Strings & Things

-The Earl Johnston
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Battle Banana $250.00
SOLD
Monte Cristo Box 4 String
25 Inch Scale 35 Inch Length Maple Neck Elm Fret Board Magnetic pick up Side Fret Markers Internal Resonating Spring.
Very stable box, great tone and balance. Both slide and picking.
A gentleman is some who can play the accordion but chooses not too.
Tom Waits



Ladies Man $175.00
Romeo Julieta 3 String Fretless GDG Tuning
Size: 10 ” L x 8″ X 1 1/2 ” D 25 Inch Scale 34 Inch Length Maple Neck Elm Fretboard Resonating spring Piezo Disc Pick up
Great slider, resonates very well, comfortable feel, great tone.
If we eventually all went to prison for downloading music 20 years ago I hope they would have housed us by genre because if they didn’t I would have turned the gangster rap and scream metal units into death row pretty quick.
– All me
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Go Team Brazil $250.00
Feito Brazilia Fretless 4 string Tuning GDGB
Size: 11″ L x 7 1/2 ” x 21/2 D 24 Inch Scale Maple Neck Hemlock Fretboard Epoxy inlaid Fret frets 2 resonating springs Piezo Pick up
GREAT RESINATION!!! Didn’t think I would like this box as it is the first ever I tried where the top opens in middle. Very pleasantly surprised by the tone , although it was build as a fretless slider makes a great strummer as well
We need to to start looking the environment! What kind of of world are we going to leave behind for Keith Richards -UN



Johnny Walker $225.00
3 String Tuning: GDG Size: 8.5″ L x 9.5″ W x 2″ D 25 inch Scale Maple Neck Oak Fret Board Piezo Disc Pick Up Resonating Spring
Technically not a cigar box, still has a nice tone and feel, I like the thin boxes.
Before you make the decision to marry someone you should spend some time watching them use a computer with a slow internet connection. – Will Ferrell
-Will Farrell



Punch Drunk $150.00
3 String Tuning GDG Size: 9″ L x 6″ x 2 1/4 ” D 23 inch Scale 28 Inch length Oak Neck Oak, Poplar Heal Head Stock Hemlock Fret Board Piezo Pick up resonating spring
Nice solid vintage box. Smaler scale makes nice picer
I actually read this on a Kijjiji post once.
For Sale: Used set of Golf Clubs used once!, I have no time for this stupid %^$# &^@#@ %^$^%4 &*T&*5875 GAME! Going Cheap!
Blaine
If music is the soundtrack to life, mine sounds like a metal garbage can bouncing down the road in a wind storm
Blaine



Black Battle Box 3 String $250.00 Presando Box 9 ” L x 6.5 W x 1 3/4 ” D Tuned G – D – G 25 inch Scale Maple Neck Piezo Pick up Reclaimed barn fret board
One of my favorite builds, great picker and slider.
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” Killer Bee” Baritone Ukulele $275.00
SOLD
29.5 Inches long White Pine Body epoxy finish Maple Neck Birds eye Maple Fretboard and volume knob Piezo Pick up
Normal Baritone Ukulele tuning, D – G – B – E
Metal light gauged 011 Fender electric stings, also come with a pack of Aquila strings which softens the tone and action a bit.
Also makes a great way to scare off coyotes and people who claim to be woke.
” My friend was walking down the street and said ‘ I hear music ! ‘ As if there is there is any other way of taking it in. I tried to taste it but it didn’t workm- Mitch Hedberg



Rock Star “lite $300.00
G – D G Tuning
White pine treated body. Maple Neck. Birds eye maple control covers and knob. 30 Inches long, Piezo pickup and mini spring.
Great for picking and feeling like a rock star
When I was about 7 dad asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told him “A Horse”. He told me at least it pays better then a musician.



4 String Leftie $250.00 Left handed G – D – G – B
Kristoff Cigar Box Epoxy finish.
7.5″ W x 8 ” L x 3″ D , 30 L , 30 ” long, 24 Inch Scale , Maple neck, Birds Eye maple Fret board , Pizeo Pick up. Resonating spring.
You can not solve a problem with the same level of thinking that created it. Einstein



CAO La Traviata 4 String $250.00.
G – D – G – B Tuning
Box: 7.5 ” L x 7″ W x 3 ” D 23 Inch Scale Length 32 Inches Length
Maple Neck and Fret board with Hardwood laminate headstock . Brass hardware and accents “Newer” Machine Heads Piezo Pick up



Having thus seen how ceramic productions illustrate the art ideas of all nations, having touched upon the influence of pottery upon art in general, and having glanced at its present aims and possible accomplishments, it will not be forgotten, after what has just been said, that the combination of the useful and the beautiful is the great charm of the ceramic art, making between them a new beauty which finds its best place in the household.















































































