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Topic: When did Sho-Bud decals change to Nashville from Madison? |
Chris Scruggs
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2015 8:37 pm |
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I'm looking at an old cabinet end D-8 permanent that has a black Nashville Tennessee decal. It also has a deck of cards decal (NOT inlay) across the front and center of the guitar.
Is that a little funny/weird? |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2015 9:14 pm
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No Chris it doesn't seem weird; that's how they made them when they were just starting off bro.(well shot and buddy built stuff in Madison first and then had another place in nashville and then moved everything to nashville....so hard to say when the Madison and Nashville names changed on sticker...I would say right around that time early 60's; maybe right before Buddy started building his own Emmmons...like 1963...so I'm going to guess 1962...ha. The only folks that really know are dead.
Snap a picture or 3 of that VERY RARE EARLY sho~bud and we can give you a little more info.
Hey how ya been doing bro; Long time no see...(you know I NEVER go to Nashville; so come see me in Texas....ha.)
Ricky
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Chris Scruggs
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2015 10:03 pm
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| What I'm saying though is that is would appear to be a Madison era guitar but it has a Nashville decal... |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Jun 2015 5:21 am
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Shobud Company made Permanant guitars as well as cabinet end permanant guitars into the mid sixties as custom orders--thus the "Nashville" decal. Before '62, they would likely be "Madison" decals. Hope this helps out. Like Ricky says, that time line is pretty hazy. 
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 16 Jun 2015 8:14 am
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Chris, if it's the guitar I'm thinking about, that looks like a pedal board rectangular decal?
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2015 1:46 pm
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You could get a cabinet end up until the late 1960s. D-8 too. So, maybe is is an example of a rare late 1960s cabinet end D-8?
I don't think it matters about the year. It has the cool D-8 cabinet end features. Any year and it is just as cool.
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Abe Levy
From:
California, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2015 3:10 pm
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Seems like the lack of rollers on the nut would imply older? We're they still putting fixed nuts on guitars in the late 60s? I was just in Atlanta and was seriously drooling over this guitar...
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Steve Pawlak
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2015 6:33 pm
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Posts by both of our Sho-Bud guys
Good to to see Ricky and James back! |
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Jeff Heard
From:
Lopez Island, Washington, USA
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Posted 16 Jun 2015 7:31 pm
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| Yeah, good to see you guys back here! |
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Chris Lucker
From:
Los Angeles, California USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2015 12:52 am
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I did not see a picture of the nut. But if rollers, I would not say post 1961.
I had one cabinet end d10 that had fingertip mechanics that was updated to short scale ten string necks at the Nashville factory with a Nashville decal. But clearly the guitar started life as a long scale late fifties Madison D8.
What is your scale length?
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