How old is the ShoBud classic

Joe Blount · Post by **Joe Blount** » 8 Aug 2002 7:46 pm

Some of you Older Sho Bud owner may be able to tell me how old this guitar is. I looked for a Number but did not see one. But the pedal are tuned buy a set of finger nut at the rear of the changer. A row of nut for the lowers and another set for the raise.
It does not tune with any kind of tool, only by the finger nuts.

Bobby Boggs · Post by **Bobby Boggs** » 8 Aug 2002 8:29 pm

Joe. Sounds like you have what's known as the Sho~Bud finger tip model.They where made from around 65 till 68.Bobbe Seymour and several other should know for sure.

Joe Blount · Post by **Joe Blount** » 8 Aug 2002 8:30 pm

I may have found it. Al Brisco was in a picture, playing a finger tuner guitar and it
was a 1966 model the writer said. was that the only year they were made?

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 8 Aug 2002 8:31 pm

I believe that they were in production for 2-3 years.

Bob Tuttle · Post by **Bob Tuttle** » 9 Aug 2002 5:23 am

I had a new one in 1967.

Joerg Hennig · Post by **Joerg Hennig** » 9 Aug 2002 7:23 am

According to Duane Becker´s article, the first ones even date back to 1963. I sure do hope to get hold of one of them someday.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 9 Aug 2002 8:18 am

I sure wouldn't want to get ahold of one of these things! I had one and nothing but trouble to keep it in tune. I traded it off and Al Udeen got ahold of it and the last time he e-mailed me, he got rid of it because of the same problem. Just cause a pedal steel is old doesn't make it good! Why do you think they changed?

Uff-Da!