count from 2008/6/18
Neat Kentucky #21
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Double Cut peghead |
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Neck made from extremely straight grained mahogany |
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It has a two way truss rod |
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Double white-bound mahogany resonator with w-b-w concentric purfling rings was made by Jimmy Cox, very similar to the PreWar Gibsons, with a Poplar liner |
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Style 4 peghead overlay was made from a thick piece of ebony |
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Brazilian Rosewood fingerboards |
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Flying Eagle inlay pattern |
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Ricky cut and inlay the mother-of-pearl |
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I chose the upper -- straight grain |
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The fingerboard has been glued on, the binding put on and the frets installed |
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Neck has been shaped, fine sanded and filled by Frank |
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Unplated 20-holes Blaylock tonering |
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3 ply wood rim was made by Jimmy Cox |
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Nickel plated hardware |
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The KENTUCKY Block |
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The finish is removed from the back of the neck, called "Speed neck" |
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Frank Neat and my Neat Kentucky #21 |
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Ricky, Frank and Leon |
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Dannick no-hole tonering |
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7 a.m. of June-7th- 2008...It came back from Cottontown, TN. |
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5th peg with a prewar ivoloid tuner button |
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Standard Remo head with no mark and 'Cushman Bridge' |
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Me and my Neat Kentucky #21 with Dannick no-hole ring |
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For my BHO Friend, Dan |
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In my Japanese style garden |
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