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AGP #365 - ''Susie Q''
AGP #365 - “Susie Q”
(3 String Tin Sign Guitar)
Scale : 641.35mm / 25¼ inches
Strings :.044.NW/.030NW/.020NW/
Tuning : G / D / g /
The Tin sign of my favourite group from my Youth, and now Old Age is 200mm x 400mm, the Box Sides are recycled Spruce Pine, the Box Bottom is 3mm Pine Ply, the Neck is recycled Grey Ironbark, the Fretboard is recycled Maple, a 4.9k Tele Type Neck Pickup and a 35mm Ceramic Piezo Disc Pickup are wired through a 3 Way Switch to the Output Jack, 2 Internal Springs were added to the Box in attempt to achieve a Reverb effect! :-)
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Comment by AGP # on August 25, 2019 at 8:23am
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"Thanks Rev", still got one more to go to cover next years Leap Year :-D
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Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on August 25, 2019 at 7:26am
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Nicely done! A full year's worth of builds with ol' No. 365!!!
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