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AGP #365 - ''Susie Q''

AGP #365 - “Susie Q”
(3 String Tin Sign Guitar)
Scale : 641.35mm / 25¼ inches
Strings :.044.NW/.030NW/.020NW/
Tuning : G / D / g /
The Tin sign of my favourite group from my Youth, and now Old Age is 200mm x 400mm, the Box Sides are recycled Spruce Pine, the Box Bottom is 3mm Pine Ply, the Neck is recycled Grey Ironbark, the Fretboard is recycled Maple, a 4.9k Tele Type Neck Pickup and a 35mm Ceramic Piezo Disc Pickup are wired through a 3 Way Switch to the Output Jack, 2 Internal Springs were added to the Box in attempt to achieve a Reverb effect! :-)

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Comment by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on August 24, 2019 at 2:05pm: Yep got a commissioned build on the bench other than that been to busy.

Comment by AGP # on August 24, 2019 at 10:33am: "Thanks Brian Q", I always wanted a Daughter, but put the cue in the rack after 4 sons :-D

Comment by AGP # on August 24, 2019 at 10:31am: "Thanks UJ", the first Vinyl Album I ever bought as a 14yr old, who had just started work, was the Stones 1st Album, still have it, albeit in poor condition, along with their next 6 or 7 as well, wasn't until yrs later that I realised why I preferred them over all the other groups, and that of course was the Blues influence, a Music Genre I was unaware of at the time, some of my fave Stones songs are named after the fairer sex, Angie, Mona & Lady Jane just to name a few, the names on the Box sides were outlined with a Pyrography Pen, and coloured in with a Sharpie Pen, Spray Varnished the first couple of coats at night under lights, and didn't notice that some of the Red Sharpie had run a bit till next morning, will know better next time, and take a different approach.

Not sure about it being a Plugged in Wailer, is reasonably loud unplugged with a bit of a (dare I say it) Banjer Twang to it, probably caused by the Internal Reverb Springs I installed, which is different, but likeable, I did install one of those much maligned Piezo Discs to try and enhance the aforesaid Spring effect, usually I'm not Piezo fan, but this one seems to work fine when Amped, both on its own and when combined with the Mag Pup, sure surprised me!

Say Hi to the lovely Linda for me, her being a huge Stones Fan, tells me she has a fine ear for Music :-)

Comment by AGP # on August 24, 2019 at 9:59am: "Thanks Bones", nice to see your still keeping an eye on what happens on Cigar Box Nation, will we see a return of some Bones Builds when the warmer weather returns, and the Taswegians thaw out ??, :-)

Comment by BrianQ. on August 24, 2019 at 4:51am: Nice work! I always wanted a daughter named Suzie, but my wife says no dice...

Comment by Uncle John on August 24, 2019 at 2:16am: Fantastic, AGP. The head stock is a great topper. The box looks perfect, thin, but this is a plugged in wailer. Oh! I looked at the next pic in the series and you got really nicely lettered Stones songs on the box too. How did you do that? Linda is a huge Stones fan and she just came down to the den to admire your work.