Bottleneck on my 37 Gibson L-0

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I know, I know...not a Nat!

But I used my Diamond Bottleneck!

Here is my version of Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues' played on my 'modified by previous owner' 1937 Gibson L-0.


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Here are a couple of photos - heaps of mojo here... I keep meaning to look for RJ's or Muddy's signature inside the soundhole, but there is probably just a huge spider:















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[Michael Messer]

Sounds great BK777!

Shine On
Michael

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Thanks for the reply, MM!


A little background on the guitar....

It was for sale on Ebay for absolutely years, waiting for a Nutcase bottlenecker to buy it! The guy said he played it all the time, but a few of the bridge pins were broken, so I am guessing it was a while back it was played - the strings were approx one hundred and fifty years old if possible.

I put some new ebony pins in and changed the strings and Voila! We are off and away.

I took it my local guitar tech and he 'got it working as good as he could' for me. The list of work to do is about four miles long!

Doesn't matter - the sound! My home recording doesn't really capture the 'presence' of this old girl, and the strings are hard to play, but nowhere near as awful as the guitar I learned on.

It is almost worth it just for the photos I have taken!

Thansk again.


BluesKing777.