Sho-Bud is a brand name for a manufacturer of pedal steel guitar

Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...

s. The founders were SHOt Jackson

Shot Jackson

Shot Jackson was a country music guitarist best known for playing Dobro and pedal steel guitar. He also designed and manufactured guitars under the name Sho-Bud.-Biography:...

 and BUDdy Emmons

Buddy Emmons

Buddy Emmons , is an American guitarist.Emmons has been called "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist" and his talent is greatly admired by fellow steel guitarists...

, both active steel players in the 1950s. In the 70s they also expanded their line and offered acoustic guitars. They also made a line of resonator guitar

Resonator guitar

A resonator guitar or resophonic guitar is an acoustic guitar whose sound is produced by one or more spun metal cones instead of the wooden sound board . Resonator guitars were originally designed to be louder than conventional acoustic guitars which were overwhelmed by horns and percussion...

s in conjunction with Gretsch

Gretsch

The Gretsch Company was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a twenty-seven year old German immigrant recently arrived in the US. Friedrich Gretsch manufactured banjos, tambourines, and drums, until his death in 1895. His son, Fred, moved operations to Brooklyn, New York in 1916...

 under the name Sho-Bro, a play on the word Dobro

Dobro

Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...

. The name is currently owned by Gretsch and there are no models in production.

History

• Early 1950′s Shot installs string pullers with pedals on Fender
  Fender
  Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, commonly referred to as simply Fender, of Scottsdale, Arizona is a manufacturer of stringed instruments and amplifiers, such as solid-body electric guitars, including the Stratocaster and the Telecaster...
  
  , Rickenbacker
  Rickenbacker
  Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker, is an electric and bass guitar manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California...
  
  , and other steel guitars.
• 1955 Buddy Emmons joins Shot to start Sho-Bud.
• 1963 Shot’s sons, David and Harry, accompany Shot in building Sho-Bud Steel Guitars.
• Duane Marrs joins the company.
• 1963 Buddy Emmons leaves Sho-Bud to start his Emmons Guitar Company with Ron Lashley

Pedal steel models

Models produced include the Maverick, the Pro I, Pro II, Pro III and LDG Lloyd Green.

External links

• http://www.jacksonsteelguitars.com/
• http://www.contusion.com/ShoBudAcoustic
• Pete Drake Member of the Musician's Hall of Fame for Steel Guitar and player of Sho-bud guitars.
• History of Sho~Bud models