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"Old Curvy"
Curvy Box Guitar: The body is possibly an "old" wooden "curvy" trinket box that I bought from a newsagent which, oddly enough, also sold antiques. I decided to give this build a slightly worn and aged look to compliment the box. I stained and sympathetically "aged" the sapele neck and fitted brass frets. The box was lightly sanded, waxed and polished to bring out the colour detail. I made the nut, bridge saddle and the rear mounting bracket for the strings from brass bar. Pickup is an Original Flatpup Classic wound to 8k with a stained/aged wooden surround. Tone/Volume knobs are made from 14mm stained wooden beads embedded with 6mm Gold MOP fretboard dot inlays. The action is set so that I can comfortably play fretted and slide. Tuning is CGC. It produces a pleasant trebly tone when played unplugged.
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Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on May 15, 2019 at 9:57pm
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Thanks for the Like Nasty De.
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Thanks again for all your comments and likes.
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Comment by John Matrishon on April 15, 2019 at 2:24pm
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Colors on “curvy” are outstanding. Blended so nicely
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Comment by Joe Caruso on April 15, 2019 at 12:21am
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A very classy looking CBG. Nice.
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Thank you for your kind comments guys.
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Comment by Poorness Studios on February 27, 2019 at 1:51pm
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Some sexy curves right there. Nice build!
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Comment by AGP # on February 27, 2019 at 11:47am
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"Different", BUT!, "Very Very Nice", also good to see the description of the materials used, and the construction methods used, Well Done Bob! :-)
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Comment by Uncle John on February 27, 2019 at 10:53am
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High 9s., Ambrose.
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Comment by Dave Lynas on February 27, 2019 at 3:58am
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A beauty Ambrose. Love that curvy box! Not to mention the flatpup!
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Comment by 3 String Blues on February 27, 2019 at 1:05am
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really cool!
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