Eye Candy" of New/Old Sho~Bud

Ricky Davis · From: Bertram, Texas USA

Ok I forgot just how awesome these old Single-10 Professionals were> WOW. Ray Walker did a full re-finish on the body(great job Ray; it's perfect)for Brother Rick McDuffie and Rick just sold it to James Morehead. They sent it down here to me to add two more knees and to get it to play the most modern setup on the oldest mechanism..ha..."yeah right" and I polished all metal parts and re-surfaced finger tops and raised the steel up 1" and re-wire the original pickup with coil tap back in. Well it turned out Super wonderful and thought ya'll might like to get an eye-full of it and the copedent I put on. The orginal pickup sounds wonderful at 19,000 ohms and put the coil tap switch back in that brings it to 12,000 ohms....Just killer.



nickle	E9th P1   P2   P3  LKL  LKR  RKL  RKR


.013p   F#                          G/G#


.015p   D#                           E   D/C#


.012p   G#       A


.014p   E             F#   F    Eb


.018p   B   C#        C#


.020p   G#       A                   F#


.026w   F#                               G/G#


.030w   E                  F    Eb


.034w   D                                 C#


.038w   B   C#

Ricky

[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 04 August 2004 at 03:19 PM.]

James Lutz · From: Wisconsin

YOWZAH!!!

What was it Jethro Burns said one time, someone asked about the cost of old mandolins. One guy said they'd bring "X" dollars, 'but a blonde will cost you a couple hundred more' and Jethro said "Ain't that the truth!"

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"What would Ernest Tubb have done in a situation like this?" Cornell Hurd

Ray Minich · From: Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra

What a copedant. I like it!!!

Lee Baucum · From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier

It would have looked better in front of the fireplace.

Beautiful guitar!

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Lee, from South Texas
Down On The Rio Grande

Danny Hullihen · From: Harrison, Michigan

WOW RICKY!!! That's absolutely gorgeous!
Ray sure did a nice job on the refinishing. That guy is a real ace at that stuff. You did this guitar a great justice for sure!

Ricky Davis · From: Bertram, Texas USA

Thanks guys.
Lee the fireplace is occupied this week sorry.
Yes Ray is a master craftman and woodworker for sure.
Ricky

Doug Ferguson · From: Burnet, Texas, USA

Is that wood birdseye maple? Looks like a piece of cream colored granite! Beautiful! If my Maverick looked like that I would have kept it..

Ricky Davis · From: Bertram, Texas USA

ON these old single-10 professionals; Hard rock maple was used for the body cavity and the shelf; neck and aprons are birdseye maple.
Ricky

CrowBear Schmitt · From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France

Ricky, you been gettin' a lot of good kharma bringin' these Buds back to life

Shobuddha smiles cause your such a good disciple

stingray · From: maplewood ohio

Ricky !
I thought I had seen some real nice "BUDS"
But you have proven Me wrong! I am not sure
what to say, other than on a scale of 1 to 10
they must be a 12.....Thanks for sharing pic's......

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Gary L.Converse
(teach a kid how to play steel) KEEP PICKING!

KENNY KRUPNICK · From: Columbus, Ohio

That's a REAL Sho~Bud.

David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

So Ricky... is this what you caoll retiring... ~Hmmm.
Abud refinishing addict... GOOD, HA!

Lovely axe, and I like the copedent too,
switch RKL and RKR and it is very close to mine without the half stops.

Great job,Ricky

Rick McD..... land of goshen dude,
I can imagine why your letting this baby get away..

PS I will be in St Louis this year.

Ricky Davis · From: Bertram, Texas USA

Thanks guys....
David; Yeah I just can't seem to say NO when someone wants their shobud as good as it can be..ha.....So I work through the pain.
Ricky

James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

Thanx for all the nice comments about this project!! I just got in from my road trip to South Texas, and read all these nice comments!
Lucky enough to pass through Austin and meet Ricky D. to pick up this jewel yesterday. Thanx so much Rick McD. for selling me this jewel. Ricky D. thanx for your fine work dialing this bud in for me! You are a real talent on these projects!
Again, THANX!!!

James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

I got a chance to plug this Bud into my '71 twin and play it. If tone was money, I'm now filthy rich!

Ricky Davis · From: Bertram, Texas USA

Hey your more than welcome James; as it was a joy to get that sweet single-10 Professional to do more than it could ever imagine....ha..I love a good challenge to make an old bud play all the modern changes with split tunes and even unison pulls>Gotta Love it.
Ricky

[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 07 August 2004 at 09:21 AM.]

James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

[This message was edited by James Morehead on 07 August 2004 at 01:21 PM.]

Joerg Hennig · From: Bavaria, Germany

What a color... almost makes me wanna eat it... just kidding, that´s a real stunning beauty for sure there. I´m curious, Ricky, the copedent is the same as on your LDG, right? How do the right knee levers feel with three pulls on them, since it has the racks, unlike yours?

Best regards, Joe

Ricky Davis · From: Bertram, Texas USA

Joe that a great question.
Yes James wanted my exact copedent that is on my LDG; On his Single 10 Professional, so I went for it. The knee levers actually feel about the same as my crossbars with two hole pullers; eventhough his are racks. It is the pedals that are stiffer than my LDG....and I actually didn't like the way the first pedal felt(some racks just pull better than others); so I put a crossbar in there and had two extra two hole pullers and the 1st pedal feels great now. The other two pedals pulling racks; felt fine. As for the 3 changes on the RKR on that rack..it really feels great and very similar to mine. Of course it's important on the amount of tension of the lower springs; as I go for the less amount of tension of the 2nd string lower spring as possible on the rack and more tension on the 9th string for the half stop hit....and when pulling the 7th string up a whole tone; it adds to the tension that is now lacking on the second string and it makes sure the knee goes and comes back; so it makes for a very smooth ride man.
Ricky

James Morehead · From: Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.

I played our Saturday Nite Jamboree with the Bud. It played great, and I got a lot of comments on the tone. I played through my '71 twin, and my open backed Marrs cabs loaded with a D-130 and a K-130. I LOVE the tone!!

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