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1934 Ford Truck built ground up by Ed Riley of Crosby,Tx. This truck has 350 hp Chevy LS1 Motor and weighs 2500. The truck was built to drive on the street, go to the Car Shows, and just have fun.
After World War II Buescher stopped stamping the classic Bell and Triangle True-Tone logo on its instruments.
After the war instruments are stamped with this simpler "Buescher True-Tone" logo. This design had been around in print advertisements and catalogs since the 1930s.
The "LP" stands for "Low Pitch" indicating that the horn is made to play in American concert pitch where concert A=440 Hz.
I'm a little surprised they still bothered stamping that on their horns when this was made, as the low pitch standard had become pretty much universal by 1950.
This is a one of a kind custom built guitar designed by me, i.e. shape, peghead and yellow rose inlay. The actual engineering and crafting of this fine instrument was by Ralph McBee Walker III, aka Bo Walker. You can visit his web site at www.lint.org.
The guitar top is spruce, the neck is maple, the fingerboard is ebony, the bridge is ebony, the inlays are mother of pearl and abalone. The rose is mother of pearl dyed yellow. The back, sides and peghead top are flamed maple. Unlike many guitars, the tone is well balanced, nice strong bass with crystal clear treble, The notes sustain longer than any acoustic guitar I've played. Thanks Bo for such a beautiful instrument.