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Topic: Sho bud and Emmons original prices 60's + 70"s? |
Steve Waltz
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 10:03 am |
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I'm just curious about the cost of Steel guitars back in the day. I'd like to see how they compared to each other. I just saw a Miller Custom broshure from the late 60's or early 70's (I think) and it shows D-10's with 7+1 staring at $1300 and singles with 4 +1 starting at $740. That seems like a lot when you adjust that money for inflation. How much was a D-10 Professional brand new?
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Ernest Cawby
From:
Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 10:49 am
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I think my Professional D10 was $1,800.
nan said.
ernie |
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Don LaCourse
From:
Spring Hill, FL, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 11:08 am
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| MINE WAS 1500.00. 1972 8+ 2 , IT SURE WAS PURTY, I TRADED IT TO BILLY COOPER IN 1992 ON A NEW MULLEN. [This message was edited by Don LaCourse on 09 October 2006 at 12:11 PM.] |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 11:30 am
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In the late 60s & early 70s a D-10 Sho-Bud
Baldwin model sold for about $1,300.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Chris Allen Burke
From:
Signal Hill, CA
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 5:45 pm
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I have a Sho~Bud store catalog from 1978 and the list prices are:
Super Pro was, $2895. (8x6)
Pro 1 $1450. (3x2)
Pro 11 $1999 (D-10 8x2)
Pro 111 $2395 (D-10 8x4)
And the lowly Maverick was. $795.
Also featured LDG $1995
And S-12 $1950 (3x4)
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 6:23 pm
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My Emmons Catalog No. 734 says:
8 pedals, mica finish D-10, list price $1495.00, Volume pedal $60.00, case $90.00, knee lever or extra pedal add $89.50, lacquer finish add $75.00, wood neck inserts add $20.00 per neck. The Loafer 10 string, 3 pedal 4 knee levers, $1295.00. An interesting note,"Highly polished glass mica finishes are not recommended since they show off scratches. Satin or textured finishes are more beautiful and lasting." |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 9 Oct 2006 6:26 pm
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A 1972 Sho-Bud catalog lists prices as:
D10 Professional w/8p 2kl.... $1450.
S10 w/3p 1kl ....$695.
S10 w/6p 0kl.....$895[This message was edited by Skip Edwards on 09 October 2006 at 08:05 PM.] |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 2:18 am
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| I paid $1350 for my NEW Sho-Bud D10 Pro III, 8+4 back around 75 or so...Sam Ash , New York City, 48th street. [This message was edited by Tony Prior on 10 October 2006 at 07:11 PM.] |
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Olli Haavisto
From:
Jarvenpaa,Finland
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 4:02 am
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Bought a brand new Pro III at Manny`s Music in `78 and paid something like 1100 for it. Visited The Sho-Bud shop on Broadway on the same trip and used Buds there had higher prices.
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Olli Haavisto,
Finland
www.ollihaavisto.com [This message was edited by Olli Haavisto on 10 October 2006 at 05:24 AM.] |
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 6:05 am
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I bought my old ShoBud S-12 with 3 & 4 near the end of '77 and the price at that time was $1299 or so. I did get one helluva deal though, I was working part time at Nash's Music in Inglewood, Ca. and he was taking $20 a week towards the price of the steel. After just a few weeks I went to work one day and the store was empty. No one ever heard of the guy (Kenny Nash) anymore so I got the ShoBud for under a hundred bucks. I wish I could find another one for that price..........JH in Va.
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Don't matter who's in Austin (or anywhere else) Ralph Mooney is still the king!!!
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 9:07 am
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My Emmons Dbl-10 with 8+4 with enamel finish
volume pedal and case cost me $1,250 in about 1972; factory direct.
Jeff Newman expressed disbelief at that time as he stated they were selling for $2450.
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Lonny Servin
From:
Oregon, WI, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 10:32 am
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| I purchased a new LDG in 1973 for $695.00. I still have it. |
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Mark Edwards
From:
Weatherford,Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 11:22 am
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| So I guess it's safe to say that steel guitars hold their value... |
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Steve Waltz
From:
USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 11:50 am
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Thank you to everyone for the information.
I found a website:
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
It adjusts prices so that you can see what $1450 in 1972 would cost today.
From Skip Edwards' post of the 1972 sho bud catolog it says a D-10 8p 2k was $1450. Adjusted = $6613
S10 3p 1k for $695 = $3169
S-12 from 77' at $1299 now is $4215
I think it shows how important steel guitar was at that time if so many people paid the equivalent of $6600 for a D-10 shobud. (I know that was list price but still...) I guess that isn't a whole lot more than some of the new guitars but I bet they sold a lot more back then. I was personaly surprised to see how my s-10 miller listed for close to the same price as a shobud....they haven't ended up at the same price. |
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Jackie Anderson
From:
Scarborough, ME
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 2:54 pm
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| Not only were they important, you could make a lot more money with them, too. I guess those go hand in hand. |
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Glenn Dawson
From:
StephensCity ,Virginia, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 4:09 pm
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| In 1972 my father bought a brand new Emmons D-10 at Washington music for $1295.00. Then sold his 65 or 66 white wrap around for $300.00. Wish I could find that one now. |
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Bob Kagy
From:
Lafayette, CO USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 4:45 pm
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| I paid $1300 for a new ShoBud Pro II D10 8x2 incl case and volume pedal in '74. Dealer was Brook Mays in Houston. |
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KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
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Posted 10 Oct 2006 4:47 pm
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| In June of 1980, I paid $900.00 for a new Sho~Bud LDG. |
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2006 12:13 pm
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| In 1977 I bought my new Sho~Bud Pro-ll Custom with 8/4 for $1400.00 from Lunzar Music here in Columbus ,Ohio . I still have this baby and will for a long time ! G.P. P.S. i bought my L.D.G. around 6 months ago and it's a keeper also . G.P. |
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Shorty Smith
From:
Columbus, Georgia, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2006 1:41 pm
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| I bought a 1972 Emmon D10, 8 and 4 , delivered with case from the factory for $1200.00 |
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