Sho Bud Maverick parts

Kyle Minor · From: Indiana, USA

I'm new to the list, and glad to be here. I have a Sho Bud Maverick I bought from Arthur's Music in Indianapolis. It's a beautiful instrument, with three pedals and one knee lever tuned to a standard E9 copedant.

I am interested in adding some knee levers (and maybe also some pedals.) The very smart woman who restored this instrument says that adding levers and pedals is no sweat, but the hard part is finding the parts.

Does anyone here know where I might be able to source some Sho Bud lever and/or pedal kits?

Thank you,
Kyle Minor

K Maul · From: Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL

The Maverick is a pull-release system, which means the basic changer can only raise strings. The lowers are done by holding a string(like string 2 Eb lowered to D) to pitch with a spring, and then releasing the tension of the spring with a knee lever. For a string to both raise and lower (for example, the fourth string E to F# with pedal C but also lowering it to Eb with a knee) can be done, but with a lot of messing around with counter springs and other add-ons that would be time consuming and expensive to fabricate. So yes, you could add a couple knee levers, maybe one raising the fourth string to F, which could be done with a stop underneath. Having a knee raising the first and seventh strings F#- G could also be done easily. ShoBud parts are a little hard to come by now since psgparts.com is down but there are some other people around who will chime in in this thread. Just don’t expect an awful lot out of a Maverick although they can be OK to learn on.
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Jim Palenscar · From: Oceanside, Calif, USA

I have done what you are wanting to do and I'd recommend against it- especially since it has a pull release changer. You would be way ahead if you sold it and got what you are wanting. Just my humble opinion.

K Maul · From: Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL

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