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Topic: Looks like a Sho-Bud fingertip |
Jim Robbins
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 11:09 am |
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The guitar player in a band I'm in recently got a pedal steel -- it looks a lot like a Sho-Bud fingertip from the outside but I don't know about under the hood. I haven't seen it myself but he sent me some photos and would be interested in any ideas anyone has on what the guitar is and/or what's been done to it.
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Ryan Barwin
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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 11:19 am
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Yep, that's definitely a Sho-Bud fingertip.
I don't know much about the undercarriage, but the necks, fretboards, and keyheads are Sho-Bud for sure, and the changers are definitely fingertips.
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John Billings
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 12:57 pm
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Early run Fingertip. Just like mine! But I don't have a gas valve handle installed on mine. Nor does mine have the very strange assortment of knee levers/prosthesis!
Rosewood aprons, staggered 5th and 6th string tuners. Mine has different inlay strips though. They could be twins! |
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 4:01 pm
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| John Billings wrote: |
| But I don't have a gas valve handle installed on mine. |
Yours is electric, ain't it John?   |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 4:21 pm
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| Steam, James! |
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 4:29 pm
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| John Billings wrote: |
| Steam, James! |
I knew that gas lever had to be after-market.
Thanks, guys. |
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Ryan Barwin
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 5:00 pm
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| Beats me. At first I thought it was there to show scale, but it looks like it might be functioning as a knee lever. I'll ask. |
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Ian Sutherland
From:
Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 5:39 pm
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| The gas valve handle is configured to operate as a RKV lever. A bit tricky, that one. |
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Ian Sutherland
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Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 5:49 pm
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| Jim, I should have mentioned that I had a chance to look at the guitar when Paul brought it to my house a few weeks ago. It looks like it needs quite a bit of work done to put it in shape. |
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 6:42 pm
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Thanks, Ian. That gas lever is pretty wild. Is the undercarriage standard fingertip apart from the weird lever replacements?
PS -- Nice to meet you the other night -- you've got me convinced to go to St Louis, now I have to convince my wife. |
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Scott Shipley
From:
The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 6:51 pm
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Jim, it's awful. I can't bear to see a friend stuck with a thing like that. Send it to me and I'll dispose of it properly.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 6:56 pm
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"Is the undercarriage standard fingertip "
Yes, it is. I would suggest he gets in touch with James Morehead. The bizarre knee levers can be easily replaced with the correct parts. Nice guitar! Better maple than mine. F-tips are fabulous sounding guitars. I would encourage him to spend a few bucks to bring that lovely guitar into tip top condition. |
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 7:08 pm
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| Sorry, Scott, it's not mine to send. Given John Billings' comment I may suggest Paul (the owner) store it at my place -- he's got a B-bender already, the last thing he needs is to get hooked on pedal steel. It does look pretty and having broken a 5th string Saturday night on the bandstand on my "the Professional", I'd like that offset tuner. |
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Scott Shipley
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The Ozark Mountains
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Posted 4 Oct 2009 7:16 pm
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It's gorgeous Jim. More than worth the effort involved to restore it!
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 8:28 am
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Hey John, thanx for the kind words, my friend. Yes I do love to take on refurb projects once in awhile.
Jim , that fingertip is a real sleeper. Here's a few pics of what's under that "blanket". My fingertip project.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 12:34 pm
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| WOW! JAMES! That looks terrific! |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 12:44 pm
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| Thanx John. Shows what's possible. Hopefully I can get back on this project this winter. I got a list of 'bud projects to get done first. Yee Haww!! |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 12:47 pm
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| Projects? Tell me about it! My whole kitchen is sittin' in my living room! |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 2:24 pm
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| Wow Bob! I love it! It gives me great pleasure to see people starting to appreciate Fingertips again. |
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Benton Allen
From:
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 2:36 pm
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Hey Bob!
That's going to be really pretty!
There's some really nice Birdseye there.
I can't wait to see the completed guitar.
Good luck with your quest!
Cheers!
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 6:35 pm
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| Nice Bob. I decided to keep mine as original as possible. Fun projects, huh?? |
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Jim Robbins
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 3:18 pm
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| Those are beautiful restoration jobs. But how do you turn the gas on? |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2009 7:30 am
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My first pedal steel was a Sho~Bud fingertip.
It was a beautiful looking guitar, complete with coco-bolo wood and etc.
However, you can spend a lot of time and money in restoring an old fingertip but it will STILL be a fingertip!  |
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