I made this CBG for my bud, Jack. The s.o.b. moved to Arizona years ago but comes back to IL to visit family/friends for the Holidays.He's in a band and has been playing slide for a while now. So, he needed a John CBG.

     I usually make kinda nice, real purty CBG's but I wanted to make Jack's more personal and give it that beat up "lived in" look. I added little mementos and had some fun putting some lit cigarettes on it for that extra "touch."

     There's a 1982 Taste of Chicago ticket, an embedded 8-ball for all the times we shot pool , a Thrall Car Mfg. logo where we both worked one grueling summer; they made RR cars and his late father headed the safety division. A gator foot reps the time us guys went to Nawlins. There's a Dominick's Food store sticker.it's local to the Chicago area; a Cook County logo - good county; BAD jail! A Donald Duck pin for the Donald Duck drinking club we had at Harvey's, a local bar/grill. And finally, a Jack Daniels logo. Hmmm. Now why the heck idid I put that on there?!

     It was cool to give this CBG to Jack and to see how he and his family really liked the piece. Sadly, Jack couldn't fit it in his bag so it had to be shipped separately to him in AZ.

     It was a fun piece to build especially since it was going to a dear friend and a fellow slide player. And, when he doesn't play it he can hang it on the wall.