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Topic: Sho-Bud Maverick Mk1 - Rebuild |
Tony Oresteen
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2024 12:10 pm |
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Way back in 1973/1974ish I bought a Sho-Bud 6138 Maverick out of a pawn shop in Killeen TX for about $150. In 1975 I found myself a poor student in Madison WI with no money, a wife & a kid, and rent due. Since no one wanted a PSG in a band there, well, I sold it as broke musicians do. Fast forward to 2017 and I decided to get another Maverick PSG. Due to the great advice I got here, I did not buy a Maverick but got a Sho-Bud 6139 instead and started learning E9.
In May of 2022 I stumbled across an abused 6138 Maverick Mk1 that I rescued. Here it is:
Two of the tuner keys didn't work, and a few more were bent.
I rehabbed the headpiece. Details are here:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=395766&highlight=maverick
Next I stripped the undercarriage, doweled all the screw holes, sanded it and then painted it. I then shipped all the pieces to Kelcey O'Neil Emmons Guitar Company Sevierville, TN and had him replace the undercarriage.
Now the Sho-Bud has Emmons parts underneath. No more coat-hanger wire connectors  .
The fretboard was replaced and new regular PSG legs were used.
So what is it? It is set up for C6 High G with pedals 5,6,7. These pedals give you 80% of the C6 common changes. It has no knee levers. Why? I wanted this PSG to be playable standing up. Since this 6138 never had any knee levers, it is perfect for a standup PSG.
The Maverick changer is a pull-release changer. It works well with the C6 pedals 5,6, & 7. Here is the copedent:
I think of this guitar as a 10 string C6 lap steel with three benders controlled with the feet.
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Tony
Newnan, GA
Too many guitars, not enough time to play
'72 Sho-Bud 6139, '71 Marlen 210
'78 Fender Stringmaster Quad black
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 27 Jan 2024 12:52 pm
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Nice rescue job! Just a comment, I know it doesn't affect anything, but I just hate to see a bunch of empty screw holes left in the body when people make changes. Just me I guess.
With the old Sho~Bud/Fender Artist I bought recently, although it needs/needed a lot of attention, I was happy and relieved to find only one area where something had been moved and left a couple of holes.
Interested in how comfortable your stand up C6 playing pedals is and works for you. |
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Tony Oresteen
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2024 5:18 pm
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| Jerry Overstreet wrote: |
| Nice rescue job! Just a comment, I know it doesn't affect anything, but I just hate to see a bunch of empty screw holes left in the body when people make changes. Just me I guess...... |
The "screw holes" by the changer end are the screws holding the changer in place, from the top. Not much I could do as the screw holes were drilled through by the factory.
All other screw holes were doweled & filled.
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Tony
Newnan, GA
Too many guitars, not enough time to play
'72 Sho-Bud 6139, '71 Marlen 210
'78 Fender Stringmaster Quad black
PedalMaster D8 |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 27 Jan 2024 5:36 pm
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| Oh yeah, I figured that. My comment was in praise, meaning that you took the time and effort to fill all the other holes that were in there, cover and paint everything. It looks great. |
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