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Mike Cirelli

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• Jun 9, 2011

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Here's a guitar I did some engraving on a couple years ago for Gibson Guitar. Since it was presented to Les Paul and it being his birthday today he would have been 96, I thought it appropriate to repost it. Les died the summer after it was presented to him. I think it was the last guitar presented to him by Gibson. I have some better pictures if anyone is interested.

 

BrianPowley

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• Jun 9, 2011

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Very nice Mike! Something to be proud of.
Sorry we couldn't get together at NRA and I feel real stupid for not having a booth this year:
70,000 people wandered into the convention center and there was only one engraver, Larry Parker.
Maybe next year in ST. Louis, huh?
I'm planning on having a booth at the show.

 

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• Jun 10, 2011

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I remember that beautiful engraved guitar, and it's nice to see it again. Thanks, Mike! :biggrin:

 

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Incredible Les Paul.

 

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That sings without even touching it!

 

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Please post more pictures if you can. It is beautiful work.

 

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Mike,
I'd love to see more pics, if ya will......

 

Mike Cirelli

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Thanks for to all for the kind words. Tomorrow when I get my other computer I'll post the the pictures of the actual pieces.
Brian sorry we couldn't touch base at the NRA convention. There sure was a lot of people and vendors there. That's the place to put a booth for sure. I'll bet they have it in Pittsburgh again in few years. I think they said the NRA has over a million members within a 4 hour drive from Pittsburgh.

 

Mike Cirelli

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• Jun 11, 2011

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Here's some better pictures of the pieces. This job was a rush job they only gave me a little over two weeks to complete.




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