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Topic: When old SHOBUDS recieve a little TLC |
James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 4:46 am |
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Alot of old Shobuds just need some TLC. This guitar will play like butter and tone-wise will crack like a rifle, when she is done!! It will go back to it's original great system--rack and barrels. My thanx to my mentor, Ricky Davis for teaching me so much about these old 'buds and doing refurbs. 
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Rick Johnson
From:
Wheelwright, Ky USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 5:21 am
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Did you enlarge the holes on the fingers
so the pull rods would not bind up?
Rick
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 5:33 am
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Rick, this is stock. Pullrods do not bind at all, unless you mis-align your racks--like any guitar-new or old.
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Douglas Schuch
From:
Valencia, Philippines
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 5:47 am
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Whoa, let me find my dark glasses! Too much shine on that guitar!
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 5:48 am
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That's awesome Bro; and you have become so awesome on this work.
Ricky
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Email Ricky: sshawaiian2362@gmail.com |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 6:36 am
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| Stunning as always James! |
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Jeff Heard
From:
Lopez Island, Washington, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 8:12 am
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| Beautiful, James! |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 8:20 am
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| Going to be another nice one!! |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 8:29 am
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| Excellent James! Looks just like my first GOOD Shobud. Actual first one was a Crossover Custom,,, not so good! |
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Gary Lee
From:
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 1:34 pm Tlc
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 That is some real nice TLC  |
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Kenneth Kotsay
From:
Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida
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Posted 28 Mar 2013 3:18 pm
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Another, "CLASSIC SHO-BUD," very nice looking.
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KEN |
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Ian Stynes
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2013 4:09 am
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Really amazing, James! I love how you are bringing life back into these beautiful old Shobuds.
-I
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Gary Lee
From:
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 28 Sep 2013 3:49 pm Sho Bud
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TTT FOR A GOOD LOOKING GUITAR  |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 29 Sep 2013 8:36 am
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James, seeing that there 'bud, just makes me smile. Beautiful.
Question: on the C6th pick-up, it looks like the pole pieces on the bottom 2 strings were pushed in a bit. I don't think my old ShoBud has that, but I'm thinking that's a great mod, as those strings tend to be too loud. Do you typically do this to your C6th PUs?
(maybe it's just the light in the photo that makes the poles look recessed)
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2013 9:07 am
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Man, I miss my old S10 wooden neck ShoBud Pro I! I traded it for a D10 Metal Neck Pro III, which is ok, but not as mellow. - Jack
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Carter & ShoBud D10's
D8 & T8 Stringmaster
Rickenbacher B6
3 Resonator guitars
Asher Alan Akaka Special SN 6
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2013 9:24 am
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Hey Tom that is just the Top plastic plate on these old pickups....looses it's regularity/stick over the years and will come up. I haven't found it to affect the sound or volume in any way.
Ricky
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2013 9:25 am
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Hey Tom that is just the Top plastic plate on these old pickups....looses it's regularity/stick over the years and will come up. I haven't found it to affect the sound or volume in any way.
Ricky
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Sep 2013 9:51 am
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No Tom, It's just the pickup as Shobud let it out of the factory, and as Ricky says, age can lift the plastic top a little. It makes no difference, it's so minscule. What DOES make a difference is to lower your pickups just enough to slide 3 quarters(coins) between the strings and pickups. You can lower one end or the other of the pickup a little further if you want. But there is a "zone" where the pickup needs to be for optimum tone possible.
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 29 Sep 2013 9:57 am
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Thanks James and Ricky.
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Alan Bidmade
From:
Newcastle upon Tyne UK
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Posted 2 Oct 2013 8:13 am
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For those of us 'over the water' and using sterling or euros, what height is 3 quarters?
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2013 8:22 am
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| Looks like about 5mm to me. If I'm reading my scale correctly. |
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Gary Lee
From:
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2014 10:11 am Shine
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Tom Gorr
From:
Three Hills, Alberta
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Micky Byrne
From:
United Kingdom (deceased)
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Posted 22 Apr 2014 11:48 am Re: When old SHOBUDS recieve a little TLC
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James...Damn it!!!...pardon me while I wipe my saliva off my goatee beard  ...that's a beauty
Micky "scars" Byrne U.K. |
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