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Topic: Fingertip Buds |
Craig A Davidson
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Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2007 8:31 pm |
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Larry Strawn
From:
Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 6:18 am
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Craig,
This is not a smart a@# question, I'm interested in knowing. What is a finger tip Bud? 
Larry
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Jay Ganz
From:
Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 7:25 am
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You fine tune your pedals & knee levers by turning the knurled collars with your fingers.
VIDEO CLIP
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 8:03 am
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| My first pedal steel was a Sho~Bud fingertip. I ordered it from Shot Jackson and it was a beautiful guitar, however, it was a bugger to keep in tune. I traded it in on a later model Bud. |
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 8:34 am
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Dang, Jay, That kinda looks like mine!! 'cept yours need some Mothers Chrome polish!!   |
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Larry Strawn
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Golden Valley, Arizona, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 9:20 am
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Thanks Jay,
Saw one of those once but didn't know it was called a Finger tip. 
Larry |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 10:42 am
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Jay,
Now that's steel tone. What a sound........and that's just coming from the video mic. I can't imagine how it sounds in the room.
Not that it would make much difference, but out of curiosity what amp are you using?
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 10:51 am
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| I am wondering because I have just aquired one. It is in pretty good shape but the pick-ups cut out at times. If I wiggle them a bit they come back. It was also a real fun thing to tune and adjust. Anybody have thoughts on this? Hey Jim, Mother's is what I used on mine. Some didn't shine so good but i was told that some of that is because the material in the casting pot wasn't always the same quality of metal. |
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Jay Ganz
From:
Out Behind The Barn
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 11:03 am
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Chris,
I used an original '65 Fender Deluxe Reverb (with Jensen speaker) on that clip.
It was actually recorded a few years ago using the little mic in the camcorder. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 11:42 am
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Jay,
I'm sure many 'Bud fans here would enjoy a longer clip of you playing that noble ole' beast. Do you have anything else? I'd love to hear the E9 neck as well.
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 11:56 am
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| Hey Craig, sometimes repeat the application four or five times, and most of the time it will shine up. Jagwire puts out a great polish in a purple bottle that will take care of the stubborn spots---it has a smidge of abrasive in it. Maybe I can talk my buddy Chris into posting a few pics of mine for me. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 12:21 pm
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No sweat, James. I'm not at my home computer now, but when I get home later I'll post them. They're in my "Morehead 'Buds" folder. 
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 5:45 pm
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Here's James' Fingertip before cleanup:
.....and after cleanup:
Oh ya!
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 6:05 pm
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Hey Thanx Chris!! I appreciate it!!
(Who knows anything about those double "single-coil" pickups in the "cleaned up photos", besides the fact they are NOT originals?)
I have two period correct original pickups in this guitar now, and they are just stunning!! About the best sustain you can squeeze out of a shobud.
The best we can tell about my fingertip is it's about a '67. John Coop and I are going to rebuild the undercarrage on this guitar this spring. The existing factory undercarrage is quite "crude", and difficult to play. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 7:50 pm
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And a full-frontal for good measure:
James, it's the first time I noticed it has 9 pedals. How did I miss that all this time?
I have to brag about my little part in this guitar finding its way to James. I saw it for sale during the St. Louis Convention last September, in the Derby room. I went to Coop (not sure where you were, James) and told him that a Fingertip was just around the corner with a "for sale" sign on it. He said, "what?!" I was surprised he didn't already know it was there. About a half hour later, I found James sitting in the Derby room, with Coop, tweaking the Fingertip through the VS-II. He looked at me with a s*#t-eatin' grin and said, "I bought it." At least I did something useful in the midst of bumming around James' Professional all weekend. Not that the boys wouldn't have sniffed it out eventually anyway......... 
I'm looking forward to Dallas, boys!
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 9:05 pm
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| Yeah Chris, Your Shobud Radar was dialed in perfect THAT day, for sure!! Yeah and the nine pedals are a trip. I have the basic emmons setup on E9th, and some bare basics on C6th. We are going to install a Coop undercarrage under this pup. That's something Ricky and John have been brain-storming quite awhile now, the Fingertip upgrade. Notice someone pealed the decal off the front. I now have a new decal from John Coop---looks much better now! |
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Marc Weller
From:
Upland, Ca. 91784
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Posted 23 Jan 2007 10:59 pm
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Here's Mine:
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Jan 2007 6:33 am
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| Dang Marc!! That one trumps mine in the "looks" department!! |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2007 8:40 am Pickups
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Ok; I know what those pickups are in James' fingertip.
Those we're the very rare "Pete Drake" pickups that Sho-bud made to Pete's specs.
They are two rows of single coil reverse wound poles; blended together for humbucking; but single coil sound.(ah...ha...)
Ricky
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Steve Waltz
From:
USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2007 10:49 am
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What is the style of mechanics under fingertips? Is it like a Permanant with the addition of the newer tuning parts on the back of the changer? Do those tune up better than a permanant? Is it pull/release or all pull?
Just curious about buds.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2007 11:47 am
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| Dang! I gotta get one of them Shobuds with the kitchen cabinet handles one of these days! |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2007 7:04 pm
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| I was told I think by Mike Cass that it was Shot's idea of a push-pull. The lowers bottom out going one way and the raises the other way. The bell cranks are crude but effective. You can change the copedant cause I have changed a couple things already. |
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