| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Sho-Bro to Sho-Bud | | Date: | Tuesday, July 4, 2006 12:59:41 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Hi Wayne and fellow listers,
Wow Wayne, that's some collection your teacher, Carrol Parnham, has of Shot's
instruments! As many of the listers, especially on the "right coast" know, I
have four of Shot's guitars all in decent condition, and all are magnificent
instruments in their own right. All of mine are six string instruments and I
have two round neck, 14 frets to the body instruments, and two square neck
guitars, with the white fretboards with the "deck of cards" fret markers. I
absolutely LOVE those fretboards!
Didn't someone on this list comment recently on seeing a Scheerhorn (was it
owned/played by Rob Ickes?) with an extended fretboard that "went right up to the
coverplate" was if I remember right, the comment that was made? Shot's "card
symbol" fretboards all had TWENTY FOUR frets or two full octaves, like the Steel
Guitar fretboards have. The last Sho-Bro I bought is an "open body" instrument
with sound posts, instead of a soundwell. I've replaced those metal nuts Wayne
mentioned, and the old stamped cones as well, but of course all of my Sho-Bros
had previous "work" done, (and many times) long before I acquired them.
I'll join Larue in wishing you all a Happy July 4th, with lots of reso-picking
and good food and beverages included.
Twangs!!!
Richie Chiasson
Salem, N.H.
proud owner/player of four of Shot's guitars and one absolutely AWESOME DeNeve!
(Life is good!)
-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Wayne Langdon" <wlangdon@hot.rr.com>
> Today at my lesson I asked the guy I'm taking lessons from (Carroll Parham)
> about the story behind his Sho- Bro guitar. Among other things he asked me if
> I'd ever seen a Sho-Bud guitar, where upon he stopped the clock on the lesson
> and he brought out his collection one by one. 8 in all. Six 7 string
> Sho-Buds and two 6 string Sho-Bros. The 7 string Sho Buds had that white fret
> board that folks were talking about here on the list. The white fret boards
> were laid out in suit of cards. Spades, diamonds, clubs and hearts. One had
> SHOT JACKSON inlayed in the fret board a letter for each fret position. Carroll
> said that was the instrument that Shot more often as not played on Hee Haw. He
> had a Spruce looking, card suit inlayed Sho Bud and showed me an album cover
> with Shot Playing it. The Sho-Bro that he plays pretty much exclusively on
> stage and when instructing is, he says the one that Shot used most often for
> recording and then rattled off a laundry list of country legends, Hank
> Thompson, Kitty Wells etc, etc. I was, and still am fascinated with the steel
> nut that they all have. The Sho-Buds have a sway belly back and not flat like
> most Resos. All sound fantastic.
> All in all it was an inspiring and interesting afternoon.
>
> Wayne
> Copperas Cove, Texas
>
>
> ~~~~~Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes all by itself~~~~
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