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AGP #450 - ''Arfa Git''
AGP #450 - “Arfa Git”
3 String Fretless Guitar
Strings: .042NW .028NW .019NW
Tuned: G D g
The Body & Fretboard is Recycled Radiata Pine, the Neck is Recycled Merbau, coated with a Brown Stain and Citronella Lamp Oil, which has been gathering dust in the shed for a few years, worked well, smells nice & should keep the Mozzies away!
After 450 odd builds, which equates to abt 1,350 Machine Heads, your bound to get a few that are a bit worse for wear, or shoddily made, the three mismatched ones used here have been rescued by the addition of new geared cogs, the String Ferrules are ⅛ inch Rivet pieces.
A 6.2k MGB Mini Box Bucker Pup is wired through Vol and Tone Pots to the Output Jack, the Jack & Vol Tone plates are offcuts of Galvanised Roofing Strap. :-)
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Comment by AGP # on December 9, 2021 at 1:20pm
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"Thanks Bob", the original Stain was called Japanese Brown, but it was very dark (nearly black), so I thinned it right down with Methylated Spirits to lighten it, and will probably lighten it a bit more! :-)
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Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on December 9, 2021 at 7:25am
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Nice and interesting build AGP. The staining brings out the character to compliment the shape.
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"Thanks BQ", always looking outside the box for something different! :-)
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"Thanks UJ", It was originally going to be built the other way round, so I guess there is a possibility to build the other half, and then maybe, join them together to create a Twin Neck Build.
;-D ;-D
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Comment by BrianQ. on December 5, 2021 at 7:58am
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That’ll turn a few heads!
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Comment by Uncle John on December 5, 2021 at 2:09am
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Where is the other half? I did not know right off, but the more I looked, the more I liked.
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