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Topic: Redd Volkaert is a Sho~bud Man Now
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Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 04 November 2005 01:09 PM
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Well my friend Redd Volkaert is back into playing steel guitar; but this one is very unique in that, he wanted a single C6th pedal steel> so this is the first of that kind I've done and came out GREAT!!!!
It is a single-10 Professional from the Baldwin days of the wood neck that wraps around the changer. Has a original sho-bud pickup(thanks John Coop)that is full at 18,000 ohms and coil taps to 10,000 ohms.
Has the new "White background" John Coop replica Sho-bud fretboard that features 26 frets and is the most perfect fret spacing I've ever encountered and plays perfect. 5 pedals 1 knee standard with a couple little cool changes I know the man will just love.
Redd is coming over Sunday to take a start up lesson...(ha...yeah me teach Redd something...ha...I love it) and finally see it in person after he bought it and gave it to me to bring back to life(new life)> here it is>
Ricky |
Drew Howard
Member From: Mason, MI, U.S.A.
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posted 04 November 2005 01:19 PM
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Ricky,Beautiful axe! A single neck devoted to C6. Awesome. How does Red sound on steel guitar? cheers,
Drew ------------------
Drew Howard - website - Fessenden guitars, 70's Fender Twin, etc.
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James Dasinger
Member From: Houston Tx.
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posted 04 November 2005 01:28 PM
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Ricky what a great looking Sho-Bud Redd should be happy. That Tele he owns with the steel guitar pickup in the front has a great sound. He is my favorite Tele Whacker PICKER. Sonny |
Barry Blackwood
Member From: elk grove, CA
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posted 04 November 2005 01:30 PM
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Does it come with built-in cigarette aroma? |
James Morehead
Member From: Durant, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 04 November 2005 01:57 PM
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What a BEAUTIFUL Shobud! and it's MY flavor, too! Ricky, you out did yourself again! Congrats, Redd! James |
Dyke Corson
Member From: Urbana, IL USA
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posted 04 November 2005 02:18 PM
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Nice job Ricky!! Keep this one Redd, it's pretty cool!  |
Grant Johnson
Member From: Nashville TN
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posted 04 November 2005 02:19 PM
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Beautiful Ricky!
I really like the changes on P-1. I have gone from an A-B change to an A-Bflat change and really like the bluesy-swingy sound that the dom. seventh imparts. As a high "G" sort of guy I am curious about all the good stuff that can be played with the P-1 and P-2 changes on that high "G"...
If Redd becomes one tenth the steel player that he is a tele player, than he will be a force to be reckoned with on the steel![This message was edited by Grant Johnson on 04 November 2005 at 07:02 PM.] |
Nathan Delacretaz
Member From: Austin, Texas, USA
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posted 04 November 2005 07:53 PM
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Great... You mean we Austin pickers have to get smoked by Redd on steel now, TOO!? ha ha Awesome job as usual, Ricky... and Redd, I hope I get the chance to hear you on that 'Bud soon.Nate |
Jan Jonsson
Member From: Gothenburg, Sweden
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posted 04 November 2005 10:21 PM
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Wow! That's a beautiful looking guitar. Excellent work there, Ricky!Looking forward to hearing Redd play some mean jazz-swing á la Jim Murphy. -- Jan ------------------
'70s Sho-Bud Pro II Custom 8+6, '58 Fender Deluxe 8, '05 Marrs/Fluger Cat-Can, '01 Fender CS Nocaster |
David L. Donald
Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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posted 04 November 2005 11:17 PM
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Well that is just sweet.I am not surprised Red likes C6 a lot.
So much Texas and so comparatively little Nashville in his picking. That's sort of what I wanted when I bought my Bud,
but mine came with an E9 neck too.
So I learned that too. Red's gonna have some fun with this baby! |
JOHN COOP
Member From: YORKTOWN, IND. USA
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posted 05 November 2005 12:58 AM
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Rick..Just glad I could supply you with the parts to get Redd "back in the saddle" of playing. Well,we brought another Sho~Bud back to life!! Coop |
Redd V
Member From: Kyle Tx
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posted 05 November 2005 06:30 AM
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NO! Thank You, Ricky & John!!  That thing looks great! I can't wait to get behind it, I'll probably have to sneak up on it for a while, once it hears me play.  If I can't be Murph on a six string, I guess I'll spend the rest of my days trying to get a couple of his licks this way.  Yippee!!
Redd |
Kevin Ruddell
Member From: Toledo Ohio USA
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posted 05 November 2005 06:45 AM
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Ricky , that is one nice looking guitar , thanks for posting the pictures and background . |
John Billings
Member From: Northfield Center, Ohio, USA
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posted 05 November 2005 08:23 AM
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Ricky, John, and Redd,
That guitar looks great! Are you gonna put the pots back in? Did you put plugs in there? I've seen some nice matt-black hole plugs that might fill those spots. By the way, I'm havin' a blast with my ShoBud. Thanks again, and again, and again!
JB |
Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 05 November 2005 09:19 AM
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Thanks Ya'll; as I'm about as equally excited about this rig as anyone> I dig it man.
John B. Those are little black-mat plugs in where the volume and Tone pot were. I put the switch back in to use for the coil tap; but no we won't put the volume and Tone pot in as I never liked those in the circutry as they affect the real output of the pickup and Redd has a nice old Volume/Tone pedal he'll use anyway. Plus; the extremely well-sought after hard-to-find Allen Bradley 500K typeJ pots that came out of this steel; can certainly be put to better use in a volume pedal...ha...
Drew; everything Redd touches Turns to Gold Man.
Grant; yes I always used those changes somewhere on my steel(back when I had a steel with C6th on it..ha..)as Big Jim Murphy always had those changes and to immulate what Murph did; it's a neccessity. If you want to come over for a lesson; I'll show you what you can do with those...
Redd is such a huge Fan and supporter of the Steel guitar and those who play and I'm just glad to put one in front of him to play> He LOVES the sound and making the sound of the steel guitar.
Ricky
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James Morehead
Member From: Durant, Oklahoma, USA
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posted 06 November 2005 04:18 PM
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What makes me love Redd's music is the way he seems to yank his hat down and say with his facial expression, "Stand back boys, Got another lick coming, and it's gonna be a whopper!" I 'spect when he gets his paws on that showbud, it'll be the same. " Stand back, boys------------------------------!" We need more grab-a-holt pickers like Redd! Guys like Ricky Davis just sharpen the weapon and lube the wheels!! John Coop makes the axels and Redd makes it go![This message was edited by James Morehead on 06 November 2005 at 04:23 PM.] |
Mike Cass
Member From: Nashville,Tn. U.S.A.
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posted 07 November 2005 08:30 AM
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Redd, Murph and I used to talk about you playing steel; he said "if Redd played his guitar chops on there,it'd be all over for the rest of us" Im expecting big things.. |
Joe Henry
Member From: Ebersberg, Germany
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posted 14 November 2005 02:09 PM
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Beautiful Bud, great job Ricky! Zig-zag neck inlay and rope apron inlays looks kinda unusual, have you seen others with that combination? I imagine it will suit Redd just fine.
BTW, I especially like the setup where pedal 2 (or 5 on a D-10) lowers the first string instead of raising it, got that on mine too, it just seems to make more sense musically. Regards, JH[This message was edited by Joe Henry on 14 November 2005 at 02:14 PM.] |
John Poston
Member From: Albuquerque, NM, USA
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posted 14 November 2005 02:23 PM
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It's beautiful - I always thought a ShoBud S10 would be sweet for C6.Pedal 1 is a lot of fun. I'd probably move that to another knee since I'm addicted to raising As to B on that pedal. Have fun with the lessons and be sure to tell him about all the sweet paid gigs he's missing until he learns E9  |
Ricky Davis
Moderator From: Spring, Texas USA
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posted 14 November 2005 04:14 PM
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Joe; yes many of those single-10's from the Balwin era; had the zig-zag on the neck and regular rope wood inlay on the body.
Yeah; that lowering the top string; always made sense to me too...ha...>and certainly would of put that first pedal changes on another knee lever if there was one...ha.
I think Redd is enjoying the new Toy; as he hasn't told me to sell it yet...ha.
Ricky |
Al Marcus
Member From: Cedar Springs,MI USA
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posted 14 November 2005 05:43 PM
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Ricky-Nice job on that Sho-Bud. My pro-1 has 6 pedals and 5 knee levers and it too is set up with a 6th tuning(E6). But the first 2 pedals are your E9 A and B pedals and I have F# on the first string. I don't think I will ever part with this one. Thanks for your helping all of us Sho-Bud players, with all the terrific posts of yours. I am also glad that John Coop is making those beautiful parts. He made my extra knee levers and lots of new bellcranks, etc. just great!....al------------------
My Website..... www.cmedic.net/~almarcus/
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