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Topic: ShoBud Maverick-Value? Need a more beginner friendly guitar |
Austin Starkey
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Austin Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2020 7:05 am |
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New to the forum and pedal steel. Been talking to teachers and local guys and was hoping for some guidance on the value of this guitar. I'm coming to realized its pretty out dated and can be difficult for a beginner to learn on. Eventually will sell/trade, but as rookie I really have no bearing, as ads for this guitar have a very wide range. Any info is much appreciated.
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2020 9:05 pm
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| There is a ton of music that can be played on that guitar w 3 pedals and lowering the 2nd and 8th strings you can learn a lot. Sure it's nice to have more knee levers and pedals but the basics can be learned on a Maverick. |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 6 Aug 2020 10:14 pm
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You can do a lot with 3+1. Many people are asking ridiculous amounts for Mavericks on Ebay,etc. I wouldn’t pay more than $400 for one. There are better options out there now for entry level guitars. Justice S-10 Jr and Stage One, for example.
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richard burton
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Britain
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Posted 6 Aug 2020 11:08 pm
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| Just an observation, but the pedals seem to be further over to the left, nearer the headstock end than is usual. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 7 Aug 2020 12:21 am
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I'm with Jim here, the Maverick is an Instrument many of us started on, sure its got some physical oddities but it's still an E9th ABC and lower 2. There is a ton that can be learned on this Instrument as many started with ABC and maybe with the single lever to lower 2.
An additional question is, how much do you have in it ? Street value for these is probably +/- $500 but there are many selling for way more than that. Way overpriced.
I certainly would agree that the next step is a 3+4 or 3+5 Instrument that you can study and grow into. While those Instruments have exactly the same ABC Pedals and the 2nd string lower, they also have the E's ( 4 and 8 ) raise and Lowers which are fundamental. They will also have one or two additional levers which you may not use for a very long time, maybe never !
Best to you
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Joe Krumel
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Hermitage, Tn.
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Posted 7 Aug 2020 3:53 am maverick value
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Hi Austin. My first guitar was the Maverick.As you progress another guitar will be in order.Listen to Josh Grange pull some beautiful sound from his maverick.As someone wisely said there is a ton of music and learning that can be done on one. Don't be in a hurry to get rid of it. jmho. joe.
https://youtu.be/SIHRouW13Os |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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Austin Starkey
From:
Austin Texas, USA
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Posted 7 Aug 2020 5:18 am
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| Appreciate yalls feedback. I dont have very much in it at all, $100 and manual labor and a guy gave it to me. But as the next tier of guitars are more investments, I may end up sticking with it for a while. Taking lessons and may grab Winnies book. Glad to hear some progress can be made. |
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Ray Frady
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Rittman, Ohio, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2020 10:21 pm
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| I've got a Maverick I inherited from a dear friend. It sounds amazing. I wouldnt trade it for the world. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 3:02 am
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| I've got a Maverick I inherited from a dear friend. It sounds amazing. I wouldnt trade it for the world. |
Some players are taking the pedals
off and using these as non-pedal guitars.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 4:32 am
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I'm glad to finally see fewer players discouraging newbies from starting with the simpler guitars. It wasn't that long ago that the majority here would tell you to start out on at least a 3+4 guitar, or a 3+5.  |
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Joe Krumel
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Hermitage, Tn.
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 4:33 am maverick
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| I loved mine. wish I still had it.Mine sounded great and played even better! When the time comes to advance to more complicated options and guitars,dont trade it in,keep it. When I got mine in the 80's?? I took it to a pro player to learn some things. He made it sound like Jimmy Day,Buddy,Paul etc. Oil that bad boy up and start the journey!! Enjoy it. |
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Steve Hinson
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Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2020 12:11 pm
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I've played many jobs on these and the Emmons student models...several Nashville pros have used both as"fly guitars"...
When I moved here,all I had was one knee lever(3+1)that lowered the Es...that's all I had and all I needed the first 4 years I was here...I played every night in Printer's Alley and the Opry,and on the road,and that was all I needed...and I could still work a job with a guitar like that,because I learned everything I could on it.
Get that thing where it works as well as it can and have fun!
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 13 Aug 2020 9:25 am
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I've had several 1st Generation Mavericks move through my hands in 5 decades of buying/selling/gigging various steels. Like Steve H. says, I've played a bunch of straight country (no western swing) gigs on a 1st Gen Mav, without any problems whatsoever. Of course, when I started playing, a guitar with more than one knee lever was considered "custom."  Many, such as Fenders and Bigsbys, had no knee levers at all, and this was the mid-1960s.
I've been using Mavericks as my go-to non-pedal guitar for years also.
Basically, a 1st Gen Mav (maple cabinet, raised neck, Gumby peghead) has a changer not very different from a pull-release changer you'd find on a gorgeous Sho-Bud Permanent from the 60's.
BTW, the first Maverick I ever saw was played by Bobbe Seymour gigging with Connie Smith on a 1969 package show in Hartford CT.
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