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Ciao from Siena Italy

Hello to all

great place for great way of music and play it.

I am new in the cbg world. i just bought it one from italian liuter Matteaccis.

And i have other one near to be ready from other liuter, Fusillo. Premiatissima Liuteria Fusillo

i am a guitar player since i was 8 and now i am 49.

Big thanks to all of you and us.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 15, 2023 at 7:12pm

Welcome and home you are enjoying your CBG. All of your guitars look wonderful.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 16, 2023 at 5:31am

okay,,,that was supposed to be hope you are enjoying your CBG.

When you want to post, make sure you hit the HTML Editor tab instead of the Visual Mode tab. Visual Mode tab quit working awhile back.

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