If You're Gonna Play in Texas (recorded at Billy Bob's) | Alabama cover
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AGP #476 - ''AJ''
AGP #476 – “AJ”
3 String Fretless Aluminium Signs Guitar
Strings: .040NW .026NW .018NW
Tunings: G D g & A E a
A Special Build, requested by one of my Grand Daughters for a Special Little Man, my Eldest Great Grandson “Ashar James”, who gets excited at the sign of any type of Large Truck, Big Wheeled Utes, Fire Engines & Earth Moving Vehicles etc.
At first the build was going to be somewhat smaller, and decorated with Image Transfer Prints, but I couldn’t get that to work, so settled on two 300mm x 200mm Aluminium Signs and some Pyrography to provide the Artwork, which of course made the build a bit larger than what I would have liked, but he’s growing fast, and will grow into it no time.
The Box Frame and Neck are recycled Radiata Pine, coated with 3 Coats of Shellac, and an Under Saddle Rod Piezo Pickup was installed hard under the Aluminium Plate directly under the 10mm Threaded Rod & Nuts Bridge, and hardwired to the Output Jack. :-)
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Comment by AGP # on October 8, 2022 at 10:34am
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"Thanks Papa D" Muchly Appreciated Comment :-)
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Comment by Papa D on October 7, 2022 at 8:46pm
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Verry Koool.. Some Good Stuff..
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"Thanks UJ", have always been a bit of a Pyrography Buff, and am now starting to a bit more of it, thanks to the purchase of a new and better Pyrography Machine & Pens. :-)
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Comment by Uncle John on October 4, 2022 at 12:58am
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Somebody has a new hobby. And he is good at it.
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