The Blacksnake

22" scale length, dulci fretting, 3 pair string setup, carved solid brass bridge, solid paduak neck, carved body, mini humbucker pickup wired straight to input jack. Gold hardware and fret wire.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry on November 25, 2014 at 4:22am

WOW! You really went wild on that one Randy. Spectacular!

Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on November 25, 2014 at 4:28am

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