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Topic: Sho-Bud The Pro 111 Custom serial no. |
Ray Anderson
From: Jenkins, Kentucky USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 3:35 pm
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Sho-Bud Pro111 serial# 12492, Anbody know this guitar and its birth date? |
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Michael Yahl
From: Troy, Texas!
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 7:12 pm
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Unfortunately, there is no entry in our database for that guitar, BUT, by extrapolating the dates from the know serial numbers, my best guesstimate would be about Friday, August 19, 1977.
Could you provide us with the Color, Knees, Pedals, and if the tag is still on the underside, who the builder was. Also when you aquired it and from whom.
Any other information that is readily obvious such as added equipment/removed equipment, etc. is also appreciated.
Several of us are tracking and updating lists that have most of this info in it. We can then WAG a general date.
Gene Haugh has some detailed records but was inundated with requests last year and finally had to back off providing information as I think that it became a full time job.
We, as past and present Sho-Bud owners, are eternally grateful for all the information he provided. With that information we've been able to compile these databases of information. _________________ "Don't fergit to kiss yer horse!"
'72 Sho-Bud Professional D10, (in pieces .....), '78 MSA Classic XL D10, '69 Emmons PP, Fender 2000
Peavey Session 500 BW, Crate Digital Modeling Amp
PSG PARTS
http://www.psgparts.com/ |
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Kevin Mincke
From: Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2011 7:15 pm
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I'm guessing around a 1978 or so. Gene Haugh has a serial number list when he worked at S~B and we kinda hounded him too much so he understandably pulled back with the info. |
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Kevin Mincke
From: Farmington, MN (Twin Cities-South Metro) USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2011 6:46 am
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I guess Michael & I had the same mind thought going.....posted w/in minutes of each other. |
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Leon Roberts
From: Tallahassee,FL USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2011 5:49 pm
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Ray, My Pro-III has a serial number of 6339. I was under the impression that it was one of the first ones made. I can't remember the exact date that I got it. I know I had it for a couple of years when I retired form the U S Navy December 23, 1977.
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Michael Yahl
From: Troy, Texas!
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Posted 23 Jun 2011 8:27 pm
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Leon, just a quick guesstimate about your guitar. It was built sometime between 10/7/74 and 11/4/74. Using the Julian calender I'm guessing a target date of 10/23/74 which was a Wednesday.
I've entered your name and serial number into my spreadsheet. Could you and Ray provide me with the details that I've outlined in the post above? There are several of us that are trying to keep this data updated.
Thanks
Michael _________________ "Don't fergit to kiss yer horse!"
'72 Sho-Bud Professional D10, (in pieces .....), '78 MSA Classic XL D10, '69 Emmons PP, Fender 2000
Peavey Session 500 BW, Crate Digital Modeling Amp
PSG PARTS
http://www.psgparts.com/ |
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Don Blood
From: Illinois, USA
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Leon Roberts
From: Tallahassee,FL USA
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Posted 24 Jun 2011 10:28 am
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Michael, I traded a Navy Shipmate a brand new MSA S-10 for the Pro-III around 1975. It was black at that time and was dis-assembled. If I had bought a MSA d-10 I would most likely be playing it to this date. Being a Senior Chief Avation Machinists mate, putting a D-10 Sho-Bud back together was not a problem. Back to the details.
As I said, it was black with 8 pedals and 4 knee levers. It had the dust catcher fret boards. I got a verticle knee lever kit from Sho-Bud and installed it while assembling the guitar. The changers were double raise/single lower. In it's lifetime the Pro-III has gone through 2 color changes. From Black to red and from red to natural. It now has the later Sho-Bud triple raise/double lower changers with 2024 aluminum uppers.
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Jim Snowman Mitchell
From: Leesburg, Alabama
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 2:24 pm Sho-Bud Year?
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My Maverick says 1513 what year is it? _________________ Sho-Bud & Jackson steel guitars
ONLY Peavey Amps
Goodrich & Fender volume pedals
Walker seats |
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Michael Yahl
From: Troy, Texas!
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Posted 27 Jun 2011 2:59 pm
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Estimated to be Monday, Sept 20, 1971 on your Maverick.
This is calculated and could easily be off by 2 weeks either way due to leap years and actual production shedules. _________________ "Don't fergit to kiss yer horse!"
'72 Sho-Bud Professional D10, (in pieces .....), '78 MSA Classic XL D10, '69 Emmons PP, Fender 2000
Peavey Session 500 BW, Crate Digital Modeling Amp
PSG PARTS
http://www.psgparts.com/ |
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John Drury
From: Gallatin, Tn USA
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Posted 28 Jun 2011 12:17 am
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Michael,
What are the straights on a Sho~Bud Pro II #15567?
Do you have that info?
Thanks _________________ John Drury
NTSGA #3
"Practice cures most tone issues" ~ John Suhr |
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Michael Yahl
From: Troy, Texas!
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Posted 28 Jun 2011 5:57 am
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John, nothing has been logged in for that one.
My WAG (Wild A.... Guess) is Tuesday, April 1, 1980.
My guesses are calculated on averages. Buy subtracting serial numbers of the previous and post numbers, finding the number of days spanning that time, subtracting 8 days per month for w/e's, dividing the total number of units (serial #'s) by days to find units per day, units per day to get to the serial number in question, add that number of days to the previous known or estimated date, find that date on a Julian calender, use an online Julian date converter to find the day of the week and adjust if it falls on Sat. or Sun.
During the period yours was built it appears that they were only producing about 2 or less per day compared to the mid 70's when they were doing almost 10 per day if memory serves from a previous calculation. _________________ "Don't fergit to kiss yer horse!"
'72 Sho-Bud Professional D10, (in pieces .....), '78 MSA Classic XL D10, '69 Emmons PP, Fender 2000
Peavey Session 500 BW, Crate Digital Modeling Amp
PSG PARTS
http://www.psgparts.com/ |
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John Castelletti
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Posted 29 Jun 2011 9:07 am
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hi michael,
i have a wood neck pro III SN# 6033. any guesses as to when it may have been made? thanks so much!
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Michael Yahl
From: Troy, Texas!
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Posted 29 Jun 2011 10:13 am
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John, somewhere around Aug. 15, 1974 _________________ "Don't fergit to kiss yer horse!"
'72 Sho-Bud Professional D10, (in pieces .....), '78 MSA Classic XL D10, '69 Emmons PP, Fender 2000
Peavey Session 500 BW, Crate Digital Modeling Amp
PSG PARTS
http://www.psgparts.com/ |
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John Castelletti
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Posted 29 Jun 2011 11:12 am
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thanks so much! |
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Skip Edwards
From: LA,CA
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Posted 29 Jun 2011 2:22 pm
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Nice gtr, John.
Anyone else notice that it has the smaller Gumbys? |
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John Castelletti
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Posted 29 Jun 2011 2:56 pm
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thanks. i dont know much about steel guitars at all. ive only been playing for about 6 months. i picked this one up from Jim Palenscar at Steel Guitars North County. I bonded with this one so i saved up and bought it. interestingly enough it looks like this steel was born about 3 weeks before i was! |
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