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The King B 5 stringer

Oak neck walnut fret board, fitted with a vintage 1960, single coil, Gold foil pick up, hand made Bridge from moongazermusic.com out of Montana, and yes tuned open G, and she plays sweet

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Comment by J.D. on September 19, 2017 at 2:13am: Looks great

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