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Topic: anybody know about the sho-bud monster? |
Connie Mack
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phoenicia, new york
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Posted 24 Apr 2009 4:10 pm |
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watch this clip on youtube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIRVlUSrgYc&feature=related
it's funny, i was thinking about a pedal steel with doubled strings this week after my kid was wearing a t-shirt with one of those gibson double neck guitars with the twelve string and a six string on it. in the s-g style. seemed to me that a pedal steel version might sound really cool.
then i watched this clip. and there it was. does anyone know what recording shot is talking about that jimmy day cut?
what album is it? does this guitar still exist?
love to hear about it....
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82'sho-bud u-12, frankendekely u-12, bride of frankendekley u-12, a whole mess of other instruments...finger still messed up but getting better... |
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A. J. Schobert
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Cincinnati, Ohio,
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Posted 24 Apr 2009 7:09 pm
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Cant the dude with the camara gat a close up?
Connie I sort of laugh when I see "bride of frankendekely!" |
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Connie Mack
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phoenicia, new york
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Posted 24 Apr 2009 7:23 pm
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hey aj
i laughed when i first saw that thing. then i bought it. i'm sure as hell gonna laugh when i hear the tone of that thing. i saw the shipping docket and it weighs 52 pounds. it's gonna have tone to the .....gnome.
like i said, one day i'm gonna post pics of the frankendekley. i guess i'll have to post a picture of the happy couple together before i give frankendekley a makeover.....
yeah, i wish there was a close up too.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 26 Apr 2009 4:54 am
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I'm no expert, but I'll talk about these (since no one else seems to want to). Sho~Bud built a few of these back in the '60s. I don't know how many, 5 or 6 for sure, in different configurations, and maybe a dozen or so. (Dave Jackson could probably say how many.) They were played by several famous players - Emmons, Drake, Charleton, and a few others I suppose, and have what I like to refer to as a "hauntingly beautiful" sound. The down-side (yes, there's always a down-side) was that the doubled strings weren't set up separately (with their own pulling fingers). This made tuning a real bear, and they soon disappeared from use, and from sight. Undoubtedly, there's still a few around.
A couple of good examples of the sound are the 1965 recordings "We're Not Kids Anymore", and "Just Between The Two Of Us", both by Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn, with Buddy Charleton doing the playing.
(Maybe someone like Walter Stettner could post clips of these two songs.  )
A updated design with a new changer, and the ability to tune all the strings properly, would be a real treasure, IMHO. |
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Steve Alonzo Walker
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Spartanburg,S.C. USA (deceased)
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Posted 26 Apr 2009 3:45 pm
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| I always wondered why Buddy's steel sounded strange on those songs! Now I know. |
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Connie Mack
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phoenicia, new york
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Posted 27 Apr 2009 8:32 am
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thanks donny.
tried to find versions of those songs. sadly, just not to be had through any of the online channels i tried..
the info is great. i suppose somebody's gonna write a book about all this stuff one day so guys like me wont have to ask these kinds of questions....
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Steve Ross
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New Mexico, USA
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Connie Mack
From:
phoenicia, new york
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Posted 30 Apr 2009 6:03 am
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thanks steve, too bad he's not playing the monster neck...
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