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1 Into the Mystic - on a 3 string

Into the Mystic - on a 3 string

Added by Derek Rose on March 17, 2019
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Shaping Necks - what do you use.

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Rodent Sighting on The Merry Go Round

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One Kind Favor - By Blind Lemon Jefferson

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wood soundboard on metal box

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go tell aunt rhody

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Cigar Box Guitar tenor - first guitar i have made (2014)

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I Gotta Leave Here - Missing My Baby Blues

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Keep Me In Your Heart

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swamp witch arcadia 3 c

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