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Topic: Confusing ebay sale... Good deal or no? |
Ian S. Cameron
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Saskatchewan, Canada
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Ian S. Cameron
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Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 8:23 am |
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| is it a good deal? the price seems awfully low... |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 10:03 am
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| And I have no idea why he keeps calling it a Lap Steel... (with pedals). |
Because he doesn't have a clue what a pedal steel guitar is?
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Bob Knight
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Bowling Green KY
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 10:28 am
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These are great guitars!!! I have one identical to it............ 
Last edited by Bob Knight on 23 Jan 2013 10:54 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Alan Brookes
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Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 10:52 am
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I have the single-neck version of this guitar and it's one of my favorites.
But it doesn't sound like a Stringmaster or a Sho-Bud: the tone is more like a Telecaster.
It's a good deal at its current level. Let's see what it goes up to. If I had the funds I would bid on it, but I don't. |
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Tony Glassman
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The Great Northwest
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 12:22 pm
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Here's my take:
1) This guy appears to be a professional in eBay seller. He has over 4600 sales with 100% positive feedback. You can probably buy from him with peace of mind. These professional sellers live and die by positive feedback. Apparently he's never screwed anybody over to the extent that they gave any negative feedback.
2) Rather then produce accurate & descriptive titles to their ads, a lot of these pro sellers throw in as many adjectives or words is possible into the title so they can to attract the most prospective buyers He added lots of buzzwords like show-bud, ( spelled wrong), Fender, steel, lap steel etc, probably for that purpose
3) At this point the guitar is reasonably priced and would make a good first steel. It does have the potential for the inherent problems of Sho-Buds from that era ,which are due to the use of pot metal parts |
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Bob Knight
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Bowling Green KY
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 12:29 pm
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| At this point the guitar is reasonably priced and would make a good first steel. It does have the inherent problems of Sho-Buds from that era which are due to using pot metal parts |
Tony,
I have to differ with you on this, These guitars do NOT have "pot metal" parts. The pot metal was introduced on the Super Pros later.
Fender Artists have machined aluminum knee lever, and angle brackets, The changer is a completely different animal than the Sho Buds of the time.
This era of Sho Buds were a cheaper built copy of this design.
Bob |
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Tony Glassman
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The Great Northwest
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 1:22 pm
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| Well Bob, you're in a better position to know that I am. Anytime I see those carburetor clips holding the pull rods to the bell cranks (as depicted in the eBay picture) I get a little wary. I had a Pro II custom with pot metal parts and broke several knee levers and bell cranks. I wound up totally rebuilding it with parts I bought from John Coop. |
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Bob Knight
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Bowling Green KY
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 1:37 pm
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I know what you're saying Tony, I bought a new '82 Super Pro and went through the knee lever brackets etc..
I have a Fender like that one and there's no pot metal. I think Fender originally designed this guitar and Sho Bud built it, and copied the design and cut a few corners. The Fenders are good guitars, a little heavy.
Bob |
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 2:34 pm
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| I stand corrected |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 23 Jan 2013 4:20 pm
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| The single-necked version is a very light instrument, not at all like the cast-iron-framed Sho-Buds and Fender Cable Models of the time, so I expect the double-necked version to be similarly light. Maybe that's why they sound like a Telecaster. |
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