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20 Heller Guitar pickup

Posted by Elmar Zeilhofer on October 21, 2012 at 2:30pm
History stuff! After World War I, local communities and villages in Austria and Germany printed their own money in order to feed their starving citizens. This pickup shows an "20 Heller" voucher from Amstetten, my home town. It reads "valid until December 31, 1920" (Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1920"). The skyline hasn't changed that much since then ;-)
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  • Elmar Zeilhofer October 22, 2012 at 6:11am

    thanks :-) JP yes, it's Flatpup inside - 5mm low!

  • JP Swenson October 21, 2012 at 6:12pm

    Gorgeous man!  I think you are on to something here!  Super cool idea.  Is there a flat-pup hiding under there?!  ;-}}

  • 3 String Blues October 21, 2012 at 3:02pm

    I LOVE IT!!!!

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