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Workshop Series - Fretless - Russet - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar
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Workshop Series - Fretless - Russet - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

Workshop Series - Fretless - Russet - 3 String Cigar Box Guitar

£170.00

Our simplest and most basic guitars, the "Workshop Series". Russet sunburst over a veneered ply box, with a distressed scratch plate. Derived from our highly successful "Make and Play" workshop guitars, these offer genuine playability and great tone at a bargain price. Yellow Poplar through neck with a through body reinforcement, medium stained ...


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Blues Box 3 String Guitar

"Blues Box" 3 string guitar

£32.95

A cheap and cheerful way for getting into playing 3 string cigar box guitar. To get going, all you need to do is fit the strings, tune up and away you go. Comes with a glass slide, instruction booklet and CD. Short scale (22") fretless maple neck Machine screw bridge and nut Open back tuners Passive piezo pickup Fibreboard box body (sorry, but ...


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