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Topic: Mystery Sho-Bud |
Tim Fleming
From:
Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 1:10 pm |
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Hello all,
A fella just dropped this guitar for me to get into playing shape, but I'm stumped!
It has a serial # of 2984 and was (so I'm told} originally bought by a player in Texas.
S-10 with 6 pedals and 1 knee.
Could it have been a C6 guitar?
The strings (what's left of them) on the guitar as it was delivered don't seem to be of C6 gauges, more like E9.
It seems a unique enough of a guitar that someone out there in the hive might even recognize it. It apparently left Texas a little over 20 years ago and has been in a closet ever since.
Any insights you might have are extremely welcome, thank you!
Tim
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Sho-Bud Super Pro, Mullen G2, Justice Pro Lite, Evans E200, Peavey Nashville 112 |
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Mike Flick
From:
California, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 1:31 pm
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That is a model 6140. The knee lever was optional. Yours looks like Day E9.
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Tim Fleming
From:
Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 1:48 pm
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Mike, looks like you've nailed it. Subsequent research has verified this.
It's a WEIRD guitar!
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Sho-Bud Super Pro, Mullen G2, Justice Pro Lite, Evans E200, Peavey Nashville 112 |
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 3:43 pm
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It would make a great candidate to set up as a 10-string "universal."
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Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Wakarusa 5e3 clone
1953 Stromberg-Carlson AU-35 |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 4:13 pm
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| Wow cool all the steel knowledge right here on the forum at are fingertips love it. |
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Ron Pruter
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 4:33 pm
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Built in Dec. 1972
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Chris Reesor
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 9:54 pm
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That one is in beautiful condition.
My first steel was one of those, without the knee lever. It had a gorgeous woody tone.
This would be a great candidate for a C6 setup.
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 15 Mar 2019 9:59 pm
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Yes! A very nice 6140. With a few more KL's this gtr is perfect for one of the 10 string Uni setups. And original AB pots...
Very cool, Tim. |
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Gene Haugh
From:
Arkansas, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2019 1:07 pm
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The Production card on this steel
Model = 6140 - Ser. #2984
Built = 1/4/1973 1 = Knee lever
Built by, - Paul F.
Checked by - looks like D.J.
Shipped = 1/15/1973 to Taylor Music & TV Center Hawaiian Gardens, California |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 16 Mar 2019 1:10 pm
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| Gene Haugh wrote: |
The Production card on this steel
Model = 6140 - Ser. #2984
Built = 1/4/1973 1 = Knee lever
Built by, - Paul F.
Checked by - looks like D.J.
Shipped = 1/15/1973 to Taylor Music & TV Center Hawaiian Gardens, California |
Interesting. Built by Paul Franklin Sr. Sold to Blackie Taylor's Music. I wonder who the original owner was.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still counting. |
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Tim Fleming
From:
Pasadena, CA. The other Rose City (deceased)
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Posted 16 Mar 2019 1:21 pm
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Thanks all for your invaluable information.
Now I just have to figger out how to talk this guy out of it!!
Best, Tim
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Sho-Bud Super Pro, Mullen G2, Justice Pro Lite, Evans E200, Peavey Nashville 112 |
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2019 1:58 pm
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| Tim Fleming wrote: |
Thanks all for your invaluable information.
Now I just have to figger out how to talk this guy out of it!!
Best, Tim |
There's magic in a stack of 100 dollar bills. The trick is to use the shortest stack possible!
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RICK ABBOTT
Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Wakarusa 5e3 clone
1953 Stromberg-Carlson AU-35 |
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