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Topic: adding knee levers to an old Sho-Bud Pro 1? |
Peter Hales
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Hudson Valley, New York
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 9:56 am |
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I am the proud owner of a Pro-1 of advanced years. She came out of a VFW hall in Texas, if I remember rightly-- she was a permanent fixture on the stage, and still had the neon blue shag carpeting stuck to her feet, and about 50 lung cancers worth of cigarette tar on her. Luckily a one-neck is just a little short to put a beer bottle on, so there were no tell-tale rings.
But I wonder if it's a possible DIY to add left-leg knee levers to this-- it's a two-lever version, and I note that the next model up had four, so I think it should be possible. Where would I get the parts and just how difficult-- or impossible!-- would it be?
In a related question, my current right knee lever drops the second string from an Eb to a D, fine for sliding into E7, but it also raises the 8th string E up to an F, which I have not as yet had the need to use. Can I rededicate that second raise to some other function, and if so, what would be common? |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 10:24 am
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| that's a good steel and installing another knee lever is fairly simple if you get the matching parts. you should probably take the e-f raise off the existing lever and put it on the new lever, along with the same change on the high e string. (you 'will' find the need...very important change) |
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Peter Hales
From:
Hudson Valley, New York
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 10:55 am
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| Thanks, Chris, you've given me a start. When I left Austin in the late '70s, I sold my old Emmons, which was a one-neck on a two-neck body, great for stabilizing hand position. Now I find myself remembering how to play the instrument, but not actually able to do it-- like in a dream. Slowly relearning has been entrancing fun, though I am also playing dobro and regular guitar, so the relationships among three different systems of tuning are sometimes confusing. I will work on that E-F utilization! As to the knee levers, where would I get said parts??? |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 12:13 pm
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| Is it a Rack and Barrel guitar? How about a pic of the underside? |
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George Geisser
From:
Branson, Missouri, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 1:29 pm
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| Sho us your Bud, We'd love to looker over! |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 2:03 pm
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| James Morehead can help you with parts. shobud _at_windstream.net |
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Peter Hales
From:
Hudson Valley, New York
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 2:12 pm pictures
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Well, you asked for it! I have preserved the Scotch magic tape on the pedal levers that once I am sure contained important information long faded away, and after I spent some time cleaning the cigarette smoke off it I realized I was probably destroying its kharma at the same time-- or maybe it's dharma, or maybe it's llama; I can never keep those straight-- so you'll see some nice greenish spots here and there.
Anyone who can talk tech with me about this machine will make me happy. I am devoting a couple of hours a day to getting my chops back, which is why it's set up next to the writing desk with the nice youtube lessons at hand...
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 2:14 pm
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| If it's a R&B guitar, some extra racks my be needed. But James may know a way around that. I bought a Pro D-10 in '72. In '73 I added two levers,,,, but I'll be darned if I can remember how I did it! I recall that I had to tune the levers with a set screw underneath, that determined how far the lever moved. Wish I still had that axe! Wonderful sound. |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 2:17 pm
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| Ooooooh! It was green! James has all the parts you need. Not an R&B guitar. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 14 Jun 2011 3:44 pm
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Looks like a Super Pro mechanism to me -- Jeff Surratt at Show Pro guitars can probably help you out with knee lever kits to fit !!
http://www.showprosteelguitars.com/
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14'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
08'Zumsteel Hybrid D10 9+9
94' Franklin Stereo D10 9+8
Telonics, Peterson, Steelers Choice, Benado, Lexicon, Red Dirt Cases. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 8:06 am
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Here's one I redid and added two or three knee levers:
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 8:28 am
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Shoot me an email, I can help you. 
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"Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement"~old cowboy proverb.
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Joe Hayward
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 27 May 2020 2:35 pm Adding knee levers
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Hello all. I am also the proud owner of a Sho Bud Pro 1 and am in need of assistance on compiling a parts list for installing LKR LKV and a LKL. Can anyone point me in the direction of someone who might sell kits or parts? I've been poking around on PSGparts.com but I'm not sure they have everything I need.
my serial number is 5388
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Charlie Thompson
From:
South Carolina, USA
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 27 May 2020 4:45 pm
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Beautiful... wonderful vintage for Sho-Bud, if not their best.
Yes, Michael Yahl at msg parts. He's the guy. |
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