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Spencer Cullum
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 8:55 am |
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ive got a sho bud pro 1 with a ugly hole on the back rest where i removed a pick up knob switch
any ideas on filling it in or making it look abit better?
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Danny Bates
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Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 9:05 am
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On the web they sell decals that look like bullet holes... It would look great with a real hole in the guitar!
You could always make up a story like "the previous owner was shot by his angry mistress"
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Ricky Davis
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Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 10:53 am
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I do this pictured; with the steels that the owners doesn't want the knobs there anymore.
They are chrome caps you can get at Home depot.
Ricky
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 10:54 am
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Try these. I found mine at Lowes Hardware store. They just pop in.
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 10:56 am
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| Ricky, your pretty quick on the draw!! beat me to it! |
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 5:29 pm
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Spence, You might find them at B+Q look in the hardware section, or furniture, if not go to ironmunger!
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 6:46 pm
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| So, Ricky. The owner didn't want the fretboard, either??? |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 8:27 pm
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Hey Lee; the owner is a bluegrass musician and therefore he has "Perfect pitch"....ha...
"actually still waiting for that fretboard"..ah..ha.> but one can actually string up and set up a guitar underneath without the fretboard....yeee haaaa...but yes; it would be desirable to have a fretboard once you place the bar on them strings...ha...
ricky
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2008 11:06 pm
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| I know this is a bit off topic, but I have a late model LDG (bought used) with FIVE of those chrome caps in the "C6th" side of the changer end plate. Does anyone have any ideas as to WHY they might be there?? I can't come up with any! |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 6:24 am
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Brint; only thing I can come up with is that someone drilled holes for some freakish reason....then they we're capped.
Maybe for some added switches or whatever...but it certainly did not come with any of that when made.
Do you have pictures of that end plate and the inside of the endplate??? Let's see it or email them to me and I'll put'um up.
sshawaiian@austin.rr.com
Ricky
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Howard Tate
From:
Leesville, Louisiana, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 10:26 am
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| I had a Zum sd12 with a hole between the neck and the pad. I put a small concho in it. I thought it looked pretty nice. |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 2:44 pm
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I have a steel that someone drilled a hole in the deck for a pickup selector switch for a GeorgeL 12-5 pickup.
As fate would have it, the GeorgeL tuning wrench fits perfectly in that hole (not too snug, not too loose). So I have been leaving my tuning wrench in there for now (I'll post a pic when I get a chance).
I would rather cover it with a small plaque or something cool like that bullet hole. |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 21 Oct 2008 2:56 pm
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Howard, cool idea on the concho. I will check that out.
Pete, just put a concho on your tuning wrench, then you have all bases covered!  |
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Brint Hannay
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Maryland, USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2008 9:42 am
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| Ricky Davis wrote: |
Brint; only thing I can come up with is that someone drilled holes for some freakish reason....then they we're capped.
Maybe for some added switches or whatever...but it certainly did not come with any of that when made.
Do you have pictures of that end plate and the inside of the endplate??? Let's see it or email them to me and I'll put'um up. |
Ricky, I know they're not original! I just can't imagine why somebody did this, unless they just thought it looked cool. (I bought the guitar on consignment from Scotty's, and they had no idea.)
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Spencer Cullum
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Posted 22 Oct 2008 10:13 am
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| Ricky Davis wrote: |
I do this pictured; with the steels that the owners doesn't want the knobs there anymore.
They are chrome caps you can get at Home depot.
Ricky |
ohh - that looks much cooler - think ill pop to B&Q asap
i was thinking of getting a small pad on it ?!? |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2008 1:48 pm
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Sorry Spencer; I forgot you're in London....yes B&Q is the place there man....
Brint; I can see several things that one can put there...>like of course a couple of switches...and volume and tone pot and also an effect....like a boss tone....all that could of been wired in at one time...that the player wanted to access switching in and out of those functions.
ricky
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Tim Woodall
From:
North Carolina, USA
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Posted 22 Oct 2008 5:34 pm fill in the hole
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I must confess I am the Bluegrass Musician that Ricky Davis mentioned...
You know “Perfect Pitch” is defined as throwing a banjo in a dumpster from 30 yards and not hitting either side of it…
Looking forward to getting my 6139 back from Ricky and know it will be first class since Ricky put it together with John Coop parts.
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Tim Woodall
www.grasscats.com
Sho-Bud 6139 Ricky Davis overhauled with Coop parts |
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