1917 Nicaragua 3 String CBG

1917 Nicaragua Spanish made Cigar Box, neck/heel is made from a southern yellow pine stair tread salvaged out of a house that was built in the late 1800's, antique grain store yardstick fretboard, skeleton key bridge, walnut saddle, 3 string single coil pickup, antique hinge tailpiece, vintage strap buttons, onyx nut, pearloid open gear tuners, 12th fret marker is a brass spike from 1929 used by the railroads to date railroad ties when they were installed, rusty barn nail fret dots, 21 3/4" unfretted scale, tuned GDG.
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  • Thanks 162! We go to the JunkStock Festival next weekend so we'll see if I bring it home or not? :-/

  • Beautiful piece Maddog, that would be very hard to let go
  • Thanks AGP!

    Thanks Bruce! Yes Sir, I hope it last another 100 years or so  :-) 

    Thanks Sweetwater!

  • Love it

  • Ready for the new stage of it's history! Nice job, love the well worn look.

  • "Lovely Vintage Look", especially like the Neck & Headstock.

  • Thanks Wes! Vintage fits me.....Vintage sounds better than old don't it  ;-)

  • Thanks Andries! Hoping I have this git for a bit as I would like for Uncle John to give it a whirl as it's right up his alley as far as vintage builds. He likes them vintage's  ;-) Doing a big Festival in a week and a half and I am guessing it will go out the door so I'm may have a trip to Harlan before then if time permits.

  • Thanks Jim!

  • WOW Maddog Jammie Jammie!! That Nigaragua 3 is screeeming for a Play! pitty its got somebody's name on it allready ! 

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