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bbrunskill wrote:And the sewage system
Ah yeah. Remember what it was like around here before the sewerage system.

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ToneLoungeMatt wrote:
bbrunskill wrote:And the sewage system
Ah yeah. Remember what it was like around here before the sewerage system.
Yep. Kind of like Christchurch after the quake. :lolno:

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So goldtop0, where did you get that body? the ageing on it is sublime.
Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive.

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Slowy wrote:So goldtop0, where did you get that body? the ageing on it is sublime.
That's a bit forward isn't it mate?

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Wow, that looks great. Like me a reliced tele I do...

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AiRdAd wrote:So wicked! What brand parts did you use? Would love to see some more pics of the body.



Mark Jenny body and an Allparts neck off ebay both finished in nitro.....all other parts were from ebay also....hunted around over the last few months and my luthier mate put it all together for me last week.
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Doin' that scrapyard thing.

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hamo wrote:
Slowy wrote:So goldtop0, where did you get that body? the ageing on it is sublime.
That's a bit forward isn't it mate?
:clap:

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hamo wrote:
Slowy wrote:So goldtop0, where did you get that body? the ageing on it is sublime.
That's a bit forward isn't it mate?
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a beaut!

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The more I play this one the more I like it......a bigger fatter D shape neck and real good tone through a Fender .....best dollars I've spent in a long time.
Doin' that scrapyard thing.

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Awesome gat!
The best things in life are actually really expensive!

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