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Topic: How many have owned one of these? |
Ric Epperle
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Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Les Green
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Jefferson City, MO, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 12:08 am |
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Dave Seddon
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Leicester, England.
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 12:19 am
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Me too.
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Billy Wilson
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El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 12:41 am
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| I did. It didn't work for me. Bobby Black said he liked his. |
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Ric Epperle
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Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 12:56 am
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Yep.. My dad purchased this guitar back in 1969.. He played the living daylights out of it until he bought the MSA of which I'm playing now. In 1980, he gave this guitar to a friend of his in North Idaho and it just sat around for years collecting dust and abuse until my friend Gary Bell decided to start restoring it.. He's going to send me more pictures soon.. BTW, this guitar had seen a heck of a lot of miles..
Brings back a lot of memories.. |
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 3:19 am
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Me, too... what a sweet, sweet sound it had...
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Ernie Pollock
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Mt Savage, Md USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 4:23 am
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That was my first guitar, just bought another one to fool around with, having lots of fun, crossover part does not work, I have 2 ped on E9th, 4 on C6th, one lever raises 4th E to F#, one lower 2 & 8, one raises C to C# on C6th neck.
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Ernie Pollock
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Marc Weller
From:
Upland, Ca. 91784
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 5:19 am
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Looks kinda like mine
click here
[This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 31 August 2006 at 04:45 AM.] |
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Jay Ganz
From:
Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 5:36 am
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| Had one in '75 for about a dozen years. |
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Jackie Anderson
From:
Scarborough, ME
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 6:49 am
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| Still do. Looks worse, sounds great! |
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Curt Langston
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 7:03 am
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| Looks good! [This message was edited by Curt Langston on 30 August 2006 at 08:04 AM.] |
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John Cadeau
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Surrey,B.C. Canada
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 7:04 am
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I still have one indentical to the one in the picture. I don't play it much anymore, I use my Le Grande for gigs nowadays. I bought it from Ollie Strong in 78 or 79. It still works, I love the sound.
John |
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Bob Baringer
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Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 8:28 am
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| Yep I did also, had it back to Sho But many times as it would detune constantly. but I met a lot of great people in cluding Lloyd Green and others, Lloyd even played it. sold it long time ago |
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Ric Epperle
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Sheridan, Wyoming USA . Like no other place on Earth... R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 8:59 am
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Quite frankly, my dad let me horse around on this guitar and that's when I got really hooked on steel.. I was 17.. When my dad had it, he kept it in perfect shape although he did complain now and then that it was a chore to keep the change lever to where you could keep both necks in tune.. The tone was fantastic, though.. Good old Sho Bud or as my friend calls it now; Ye Olde Sho Bud..
Brings tears to my eyes occasionally to see that old beast..
Glad to here a lot of you guys familiar with this ax..
Ric... Now an MSA fan... |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 10:02 am
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| Rick:I saw that guitar at Gary's Apt. in Anchorage Alaska about 15 years ago...what a beauty,I ran into Gary's sister Shelly last weekend in Palmer Ak.could you say hi to Gary for me,Stu |
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Tiny Olson
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Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 10:48 am
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I had one in the early 70s. It was my first D-10. Had it about a year then got a first year Pro II and it was a big improvement in all ways. A year later I got my first D-10 Emmons and have owned one ever since.
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 12:40 pm
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Me, too.
I'm in the process of restoring two of them right now. |
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Colby Tipton
From:
Crosby, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 1:33 pm
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| I had one, it had blonde necks. It had real good tone but real bad tuning problems. |
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Jerry Hendrix
From:
Manistee, Michigan, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 5:34 pm
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Yep; I had one of these too. I remember it was very heavy,but sounded good. Not too much tuning trouble. I gess I tried about every model "Bud" they came out with. I traded it back to Sho_Bud for a new big red "professional" model. .. Old Jer..  |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 7:32 pm
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This is ONE of the pictures Marc Weller was trying to post, :-
I have a similar 'crossover' guitar slightly newer :-
Made to Gene Fields' design. (This mechanism WORKS)
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 30 Aug 2006 8:20 pm
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I had one sounded good and the crossover worked. I also got Jerry Hendrix's old Red Professional, with 8/5. Traded him a Black Emmons PP with no knee levers. Both fine guitars...al
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My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 31 Aug 2006 12:31 am
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Still play mine everyday:
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Steelin' Greetings
Marco Schouten
Sho-Bud LLG; Guyatone 6 string lap steel; John Pearse bar; Emmons bar; Evans SE200 amp
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Michael Brewer
From:
Carrollton, Texas
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Posted 31 Aug 2006 5:55 am
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I had one of these in about 1971 I think. Mine was called the Baldwin model. Curley Chalker once told me that when he designed the system, the Shobud people would not let him go ahead and do some significant changes before production started. They were satisfied with it as is. Mine worked great except when I switched from the outside neck to the inside I had to do some minor tweaking to get back in tune.
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Mike Brewer
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David Langdon
From:
West Bridgford, Nottingham Notts, United Kingdom
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Posted 31 Aug 2006 3:33 pm
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| I had a later Baldwin that had maple necks, and metal changer/ pickup mounting blocks. I found the tone a bit 'muddy' compared to my previous ZB. I should have left it original, but I did the usual 'LDG' conversion to save weight. It was actually my disatisfaction that led me on to building my own steels. They do look quite beautiful though. Dave. [This message was edited by David Langdon on 31 August 2006 at 04:37 PM.] |
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