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ES 355 with Bigsby and Vibrola on 1/4 scaled miniature replica

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Another Gibson that I finished 2 weeks ago. A beautiful ES355 with a Bigsby and a Varitone. The person who commissionned this guitar is a huge fan of Noel Gallagher.

The old look of the gold parts is made with real gold leaf and a classic chrome finish on the spare parts. Except the mini screws, I create, sculpt, cast and do all the parts. For this ES 355, I used or made 169 separate parts. It's a lot.
The fretboard is in real wood, the strings are hand twisted with electric wires. If you look closer, there is the numbers on the knobs...

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