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GRETSCHEN A SWAMP WITCH MOD

“gretschen “ 2 stringer . GRETSCH MOD BY SWAMP WITCH GUITARS
Was conjured up from an original gretsch bo diddly 5850 body . (The rare single pickup version . ) of the bo didley jrs , these are now obsolete and very hard to find, and pricy if you do find one . I lucked out and found the body on ebay .
Gretsch does not make this model anymore , and they are super rare . (unlike the double pickup jr. model that gretsch outsourced to china and you can get on ebay any day for $400 . )

Anyway , the knobs and pots are original gretsch ,, I replaced the pickup with an original gretsch LAP STEEL pickup instead . to give it a cool slide sound . also, in keeping with the raised design , I kept the pickup mounted low and raised the 2 poles .. thus omitting the mag field and going only off the poles .., resulting in a nice clean sound . you really gotta hear this in person . it’s a real cool tone .

The stiff mount whammy bar is made from cabinet parts screwed together and fitted to the original bridge bolts (thanx reeds ). with a wooden painted vine base from the same stock I make my swamp witch fretboards from. The whammy is not like a spring whammy .. and needs very little effort to get a “wow “ effect “ without the need to slam or pry . and it stays in tune!!
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The fretboard is a new tooled and colored leather belt , just dripping with sexiness .
Set up for slide only .
the nut is actually a cut tuner shaft . it fits this 2 string design nicely .
there is a metal topless woman figure , sitting on a skull , that covers the truss rod hole from the rough German made “shadow “ neck that I repurposed . (the back of the scarf joint is rough and looks like the excess was grinded roughly away with a hand grinder .. I left it like that to give it character . )

I added a block under the neck to fill in the original neck cavity to allow a top mount body design .
the body is kept all original , no extra screw holes or anything that can’t be removed and still have the original body unmolested . I used all existing screw holes and or . bolts . etc.. even the black rose vinyl decal is removeable . (I hand cut that from sign vinyl )

24 inch scale . side markers , 2 stringer slider .

Antique brass , leather , chrome , silver , red , black , a topless women , a skull , a black rose ….. , How can you go wrong with that ? ;-)

She’s for sale folks ;-) check ebay soon . or ask me in an email ON CBN.

swamp witch guitars .
grab yours here ;

site http://swampwitchguitars.weebly.com

ebay http://stores.ebay.com/Swamp-Witch-guitars

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Comment by Downtown Vinnie on May 22, 2013 at 4:57am: Drool,Drool,Drool....What Oily Said.... holy Crap...just broke a commandment......Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors Swampy...love that neck too ....scrumpdillyishious

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 22, 2013 at 3:55am: thanx oily ;-)

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 22, 2013 at 3:35am: That...belt...is...sexxxxxyyyyyy. That whammy is boss. That box is wikkid kewl. I am in lust. But someone else will have to own it.

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 22, 2013 at 3:26am: thanx maddog ;-) lol

and darryl ;-)

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 22, 2013 at 3:24am: UJ , i understand the confusion ,, i hijacked a mini cooper once on the way to DB customs to see darren ;-)

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 22, 2013 at 3:22am: jeff .. insanity setting, .. and the clean reverb setting, on the line 6

Comment by Maddog on May 22, 2013 at 12:14am: WOW!!! How pretty is that, outstanding Pick!!! Ya know it would make a really nice B'day gift for a friend, oh wait a minute...........today is my B'day. Imagine that??? ;-)

Comment by darryl kernaghan on May 22, 2013 at 12:10am: doubt it uncle john,cooper would,ve landed by now

Comment by Uncle John on May 22, 2013 at 12:04am: Pick, I just want to make you aware of the rumor going around the nation. Folks say you are or were D.B. Cooper. Just sayin.

Comment by The Phrygian Kid on May 21, 2013 at 10:13pm: Ooh jet flanger.

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