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Vintage Dunhill 4-String

Posted by Diglydog on November 30, 2012 at 7:56am

Vintage Dunhill box from Darren's museum find, single coil pickup, stacked Fender 250/500k pots, paper-in-oil 0.47 cap. Sounds pretty good, but I'm still working on the tuning. Thanks to Darren for sharing his haul and to Bug for donating the cap :-)

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BUGGY (C) May 23, 2013 at 12:58pm

Art Deco is back....Digly said so...
BUGGY (C) January 5, 2013 at 5:38am

Build....(another typing stammer)
BUGGY (C) January 5, 2013 at 5:38am

Man you sure buile a nice one... bet that rocks
Diglydog December 6, 2012 at 11:55am

Thanks John :-)
Careless John December 5, 2012 at 5:22pm

the headstock looks top draw ......! great work
Diglydog November 30, 2012 at 3:35pm

Thanks Suspect. I have an aversion to paying for wood because so much gets thrown away. The neck is made from a laboratory bench top that my Dad reclaimed in the 1970s !
Suspect Device November 30, 2012 at 2:41pm

Great looking cbg with some top-shelf details. I really dig the reclaimed drawer fingerboard too!
Diglydog November 30, 2012 at 2:23pm

Thanks Dave and Hippy Chip. The headstock is just veneer on oak. I think the fingerboard is mahogany - it was made from the side of a drawer that I dragged out of a skip (dumpster). The cigar box is gloss varnish on the original finish but it revealed slight natural sunburst effect on the lid, which was a bonus !
Dave Lynas November 30, 2012 at 1:11pm

Wow, some pretty wood here. Love your headstock styling. Beautiful work....
Hippy Chip November 30, 2012 at 12:30pm

I like to play the fours best---also try tuning df#ad, and eg#be Beautiful build---enjoy it!!