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Martin Abend


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Berlin, Germany
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2005 3:52 am    
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I found this on ebay Germany, it's a guy from Switzerland selling a beautiful guitar with a Fender-logo on the apron... I've never seen a Fender like this... any ideas?
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=23300&item=3773923096&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Martin

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basilh


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United Kingdom
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2005 4:07 am    
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It's A "Sho-Bud" made for for fender

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HowardR


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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2005 4:57 am    
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That is the prettiest Fender D10 Artist that I've ever seen.
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Martin Abend


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Berlin, Germany
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2005 5:14 am    
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Are they rare?

MArtin
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CrowBear Schmitt


From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2005 5:22 am    
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Can be rare - depends for who it is
that ShoBud Fender is indeed in very nice condition
Buy it now is :
2200 Swiss Francs = 1421 €uros = 1874.50 $
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Jerry Hayes


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Virginia Beach, Va.
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2005 6:36 am    
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I think it's missing some pedals though, Blackie Taylor had some of those in his store in SoCal when they were being made and they had 8 on the floor. There were two finishes I believe, the one shown here and a black one. Blackie also had a couple of S-10's of this type if I remember right. They all looked like Fender's on top and ShoBuds underneath....JH

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Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

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Jim Palenscar

 

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Oceanside, Calif, USA
Post  Posted 17 Jan 2005 10:01 pm    
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MCI/EMCI fretboard? (tough to see clearly)

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Kevin Hatton

 

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Buffalo, N.Y.
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2005 12:21 am    
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These are great guitars when they are set up and adjusted corectly. You can nail Mooney's old tone on his Fender with this guitar. Bobbe Seymour's "Steel Guitar Favorites" was recorded using one of these guitars if you want to hear what it sounds like. They really twang and get that Fender edgy sound.
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Bobbe Seymour

 

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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2005 10:08 am    
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Kevin, exactly! It's a Fender , built by Sho-Bud in 1976. There were 4400 hundred built, this includes singles, doubles and the "student" modles.
I have given the complete history of this series in full on this forum in the past.
Great guitars but the tuning heads were very bad.

bobbe
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Kevin Hatton

 

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Buffalo, N.Y.
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2005 10:33 am    
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4400 is alot of guitars. You hardly ever see them offered for sale used. I wonder where the heck they all are? They are rarer tan ZB's and ZB's are pretty rare.

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Nick Reed


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Russellville, KY USA
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2005 3:05 pm    
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I had one of those Fender/Sho-Buds. I always liked the way it played. . . .nice & smooth, but it sounded like a old Fender Stringmaster. Very thin & tenny! Definately not a warm commercial sound like my Emmons.

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Jody Carver


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KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2005 4:03 pm    
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Nick......you wrote

warm commercial sound like my Emmons.
In other words you prefer Emmons,am I correct.
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Donny Hinson

 

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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2005 4:22 pm    
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Jim: Those are the standard Fender fretboards, the same as used on all their pedal guitars (except the PS-210).

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Lem Smith

 

From:
Long Beach, MS
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2005 8:08 pm    
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Nick,
Is it an optical illusion, or did that guitar actually have that much swag in the middle? It looks quite bowed to me. Just curious.

Lem
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CrowBear Schmitt


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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 2:13 am    
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Thanx Lem, i thought my vision was playin' tricks on me
yep, that steel looks like it's bowed all right
btw Nick, you did'nt say if you were givin' it away or $ellin'...

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Klaus Caprani


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Copenhagen, Denmark
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 2:18 am    
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Must be something with the photo. It looks like the whole porch including the bannister behind the steel is bend too.

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Klaus Caprani

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Lem Smith

 

From:
Long Beach, MS
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 10:14 am    
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True Klaus, it does look like that. However, notice the pedal bar...it looks straight as an arrow.

Crowbear, I'm glad you noticed it too. I thought maybe it was just my failing eyesight!

Lem
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Jody Carver


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KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 10:28 am    
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Crow
The porch has "porch drop"
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Paul Osbty

 

From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2005 6:53 pm    
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I'll never understand why people put steel guitars face down on a hard floor. Then they take a picture of it! Amazing.
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