my cousin with his cbg

It was my second fretless guitar. I gave it to him for Christmas since he's the most musical guy I know. The pickup was wonky so he hasn't been playing it much recently, but I went out to fix it and got y'all a look at it.

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Comment by the anonymous pick on February 27, 2014 at 5:48pm

kewl  ;-)

Comment by Better Trees on February 27, 2014 at 3:21pm

I totally agree. I wasn't buying the beer.  

Comment by Uncle John on February 27, 2014 at 3:01am

Yah, sir.  Sounds good now.  Looks like a colorful neat, git.  Good player.  A half point deduction for drinking Busch Light.  

Comment by Bruce Myers on February 26, 2014 at 4:27pm

Sounds good and looks really cool!

Comment by Clock The Wolf on February 26, 2014 at 12:46pm

Say, dats purtee gooooooooooood!

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