#1703 Road Dog

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Haven’t done one of these in a while.
Top is one piece of salvaged chestnut barnwood, on a cucumbertree back with a hammered finish.
Neck is maple, with an osage orange fretboard, medium C-profile, .81″ at 1st fret, .90″ at 12th. 1.68″ wide at nut, 2.18″ at heel.
Bridge pickup is a homespun T-style single coil with alnico 5 polepieces and 12,000 turns, 9.6k ohms dcr.
Neck pickup is a homespun humbucker in a machined aluminum casing, with alnico 5 polepieces. Front coil has 6,000 turns, back has 4,000. Total dcr is 7.2k ohms.
Hipshot Classic open-back tuners, Kluson USA tuneomatic bridge.
Tailpiece is made from a 1950’s Ford V-8 fender emblem, strung through the back.
Pickguard is made from a 1973 Tennesse license plate.
Weighs 7 pounds.


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