Cab build - Tweed deluxe - complete!

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Cab build - Tweed deluxe - complete!

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Chuffed with how this turned out.

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Natural shellac on the left, light stain on the right
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So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Looking pretty fricken sweet bro.
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Epic. That's nothing short of spectacular, looks better than many of the boutique cabs out there... huge pat on the back!

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Fuck you're the man.
Is this a subtle advertisement for build orders?

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Looks great!

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That looks amaze balls.

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That's awesome, I want one! How muchy??
Loving it so far

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griff7628 wrote:Fuck you're the man.
Is this a subtle advertisement for build orders?
*cough* well, it may be ;)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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StratMatt wrote:That's awesome, I want one! How muchy??
PM me and we can talk ;)
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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WOW
epic indeed!!

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Its a very very very light relic, I'm going to attempt a much heavier relic with beer stains and fag burns at some stage when I have free time. I have need of a 5E3 in my life again having built this cab.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Looking great BG, I'm gonna have a couple of 5E3 kits ready soon and the punters know where to get their cabs!
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Yeeeeeeowwwwwww

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Very authentic result beeg, well done.
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Looks great....wanna swap for your old one?
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