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Topic: A rare and beautiful find |
John Davis
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Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 29 Apr 2023 11:32 am |
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The little Fender/ Shobud (if the picture loads ) is one of the nicest I have ever found[/img] |
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John McClung
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Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2023 12:31 pm
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Nice herd! One of my students had a Fender/Sho-Bud, it sounded great, played smooth, and had the least amount of cabinet drop I've ever seen. A real bargain if you find one.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 29 Apr 2023 1:56 pm
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Great looking little Fender Artist. I'm still jonesing to get my hands on a D10. Used to be able to buy one for cheap, but anymore they've gone stupid expensive when found.
Guess I'll never know....might not like it anyway. |
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John Davis
From:
Cambridge, U.K.
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Posted 30 Apr 2023 1:11 am
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I have never before seen an elevated ashtray mounted in this way must be the last before the Gumby headstock.
The guitar is so positive to play hardly any movement required to make the changes ....it just needs to be "Day" set up to make it perfect. |
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Steve Hinson
From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2023 5:56 am
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I think all those F/S~B guitars were built in Nashville,TN...
I've lived here 46 years and I've never seen one!
SH |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 30 Apr 2023 7:44 am
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I was about to ask if anyone thought that maybe this guitar had been rebuilt and rehoused in a custom cabinet with upgraded features (raised neck and tuning tray etc.) but a quick search turns up multiple examples of this. Here's one (and Google turns up some D-10's too). Live & learn.
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=212542
Great looking guitar! |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 30 Apr 2023 8:16 am
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Fender/sho-bud Artist guitars had 3 models available in either that mahogany color or black.
There was a D10, and S10 with the raised neck and keyhead.....and an S10 student without the raised neck and keyhead. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 30 Apr 2023 8:23 am
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Well, I might have misspoken. The 70s Fender line is what I should have written.
The Fender student model had the same features of the pro Artist without the raised neck and keyhead. I'm not sure if it was part of the Artist line, but I think it had the same changer etc. but came with only 1 lever......But, it can be confusing, yes.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 30 Apr 2023 8:49 am
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Well, I'm kinda in over my head here, I just know they were all from the same era had the same appearance less the raised neck etc. I've seen the student S10 Fenders listed as Artist.
I read last week where someone said, Kelcey, I think that these were built only in 1976, 77.
Over 45 yrs. ago so some of the info gets lost over the years so I'll defer to the more knowledgeable. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Ronald Korza
From:
Southampton,MA, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2023 10:00 am
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Hwy Doug,
I had the Student S-10 when I first took lessons from you years ago.
I think I got that Guitar from Joe at Downtown Sounds. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dan Beller-McKenna
From:
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 1 May 2023 3:02 am
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The Artist had a different changer from the student model. The Artist was a full all-pull (2/2?), while the student model was a pull release. Not sure about the student, but the Artist had knife edge fingers (no axle).
I briefly owned an Artist S-10. I liked it okay, but I had to replace the pickup, and discovered that there is no way to adjust pickup height on this axe. It sits directly on the bottom of the pickup cavity. As it originally came with a very shallow pickup, I had to have one custom made; no commercially available steel pickups would sit low enough to clear the strings.
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