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Topic: what model is this Fender? |
Joe Babb
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Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2012 7:26 am |
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Hey Gang,
I am refurbishing this old Fender D10. Can anyone tell me what model it is? What years did Fender produce steel guitars? It has a very interesting changer mechanism as shown in second photo.
thanks,
Joe
ps pedal rods are not shown in picture. 8x4 |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 14 Dec 2012 7:36 am
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I believe that is the Artist model. I'm not sure what years these were produced. I'm thinking '70's and built by Sho-Bud, but there are others here that know much more than me about them.
I'd like to have one of these someday, just for fun.
p.s. I found a bunch of posts on these guitars. Here's one of them: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=155060&highlight=fender+artist |
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 14 Dec 2012 8:29 am
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Correct ! " Artist " series made by Sho Bud for Fender
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Michael Yahl
From:
Troy, Texas!
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Posted 14 Dec 2012 11:54 am
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I have parts on my website if you need them.
Sho~Bud was contracted to build 4400 guitars in a 24 month period.
They was bustin' a--!
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"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
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 14 Dec 2012 1:11 pm
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| Dave Zirbel wrote: |
I think ShoBud built steels for Fender at some point. Not sure when or if this is the model. |
Clipped from a previous thread. Hope Dave doesn't mind. |
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Dan Beller-McKenna
From:
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2012 1:15 pm
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Joe, I just refurbed a S-10 version of this guitar last summer. Getting the fingers back on without an axle is tricky. I discovered that it worked best (for me at least) to have the guitar on its side and basically stack the fingers up.
Dan |
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Joe Babb
From:
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2012 1:46 pm
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Hey Dan,
Yeah, it was a surprise to me when I took the fingers out to have everything fall to pieces!!
Thanks for the suggestion.
This is a guitar that I've had stuck back waiting to be rebuilt. I traded with a guy when the C pedal bell crank broke and he had to have something immediately.
Michael, I sent an email via your website asking about a bell crank for the pedal rod.
Joe |
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Joe Babb
From:
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2012 6:02 am
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The more I thought about 4400 guitars in 24 months, the more puzzled I became. That's 183 guitars a month!
Did they really produce that many? Why don't we see more of them floating around?
Does anyone know how the changers held up over time? I see on the part that carries the string some grooving from the finger that rides on the surface. The finger edge is not very smooth and there would be no way for a player to lubricate that point easily. |
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 15 Dec 2012 7:44 am
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Michael,
do you have aluminum replacements for the thick pot metal finger part that is shown in the second picture in this topic?
My strings have been cutting into the soft metal (where the hole is), rendering some of the fingers useless. |
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Michael Yahl
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Troy, Texas!
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Posted 15 Dec 2012 7:58 am
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Peter, I'm sorry but I do not have any replacements.
I hope to acquire a CNC Mill this next year which will give me the ability to do this type of complex profiling and hope to provide a wide variety of finger replacements.
These fingers are die cast (pot metal) and that's why you are seeing the accelerated wear pattern. I'm suprized that there haven't been more failures of the spring return hook breaking off as it a very thin cross section.
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"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 Swain
From:
Winchester, Va
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Posted 15 Dec 2012 10:07 am
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| Jerry, isn't that Mary Lou Henner from "Taxi" in that Fender add? LOL.. |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 15 Dec 2012 10:48 am
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| As mentioned, it's a Fender/Sho Bud hybrid, made by Sho-Bud for Fender using a mixture of parts. I have the single-neck version. A nice guitar, but the pickup sounds a bit too much like a Telecaster, and not, as you would expect, like a Stringmaster. |
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2012 7:00 pm I took the changer apart, also
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I have one of the guitars in the photo. One time on vacation and bored, I decided to clean the changer, E9. What an experience, it fell apart in my hand. I used a rubber band to hold the pieces as I put it back together. I had always imagined it had a pivot to hold the thing together. What I have been curious about is the end plates. Are they supposed to be chrome? In the right hands this is an excellent guitar
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Robert Harper
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2012 7:03 pm a closer look
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I took amother look at the guitars pictured. I see they are chromed of polished I guess
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 16 Dec 2012 12:57 am
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Joe,
I had one of those Fender Steels made by Sho-Bud many years ago. It played good like a Sho-Bud should, but it sounded like a Telecaster. I only kept it about 3 years. Wish now I had hung on to it. I think mine was a '78 model.
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 16 Dec 2012 10:34 am
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| My experience was exactly like Nicks. I'm thinking of changing the pickup on mine and using one from a Stringmaster or the cable models. |
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