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Topic: Jerry Byrd's Sho-Bud D-8/7 on EBay? |
Chris Scruggs
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Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 10:41 am |
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Can anybody vouch for this auction being legit? I thought Jerry's guitar was in St. Louis with Scotty's Hall Of Fame collection. Also, the serial number is JB2. Wouldn't Jerry have had JB1? I though it was a one off custom job...
Anybody have any info here? Thanks.
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Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Steve Green
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Gulfport, MS, USA
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 10:53 am Another Sho-Bud 'mystery'........................
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Has ANYONE inquired of SCOTTY.........
about this latest find?
I'd be grateful for the facts surrounding this g'tar.
And..........only $3,600? I can't believe it. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 11:21 am
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| That ain't Jerry's SB. |
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Eugene Cole
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near Washington Grove, MD, USA
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Adam Tober
From:
Boston MA
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 1:04 pm
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Howdy All -
I have made no assertion that this is Jerry Byrd's original Sho-Bud made for him in the '60s and owned by Scotty (and yes indeed I have spoken with Scotty directly).
However, based on Bobbe Seymour's recollection of Jerry Byrd selling his spare Sho-Bud to a Japanese collector (most likely Isao Wada), corroborated with John Bechtel's account of stringing up Jerry's spare before it left the Sho-Bud factory in the 1970s, all signs point to this being said guitar. Add to that the JB2 serial number stamps and JB engraved endplates, the circumstantial evidence seems more likely than not.
Cheers,
Adam |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 26 Aug 2012 1:26 pm Sho-Bud steel guitar
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You've put together a convincing story and have told it well.
I've noted on the g'tar Jerry played on that popular public television program........it appears that g'tar has the JERRY BYRD fret boards installed thereon.
Is that correct or not? |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2012 5:56 am
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I'd feel more comfortable as a buyer if he would include more pictures. 
What a cool guitar, how many were made in this style?
Jay |
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Jerome Hawkes
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2012 8:46 am
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the steel in question (JB2) has the standard SB decal on the front - there IS a very poor quality photo in JBs autobiography of him during his first japan trip in the late 70's (which lines up with the mfg year on JB2) playing a SB with what looks like the decal vs the plastic plate on JB1 (later the big decorative Jerry Byrd plate). i wouldnt hold my bets on something that minor, but....
i would WAG that he did have a second steel he kept in japan, possibly owned by a fan that he used when there. i'm sure photo evidence will surface someday.
the question would be - there are other known "Jerry Byrd model" steels SB built - how were they serialized? i know some members here have owned them. if they were NOT stamped with the JB# - then it points to further proof of this steels origin.
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 27 Aug 2012 1:30 pm
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I wonder if the guitar in question is as good as the one he wanted to throw in the river ?  |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2012 2:14 pm
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| At some points, Jerry probably wanted to throw any one of his steels somewhere. Getting to be the best doesn't come easy. |
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2012 3:19 pm
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| Alan Akaka knows where Jerry's ShoBud is, bit he's in Japan right now, so I can't reach him. - Jack |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 8 Dec 2012 4:20 pm
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| It sold to expatguitars, whoever that is. |
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David Nelson
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2012 4:36 pm From 5 June 2012
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| bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=227789 |
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Adam Tober
From:
Boston MA
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Posted 25 Jan 2013 4:51 pm
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
| It sold to expatguitars, whoever that is. |
Guilty as charged. |
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