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    Electric Avenue

    Apr 29, 2022 2 minutes

    Shimmering Pelham Blue lacquer layered over carved mahogany body contours. The sleek mercury-like undulations of a polished Bigsby vibrato. The gloss-black reflections of a pickguard hiding a nest of snaking electronics and alien gadgetry. I am in the domain of electric guitar building, and it feels a universe away from my usual world of acoustic lutherie.

    I could have been forgiven for thinking that building an electric guitar would be

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