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Matt Downs
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Nevada, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 10:54 am |
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Howdy folks, My name is Matt and I wanted to introduce myself. I've wanted to learn PSG for a while now and finally picked up a rig. It's a LDG and in an hour I had it setup and playing some basic chord changes and licks. In my opinion It's playable the way it is but the previous owner modded it. Right now it's a 2+1. The missing pedal concerns me because most all the parts are missing that go with it (cross shaft and bell cranks). Any way I wanted to see what you thought about a new player learning with it setup this way. Will it hinder me further down the road. I've seen precious few parts for the Sho-Buds.
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Ken Campbell
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Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 11:07 am My opinion
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It needs to be 3x4 in my opinion and James Morehead will have the parts you need to get her up to snuff.
Nice ax!
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Lee Dassow
From:
Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 1:29 pm
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Wonder what the previous owner did with the old
parts? Looks like it was 3x4 at one time. Welcome
to the forum matt. Tennessee Lee
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Edward Rhea
From:
Medford Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 5:32 pm
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Nice looking LDG Matt! James is THE MAN! Shoot him an email shobud@windstream.net he has so much knowledge and a real gift for making these steels players again! He can get you "cookin"!
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 5:38 pm
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I won't try to get too technical with the names of parts, but I can give you a pedal, a cross shaft, the cross shaft apron hanger and the other L bracket, the two bellcranks, the pedal rod and rod end. Actually, I have a ton of bellcranks.
Are those the extra parts in the case? It looks like extra rods in the leg compartment.
I may have the complete knees for the guitar too. I know I have knees for earlier guitars, but maybe not yours.
Somewhere in the Google Machine there is an image of the old Sho-Bud parts catalogue which will help you figure out what is missing and allow you to communicate with others
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 6:31 pm
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Morehead or Lucker can fix you up with parts.
Reminds me of something off-topic. What's up with Two-Pedal Terry Wendt? Hasn't been around here lately. It's been about a year since he's posted.
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Matt Downs
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 8:00 pm
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| Thanks everybody for the encouraging responses. Yes Chris that is a bundle of extra rods in the leg compartment. The guy that owned it definitely liked to tinker. Everything I saw that the gentleman owned was modified heavily. Unfortunately he past away and left his son with a whole bunch of half finished projects that the son is selling because he is no spring chicken either. So what the owners vision with this 2+1 setup was I will never know. I'll look for that parts break down so I know exactly what parts I'm looking for. |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 9:12 pm
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Did his wife look like she was twenty?
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Chris Lucker
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Matt Downs
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2014 9:17 pm
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| I didn't meet his wife. She was out of town. Sounds like you might have an interesting story up your sleeve though. |
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Matt Downs
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2014 9:31 pm
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| I'm having difficulty finding that parts break down. Anybody have a link to it? |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2014 11:30 pm
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I cannot find what I referenced, either. When I get home from the desert I will scan my copy and post it. If I forget, email me to post it.
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Chris Lucker
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Henry Matthews
From:
Texarkana, Ark USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2014 7:27 am
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It still never ceases to amaze me that people butcher beautiful guitars. What good would it do to take a pedal off?
Matt, once you get guitar upgraded to way should have been, will be a great axe.
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Finbarr O'Sullivan
From:
Glengarriff, Ireland
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Posted 20 Feb 2014 7:36 am
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| Hi Matt is there part of the neck missing also nice guitar what a shame. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2014 8:43 am
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"It still never ceases to amaze me that people butcher beautiful guitars. What good would it do to take a pedal off? "
Looks to me like the guy might started playing "way back when." Remember that Don Warden's first Shobud only had two pedals. |
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Matt Downs
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 20 Feb 2014 12:32 pm
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| Yes the neck is cut out some. It looks like he had a pickup mounted in that spot at one time. You're right about a player from way back too. I saw some old posters an stuff from the 30's or 40's showing him playing lap steel. |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2014 2:51 pm Sho-Bud Parts Catalog Scan
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Here is the scan I promised the other day. The photos are dark in the original catalog.
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Chris Lucker
Red Bellies, Bigsbys and a lot of other guitars. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2014 2:58 pm
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Chris!
Very cool!
JB |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2014 3:16 pm
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Perhaps someone ought to make that a sticky somewhere?
I gave it a header so someone could find it in a search. Maybe that is good enough?
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Chris Lucker
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Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
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Matt Downs
From:
Nevada, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2014 6:10 pm
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| Thanks Chris. I'll make a list of what I need and send it to you. I really appreciate it. |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 24 Feb 2014 7:53 pm Thank you
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Thanks for the catalog post, Chris. Very helpful to see the correct names for all these parts.
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