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Roy Thomson Member From: Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada |
posted 05 September 2005 12:58 PM
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Friday night past Ted Tracz drove in my driveway and we had a beautiful reunion after 40 years. He brought his Sho-Bud LDG with him and what a great little jam we had. Ted taught me in 1955 back in my home town. His Sho-Bud is 1970 vintage? Any comments? Anyone out their remember Ted? What a great player he was and still is. I will be keeping contact with him. The guy taught me Remington Ride!!! [imghttp://freefilehosting.net/bin/?id=rdv0kajf[/img] |
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Roy Thomson Member From: Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada |
posted 05 September 2005 12:59 PM
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I think I got this right now. Here's Teddy Tracz....  [This message was edited by Roy Thomson on 05 September 2005 at 01:01 PM.] |
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Damir Besic Member From: La Vergne,TN |
posted 05 September 2005 02:30 PM
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yeap,those guitars have tone to die for,I owned few and every single one was a tone monster. Db ps ------------------ |
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Clyde Lane Member From: Glasgow, Kentucky, USA |
posted 05 September 2005 02:31 PM
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Isn,t that one of the first Lloyd Green models made? That is from the Baldwin era. Clyde Lane |
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Ricky Davis Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA |
posted 05 September 2005 07:46 PM
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I believe that says: "SP" underneath the LDG right?? If so; than that was a "Special Paint" LDG that mainly Paul Franklin Sr. did for Sho-bud and that would put it towards the latter part of the 70's; but seeing it's a round front big body...I would almost say it would be one of the first ones Paul Sr. did right around '75?? but I'd have to see the underneath to confirm(if nothing has been changed). So being a "SP" LDG; Paul Sr. would do any color scheme the player wanted and same with the inlay; as that does look like the old fingertip/baldwin inlay. Very nice looking Bud; I've never seen one like it EVER; and of course I'm a huge Paul Franklin SR. Fan in everything he has done and does. Ricky [This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 05 September 2005 at 07:49 PM.] |
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Kenny Davis Member From: Great State of Oklahoma |
posted 05 September 2005 08:54 PM
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Ricky, The endplate appears to be black...If so, it's got to be an old one! |
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Ricky Davis Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA |
posted 05 September 2005 09:05 PM
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OH shoot how did I mess that....Kenny(and TW is shakin' his head at me again I'm sure..ha); your right and also missed the changer mounting is the same as a Baldwin Crossover(with wood neck wrapping around it)....>so looks to be a certain Baldwin Cross-over '68-'70-ish; redone as a Single-10 on a double. But it certainly was NOT built like that originally; as the first LDG was in '73. So possibly re-logo-ed or re-finished and logo-ed later on when it was taken down to a single-10 and of course the raised fretboards didn't come out till around '73 also. Cool scoop man. Ricky [This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 05 September 2005 at 09:07 PM.] |
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Roy Thomson Member From: Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada |
posted 06 September 2005 01:10 AM
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Those comments are most interesting on Ted's guitar and thanks to Ricky et al. The evening went so fast and there was so little time. I did note that there was a Bob Lucier sticker on the guitar and I presume he did "set up" work way back? Hopefully there will be another time and I will take some more pics and get more info. Thanks again. Roy |
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