Octo-Fish

A bottom feeder frenzy!
One plain down in the muck
cold as a clam
dead as a mackerel
wet as a blue stone in the red sea
true as the moon
plays the tide
wonder of the deep

Just add electricity

(Model 008-91) Hand-carved and hand-painted two piece catalpa body (a great tone- wood). Four fleeing catfish and a clam-shell eyed flounder in the arms of the red octopus. Deep sea headstock.

Jay Hostettler at Stew-Mac gave me some catalpa they'd been working with. It's a nice light wood, mostly easy to carve, and very musical. I cut the shell for the eyes from clams I got out of Lake Erie. A nice set up for a real twang king. (Completed in '95)

Bolt-on maple 25 1/2 inch scale neck; ebony fingerboard. Lawrence "Black Label" pickups. Black finish hardware and Gotoh tuners. Fully shielded. $3,200.00

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