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Topic: Sho bud equivalent |
Dave Hepworth
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West Yorkshire, UK
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Posted 30 Dec 2013 1:42 pm |
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| Hi folks,silly question maybe but what in your opinion is the nearest contemporary steel guitar maker /model that is nearest to the tone/ playability/ string spacing of a typical 70s sho bud.?Regards Dave |
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Joshua Gibson
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2013 1:48 pm
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I'd have to say Show pro, They're very similar... beyond that I'd say BMI,
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'83 Mullen custom D-10 8x5.
Mesa Lonestar classic 112 custom cab.
Session 400 Ltd, Nashville 1000,
Telonics, Zoom, BJS,
Goldtone BS, LITM, OS Dobros.
Fender, G&L, Gibson, Ibanez guitars. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2013 9:29 am
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| How about the Jackson, they're made by the same family that made the Sho~Bud? |
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Jerry Van Hoose
From:
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Posted 31 Dec 2013 11:18 am
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 31 Dec 2013 11:45 am
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But old Sho-Buds are not that difficult to get your hands on, so why not buy an original?
I appreciate that most of them are being sold in the U.S. and they're rather heavy to mail to West Yorkshire. (I know, because I've shipped pedal steels to the Birmingham area on occasions.)
By the way, a good method of delivery for me has been to take an instrument with me as checked luggage and then leave it behind.  |
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J R Rose
From:
Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2013 5:23 pm
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| Nothing can replace or sound like a Sho-Bud so just buy one of them. J.R. |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 31 Dec 2013 7:51 pm
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Jim Murphy owned a Bethel guitar and described it as a "Sho-Bud on steroids". It did have the characteristic sound of a Sho-Bud Pro II Custom but with a bit more sustain.
Greg |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 1 Jan 2014 6:05 am
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Fulawka!  IMHO, it has the sound, and also a "vintage" look and style about it.
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 1 Jan 2014 9:27 am
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I was playing a D-10 Sho-Bud on a 4-night weekly music show and the maintenance required between shows became unacceptable. My wife could hear the rods clanking from several rows back in the audience.
I called Carter in Texas and then drove there one morning to buy a new guitar. They didn't offer me as much trade-in as I thought my guitar was worth, but the similarity of tone was the equalizer.
I traded my Sho-Bud for the Carter, drove back to Oklahoma City and played it on the show that same night. I am retired now, but if my youth was restored and I could play again, I would not play anything but my Carter.
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 1 Jan 2014 10:46 am
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Then they must put a completely different pick-up in your Carter D10 than they did in the Carter Starter. I bought one of those years ago when they first came out and I've changed the pickup several times, plus put Emmons pedals on it, but I've never been able to make it sound like my two Sho-Bud Crossovers, so it rests in its case. I guess they found a cheaper pickup to put in the Starter. Maybe I should check to see what pickups they used in their recent models. The thing is, Ronnie Hall plays a Carter Starter, and the tone he gets out of his is totally different to the tone I've ever got from mine. Yes, I know he has his own wrist action.  |
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2014 1:23 pm
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
| Then they must put a completely different pick-up in your Carter D10 than they did in the Carter Starter. |
Apples and bananas. The Starter is an utterly different animal than the Carter pro models and will sound different even with the same pickup in both.
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
| How about the Jackson, they're made by the same family that made the Sho~Bud? |
What Erv said. Some models even cop the look with Gumby headstocks and playing card symbols:
http://jacksonsteelguitar.com/
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
| But old Sho-Buds are not that difficult to get your hands on, so why not buy an original? |
Agreed. There are a couple of gentlemen on this forum that sell replacement parts that are better than new. If you're serious about a Sho-Bud but it's the undercarriage that's holding you back, you could have one refurbished. |
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J R Rose
From:
Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2014 2:30 pm
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| It's all in the Hands. J.R. |
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