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AGP #297 - ''Harley Davidson''

AGP #297 - “Harley Davidson”
(3 String Licence Plate Guitar)
Scale : 660.4mm / 26inches
Strings : .044NW / .030NW / .021NW /
Tuning: A / E / a /
They say every man should have a Harley, so this is mine , the Box Sides, Top Piece, Nut & Headstock Wings are ‘Forest Red Gum’, the Box Bottom is 4mm ‘Hardwood Ply’, the Harley Logo’s on the Box Sides and Neck were first Pyrographed, the White was done with a “Paper Mate Correction Pen” and the Colours were applied using “Inktense 72 Pencils”.
The Neck & Fretboard are ‘Spotted Gum’, all timber and the Pickup Cover is stained with “Feast Watson - Japan Brown - Prooftint”, and then coated with “Cabothane Clear Satin Poly”, the Tailpiece is part of a Galvanised Hasp & Staple that’s been laying around in the shed for yonks, the Vol Tone & Jack Plates are Galvanised Building Strap, and along with the Tailpiece were given a bit of a Relic look by Acid, Flame and WD40, a 5.7k Prewired Single Coil Pickup, Vol, Tone & Output Jack provides the noise:-D

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Comment by AGP # on September 20, 2017 at 9:40am: "Thanks" Maddog, Rev & Mr Bones for the encouraging comments :-)

Comment by AGP # on September 20, 2017 at 9:38am: "Thanks James O", I have never owned a Motorcycle of any sort, probably the reason I'm still alive today :-D, quite a few my mates owned them, BUT! are no longer with us for the obvious reasons :-{

Comment by AGP # on September 20, 2017 at 9:33am: "Thanks Erasmo & UJ", I did try to give this one a bit of "Relic Look", I think I know what Straight Pies Are Erasmo, and YES!, 'UJ" I do know what Potato Potato Potato means! (I just now looked it up on Google!!! :-D )

Comment by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on September 20, 2017 at 8:42am: Leader of the pack . O.0

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on September 20, 2017 at 7:25am: High coolness factor, AGP! Nicely done!

Comment by Maddog on September 20, 2017 at 3:40am: Very very nice!

Comment by James O Lunsford on September 19, 2017 at 3:38pm: AGP# Man I Love this one great job one Fine looking Guitar Course I May be Influence My the fact that I Own Ride and Love Harleys Your Best looking one yet !!!!!

Comment by Uncle John on September 19, 2017 at 11:53am: Potato, potato, potato. (Do you know what I am talking about?

I like the way you did that one box, clasp or hinge, and especially the fret board.

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