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Gun Boat Annie 3 String CBG

Gitty sells a box that looks like a Shellback's tattoo. For some reason it made me think of that old Steve McQueen movie The Sand Pebbles. Story about an American gun boat in China back in the 1930s. The proverbial light came on and thus my latest 3 string CBG, #22, was finally born this evening. The poplar wood neck is red only on the top and the frets, dots, and notes are wood burnt on the side. (The red stain is simply old barb wire completely dissolved in…

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Added by Steve Bookout on May 20, 2021 at 3:29pm — 7 Comments

Gittybucker

So I bought a few Gittybuckers a while back and am wondering the best way to mount them (on the guitar that is).

I was also considering putting a strip of Velcro on it then one from the neck to the bridge so I could experiment with placing it in different possitions. Since it is magnetic, maybe even a strip of metal it could attach to.

Any thoughts on this?

Kevin

Added by Kevin Patrick on May 14, 2021 at 5:17am — 3 Comments

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