Posted by James Knaack on January 14, 2013 at 8:37am
There was a scar at the bottom of the neck from recessing the hinge to allow the neck to fold flat against the body for travel. Burned in a flame motif with a soldering iron (for all the hot licks).
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Thanks, Robert! You are right; that bottom string is the A string from a bass guitar, tuned down to G, and the others are the A, D, and G strings from a guitar, tuned to G-D-G. I borrowed the idea for this combination from a guitar by this fellow: http://www.jagshouse.com/cbg/arturocbgbass.html.
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Thanks, Robert! You are right; that bottom string is the A string from a bass guitar, tuned down to G, and the others are the A, D, and G strings from a guitar, tuned to G-D-G. I borrowed the idea for this combination from a guitar by this fellow: http://www.jagshouse.com/cbg/arturocbgbass.html.
Really ingenious adaptation and a really nice build.! What strings are you using? One looks like might be a bass guitar string.