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Topic: Is this caused by CABINET DROP? |
Ray Montee
From: Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 14 Nov 2011 4:46 pm
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Saw the pix of the Sho-Bud that's for sale here on the SGF. Couldn't help but notice the cracked end plate.
Was that caused by cabinet DROP?
After many years of being curious, after nearly a dozen trips to prominant national steel guitar shows,
I got my first opportunity last week to actually play three different models/years of Sho-Bud steel guitars.
I found them to be really nice.......but over the years, I've constantly been 'warned' about the inferior pedal systems.
WHY might that be? |
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Richard Sinkler
From: aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 14 Nov 2011 5:41 pm
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Saw the pix of the Sho-Bud that's for sale here on the SGF. Couldn't help but notice the cracked end plate.
Was that caused by cabinet DROP? |
![Laughing](images/smiles/icon_lol.gif) _________________ Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Billy Gilbert
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Nov 2011 7:13 am cabinet drop
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My first experience with cabinet drop occurred about 15 years ago. A friend had his pedal steel set up on it's legs in the back of a mini-van. His wife made a quick trip to the store and when she got back the screws were stripped on both end-plates. The sides of the cabinet were made of partical board and couldn't stand the pressure of going around corners on 2 wheels. He brought it to me, even tho I had never even touched a pedal steel before, and asked me to fix it. I drilled out the screw holes and glued in some birch dowels, cut them off flush, drilled some pilot holes and put it back together. I don't remember the brand, but it had a 25" scale. |
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Lane Gray
From: Topeka, KS
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Posted 15 Nov 2011 11:27 am
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The warnings (personally I wouldn't warn so much as caution) stem from the changer being a touch primitive.
By modern standards they feel clunky.
Whatever. It's the price you pay for Sho-Bud tone. If had the cash, I'd pay it.
Of course some folks sell modernized Buds, ISTR Bobbe had one for 13K.
(And some folks mistakenly call R&B "single raise, single lower", giving the impression of limitations, when the number of pulls per string is limited only by the number of crossroads/racks) _________________ 2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Richard Sinkler
From: aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 15 Nov 2011 12:10 pm
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Rack and barrel -- the TRUE universal changer. _________________ Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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