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All my life I have been an enthusiastic guitarist; my sister being my biggest fan. She was always there to listen and comment on my musings from our early childhood through to our adult lives. Sadly, she recently passed away from breast cancer at the age of 55. I decided to celebrate her life and create a lasting memorial by having a custom guitar made. I designed this in conjunction with Guy Harrison, a local luthier. I wanted a simple guitar with the breast cancer ribbon at the 12th fret, pink dot inlays and her name on the headstock. It’s built from korina with an ebony fingerboard and features a little Seymour Duncan ’59 humbucker with split coil. I’m sure you agree the guitar has turned out to be pretty stunning. A guitar can be

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