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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 28 Nov 2014 6:29 am    
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Came across these today. I haven't seen or heard one in person:

http://www.blackdevilguitars.com/bdg35.htm

http://www.blackdevilguitars.com/bdg37.htm

http://www.blackdevilguitars.com/bdg36.htm

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Dennis Saydak


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Manitoba, Canada
Post  Posted 28 Nov 2014 11:39 am    
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They look kind of "fishy" to me. Laughing
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David Mason


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Cambridge, MD, USA
Post  Posted 28 Nov 2014 6:12 pm    
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It seems like a high, narrow, basically square-shaped box might require a special-shaped "lap." Squirmy....

I could certainly play this, if someone gave it to me:
http://www.blackdevilguitars.com/bdg18.htm

That's true of a lot of stuff these days.
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Jim Williams

 

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Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
Post  Posted 2 Dec 2014 1:46 pm    
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That body is shaped a bit like a coffin from the old westerns.
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Don Barnhardt

 

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North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 12 Dec 2014 9:20 pm    
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Looks like some pretty god workmanship. I wouldn't laugh before I heard it.
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Paul Honeycutt

 

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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 14 Dec 2014 1:05 pm    
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Nice woodwork, but I don't need more then one pickup. Now if I was young rocker dude taking up lap steel, I'd be all over it.
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