Sho-bud serial # - mfg. dates info.  Below Picture 

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Sho-bud serial# and mfg. date extracted
from Steelguitarforum.com
Pedal Steel section
Numbers from Gene Haugh Postings.
Arranged in Chronological order by Don Blood
*Note: Some #/dates are questionable and
marked by ?


Serial #     mfg.    date/day
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# 1001  built 3/30/71  Tues.

# 1096  built 4/26/71  Mon.                 
     by Paul  Franklin      model 6143

# 1303  built 6/23/71  Wed.

# 1321  built 7/13/71  Tues.
 
# 1367  Built 8/3/71   Tues.
 
# 2049  built 4/11/72  Tues.

# 2456  built 8/2/72   Wed.

# 2469  built 8/8/72   Tues.

# 2952  built 1/2/73   Tues.

# 3196  built 3/14/73 by "Dot-G"
      model 6139 checked by H. Jackson

# 3632  built 7/11/73  Wed.

# 3774  built 8/2/73   Thurs.

# 4037  built 6/12/74   Wed.?

# 4246  built 10/8/73   Mon.

# 4349  built 10/26/73  Fri.

# 4461  built 11/13/73  Tues.

# 4489  built 11/19/73  Mon.

# 4694  built 12/22/73  Sat.

# 4826  built 1/14/74   Mon.

# 5025  built 2/15/74   Fri.

# 5119  Built 2/28/74   Thurs.

# 5170  built 3/14/74   Thurs.

# 5257  built 3/27/74   Wed.

# 5412  built 4/24/74   Wed.

# 5589  built 6/12/74?

# 5692  built 6/12/74   Wed.

# 5696  built 6/13/74   Thurs.

# 5798  built 6/26/74   Wed.

# 5892  built 7/8/74    Mon.

# 6160  built 5/28/75 ????

# 6164  built 8/22/74   Thurs.

# 6369  built 10/7/74   Mon.

# 6535  built 11/4/74   Mon.

# 8191  built 1/28/75 ? Tues.

# 8390  built 2/26/75   Wed.

# 8504  Built 3/17/75   Mon.

# 8805  built 5/7/75    Wed.

# 8959  built 6/10/75   Tues.

# 9112  built 6/27/75   Fri.

# 9287  built 7/30/75   Wed.

# 9572  Built 9/22/75   Mon.

# 9613  built 9/25/75   Thurs.

# 9735  built 11/7/75   Fri.

# 9895  built 12/24/75  Wed.

# 9898  built 12/24/75  Wed.

# 10260 built 2/24/76   Tues.

# 10267 built 2/26/76   Thurs.

# 10686 built 5/6/76    Thurs.

# 10851 built 7/7/76    Wed.

# 11045 built 8/10/76   Tues.

# 11180 built 9/14/76   Tues.

# 11302 built 11/9/76   Tues.

# 11338 built 11/22/76  Mon.

# 11346 built 11/29/76  Mon.

# 11368 built 12/7/76   Tues.

# 11639 built  2/4/77   Fri.

# 11777 built 3/14/77   Mon.

# 11845 built 4/11/77   Mon.

# 12588 built 10/17/77  Mon.

# 12824 built 11/30/77  Wed.

# 12826 built 12/7/77   Wed.

# 13015 built 2/23/78   Thurs.

# 13068 built 3/24/78   Fri.

# 13375 built 6/5/78    Mon.

# 13378 built 6/6/78    Tues.

# 13514 built 8/14/78   Mon.

# 13519 Built 8/14/78   Mon.

# 13632 Built 9/8/78    Fri.

# 14081 Built 1/22/79  Mon.

# 14229 built  3/9/79   Fri.

# 14400 shipped 3/30/79

# 14515 built 4/29/79   Sun.

# 14522 built 4/30/79   Mon.

# 14895 built 7/25/79   Wed.

# 15329 built 12/12/79  Wed.

# 15441 built 1/24/80   Thurs.

# 15718 built 8/13/80   Wed.

# 16398 built 2/24/81   Tues.

# 16460 built 5/8/81    Fri.

# 16563 built 5/29/81   Fri.

# 16592 built  6/3/81   Wed.

# 16985 built 8/31/81   Mon.
 
# 17200 built 10/15/81  Thurs.

# 17247 built 10/27/81  Tues.

# 17528 built 2/9/82    Tues.

# 17643 built 3/26/82   Fri.

# 17681 built 4/16/82   Fri.

# 17753 built 5/28/82   Fri.

# 18600 built  2/4/88   Thurs.

# 18695 built 11/20/95  Mon

If your serial # falls in between some listed, you could
estimate how many were built per day, and probably exclude Sundays in most case. That's just my guess.

Also,  keep in mind that one number may be the first built on one day, and another may be the last built on another, or anywhere in between. So untill someone comes up with a more exact science, this should get you in the ball park with the age of your Sho-bud..

If you have anything to add or corrections, please contact me.

Thanks for looking.