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This was a fun one. It's a bass made by Brian Michael"he is in the repair dept. at Gryphon Stringed Instruments". .


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Is that on birdseye maple? Very nice!!

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Oooohh, that's nice. I love the control plate, too.
Is that a seperate piece, or simply left natural?

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It's Birdseye maple. And the control plate was simply left natural. A little 3m fine line tape around the edge and a few strips of 1" tape and now you have a control plate. Fun stuff!


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Killer! Very nice Addam!

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Beautiful Addam. Great looking guitar.

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Thanks, Brian is a great guy and makes cool electrics. Here is one I did a burst on a few week ago, that is now done.



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Dang....

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