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Beselin "1884" 3 String CBG

Posted by Maddog on February 29, 2016 at 12:11pm
Antique Beselin cigar box (since 1884), neck/heel is made from a southern yellow pine stair tread salvaged out of a house that was built in the late 1800's, oak headstock wings salvaged from an antique table leaf, antique "Troy Grain & Fuel Co." yardstick fretboard, vintage dual hotrail humbucker pickup, skeleton key saddle, yardstick bridge, antique hinge tailpiece, brown open gear tuners, onyx nut, vintage brass strap buttons, antique furniture tack fret dots, the 12th fret marker is a brass spike from 1929 used by the railroads to date railroad ties when they were installed, 22 1/2" fretless scale, tuned GDG.
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  • Maddog March 2, 2016 at 9:59am

    Thanks Jim! I was really surprised at the grain pattern that jumped when stained, I think I got 14 stair treads total out of the old house so I have a few more necks :-)

    Thanks Dave!

  • Dave Lynas March 1, 2016 at 7:57pm
    Like the winter's grasses, that neck grain flows in the prairie wind.
  • Jim Morris February 29, 2016 at 12:34pm

    That old pine sure stains nicely! I thought it was zebra wood when I first looked at the headstock.

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