long hard professional fix, but it can be done. You just can't squirt some glue in there and clamp it, either. The endplates on this guitar are pretty hammered. This guitar was truly abused.
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 2:12 pm
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| RC Antolina wrote: |
Yer both makin' me sick
James, send me that Blondie before you hurt yourself with it. |
Awwe, but my daughter who's this is would never forgive me!!
Believe me, I don't want to "go there"!!  |
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 2:12 pm
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| Jim, I paid $1,300 for my guitar a few years ago. But it's a '74, so no baskets and barrels.. |
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Antolina
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Dunkirk NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 2:15 pm
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Yeah and it's a round front to boot 
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The only thing better than doing what you love is having someone that loves you enough to let you do it.
Sho~Bud 6139 3+3
Marrs 3+4
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 2:58 pm
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| My daughter's is a '68,and, no I won't tell you what we gave for it. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 3:04 pm
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The one in front is a '67. $150 in 1985.
How much is that in today's money? |
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 3:26 pm
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You guys keep this up and I'm sendin' Guido to see ya
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The only thing better than doing what you love is having someone that loves you enough to let you do it.
Sho~Bud 6139 3+3
Marrs 3+4
RC Antolina |
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Jim Dempsey
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Belmar, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 4:13 pm
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Thanks Guys for all the replies,your photos are pretty impressive also. I do actually have a blonde roundfront 3 + 1 w/the rack and barrel tuners. It is in near mint condition.Just wondering the value,plus the year. The serial # looks like 555,if anyone can put a year on that I'd appreciate it.-Thanks,Jim |
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 4:15 pm
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OMG I'm in love 
Are you being curious or are you selling it?
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The only thing better than doing what you love is having someone that loves you enough to let you do it.
Sho~Bud 6139 3+3
Marrs 3+4
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 4:21 pm
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My source doesn't list that number 555. Are you sure of it?
http://www.planet.eon.net/~gsimmons/shobud/models.html
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The only thing better than doing what you love is having someone that loves you enough to let you do it.
Sho~Bud 6139 3+3
Marrs 3+4
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Jim Dempsey
From:
Belmar, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 4:32 pm ser. #
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| RC,--- The number is actually 5554. I gotta lot of other projects going on,and was thinking of making it into a 3 + 4 w/Coop parts.-JD |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 4:35 pm
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| Great project! Beautiful guitar! Do it! Shobud serial numbers were generated by a random number generator. They are pretty much are meaningless. |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 4:53 pm
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Jim, My daughter's '68 was a rack and barrel, of course. I know it's a '68, because the owner bought it new from the Shobud Factory in '68. We are second owners. This guitar sat in a bedroom it's whole life, as an occasional hobby. It's never been gigged.
Now it's cooped up. It has a Truetone pickup in it now, too. It is a coiltap, with the switch mounted underneath.
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Jim Dempsey
From:
Belmar, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 5:00 pm
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| James,-That is a very impressive undercarriage.Can you shoot me a private e-mail,and let me know a ballpark figure on what an upgrade like that would run me?---Thanks,Jim |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Feb 2008 5:20 pm
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You have email, Jim.  |
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