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Derek Puckett


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Cookeville Tn
Post  Posted 29 Jun 2014 4:43 pm    
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Whats the value of a 57 Show Bud in rough shape (needs restored) with all parts?
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J R Rose

 

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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jun 2014 6:00 pm    
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Pictures would help, J.R.
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Derek Puckett


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Cookeville Tn
Post  Posted 29 Jun 2014 6:25 pm    
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Picture file

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Another picture that wont post,looks like it has a few bent rod. I'm new to steel guitars but I am a mechanic/fabricator/welder/cabinet maker and would like to find something I can restore and clean up to flip to something new.
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Clyde Lane

 

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Glasgow, Kentucky, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jun 2014 6:39 pm    
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that is a Maverick my guess from the 70's. It started life as beginner guitar.
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Derek Puckett


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Cookeville Tn
Post  Posted 29 Jun 2014 6:50 pm    
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What's would you give for it?
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Clyde Lane

 

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Glasgow, Kentucky, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jun 2014 7:10 pm    
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Assuming it need several parts, I wouldn't go over $200.00, or less depending on what parts is missing.
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Dana Blodgett

 

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California, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jun 2014 7:14 pm     %7 shobud
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I am almost certain this is NOT a '57 shobud...it is more closer to a '73 or '74 MAVERICK(wraparound).I had one just like this that I played for almost 15 years(3 pedals and no knee levers)!
I paid $300 brand new...what's it worth=what ever the market will yield! I personally wouldn't pay more than $400 for it myself.
pics of the underneath would help. THESE GUITARS SOUNDED GOOD, AND HAD SOLID BIRDSEYE MAPLE CABINET the under carrage was the weak link in the chain so to speak
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Dana Blodgett
From Los Osos,Ca.
'74 ShoBud 6140 3+4, Martins HD28,D-12-28, D-15,'65 Gibson LG-1, '77 Gibson Les Paul special dbl cut p-90's, Les Paul Special p-100's,Les paul Special Hybrid(maple top) hbkr's,'68 Fender Strat reissue, Fender Squire Jazz bass,Epi mandolin,Epi Wilshire '66 reissue, Kamaka Concert uke, 70's Kamaka Soprano Uke, Fender Super amp, Ampeg ba112 bass amp,60's harmony banjo,'00 Gibson SG Supreme


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Ben Elder

 

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La Crescenta, California, USA
Post  Posted 29 Jun 2014 7:18 pm    
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(Dana posted while I was composing this oeuvre, but here goes anyway:)

At the risk of repeating myself, if you're the person selling a "1957" Maverick on eBay, it's not 1957, it's a circa-early 70's student model. Sho-Bud was barely underway in a Madison TN garage in 1957, not geared up to manufacture student guitars.

I can't believe I get to write this twice in a day, but referring to that as a 1957 Sho-Bud is about as smart as talking about a 1923 Chevrolet Corvair.

Keep the $200 in your pocket and upgrade to a pro instrument.
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Derek Puckett


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Cookeville Tn
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2014 3:55 am    
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I happened to see this on eBay as well it didn't look that old to me either. That is why I posted it here to get feedback and from the looks l will not be getting it.
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2014 5:32 am    
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Yeah, it's no 57. A Maverick. Great tone, but limited capabilities, unless you get clever with reversing pivots and the like. Shouldn't be worth more than 500 in top shape, but some folks have paid a grand or more.
For those that didn't follow the link, here's the pic


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Gene Haugh

 

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Arkansas, USA
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2014 6:28 am    
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Derek;
According to the ser.# 2857, this steel is a Model 6138! It was built 11/24/1972 by Paul Franklin. I assume he also checked it. It was shipped 12/4/1972 to Gretsch in Elmhurst.
There is nothing else I can tell you.
Gene Haugh
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Herb Steiner

 

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Spicewood TX 78669
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2014 11:10 am    
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These guitars make excellent S10 non-pedal console guitars. I have two for that specific purpose. Johnny Cox also uses a Maverick for non-pedal occasionally, though lately he's been playing a Blattenberger lap guitar.

James Morehead also can make this model into a fully functional lightweight S-10 3/4
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Daniel McKee

 

From:
Corinth Mississippi
Post  Posted 30 Jun 2014 3:42 pm    
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A maverick like that would be a good guitar but definitely not collectible or from 1957.
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J R Rose

 

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Keota, Oklahoma, USA
Post  Posted 1 Jul 2014 6:22 pm    
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Hey Gene, Good to see your input here on the forum.
You were a great help to many in the past, I thank you very much.Maybe I will get to be around at a get together soon. I am just finishing a project in Bosie, Idaho. Thanks Again, J.R.
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