Shot sold the ShoBud name and pedal steel guitar line to Baldwin-Gretsch in 1980, continuing a repair business until retirement in June, 1983. In 1967, the Jackson-Emmons partnership was dissolved, with Shot continuing the business at a new location, 416 Broadway in Nashville. First located in Shot's garage, they moved to a building on Nesbitt Lane in Madison. Also produced were several custom made ShoBros. Shot and Buddy Emmons formed the ShoBud company (SHOt-BUDdy) in early 1957 to manufacture the ShoBud steel guitar. Normally, Shot played a 6-string Norwood Chime (manufactured for and sold by Montgomery Ward) and later one of his own 7-string ShoBros. Vintage 1960's Favilla C-5 Overture Classical. It has a crack below the string body which you can see in the pictures. The Ukulele has the original paperwork and some extra strings that are in the case. Having to be played on a stand, it proved cumbersome for road work and was restricted to sessions. Vintage Favilla Ukulele Serial Number 12947 Baritone With case. It was featured on several Johnnie and Jack recordings in 1955-56, on his Starday album (SLP-230) and on at least one Melba Montgomery release. In 1955, Shot, an avid tinkerer with a passion for building guitars, using Jack Anglin's garage as a workshop, built a 7-string petal dobro which he called a petal ShoBro (a play on Shot and dobro).
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