Been working on this one for awhile. Glad to finally get it strung up and playing. I expect I'll be spending a lot of time with this one. Many playing sessions to come.

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Comment by Brent Briggs on June 21, 2017 at 8:35am

Thanks Richard. I am looking forward to it too.

Comment by Richard Sundberg on June 21, 2017 at 8:33am
A fine looking guitar, really like the unique sound! Nice playing, looking forward to future sessions.
Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on June 20, 2017 at 7:33am

Thanks again, Brent. Much appreciated. 

Comment by Brent Briggs on June 20, 2017 at 7:25am

Thanks Dani and Bear. You can order those strings off Amazon or direct from DR. They have some other colors too I think. I know they at least have red. The have a good feel to them as well. They are a bit like playing Elixir strings.

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on June 20, 2017 at 7:07am

Looking and sounding great. I love how those black strings look with the black tuning pegs on a dark body with the silver dog bowl. Nice finishing touch and I think it's made a strong difference too. I've not heard of that string brand before so I might have a look around for them. Thanks for sharing. 

Comment by Uncle John on June 19, 2017 at 1:33am

Thanks on the strings and tuning.

Comment by Brent Briggs on June 19, 2017 at 12:38am

Thanks guys. It's tuned eE-bB-ee - (.026/.046, .017/.036, .012/.013 DR Black Beauties). I had to piece this string series together with a medium and and Extra Heavy set. The string pull weight is not too severe with this tuning. The 23 inch scale helps with the pressure and there is also a carbon fiber rod embedded in the neck. I might try this tuning later, gG-dD-gg -(.017/.036, .013/.026, .010/.017). I have a feeling I'll be playing around with this one for awhile.

Comment by Uncle John on June 19, 2017 at 12:07am

Yup, what Pick said.   Looks like you have some doubled strings.  How are you tuned?

Comment by the anonymous pick on June 18, 2017 at 11:06pm

nice  , and a looker too 

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