Steel guitar Beauty contest?

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Too funny!

I love this thread, some real stunning beauties throughout!
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I don't even have to think about it - this one by a mile for me!


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That Sheffield IS Steel Guitar Porn. WOW!!!!!!
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ShoBud

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Oh there are some NICE ones on display!!!
Here's my old ShoBud #3073...

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Wow Eric that’s a beautiful Bud plus a Round front.
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Turquoise is my favorite color (I've been known to say "the color of the Caribbean Sea in the Virgin Islands over a white coral sand bottom, 10 feet deep)! So those last two are total stunners! And again, the two-tone gets bonus points for me. Purdy!
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Love that Sheffield ....
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Actually, beauty is in the hand of the bar holder.
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Dave Hopping wrote:There was a Mullen lacquer D-10,cream on top and what looked like Fiesta Red on the front.The company called it the "Candy Cane".The pic is now off the Mullen website,but if we ask REAL nice,maybe Mike Mantey will post it here.
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Here's my entry. Finished in drum wrap, custom-ordered. "Business Parts" are mostly MSA, salvaged from a D-to-SD conversion. A work in progress.
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These deserve to be here beautiful Keyless KLINE steels.
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Curly Koa
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Jaw droppingly beautful, Frank
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'Grape Jelly #1'

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Another of Jeff's masterpieces.

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She won’t ever win a beauty contest but the tone an playability has stole my heart ❤️!!!
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Marco that’s the most handsome JCH I’ve ever seen.
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HERE'S the "Candy Cane" Mullen I was thinking of!<3

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Carson Wells D-10
My 1st PSG.


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My 2004 model Millennium 8x8.
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