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    It doesn't look like anything else because it's an original design that PB experimented with in their early days. Something about it looked familiar. I remember them from when I became a member... about half way down this thread is a post from Adam about the PBG-1 and PBG-2

    https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=5445

    I went back into the Exhibition Centre forum and found a couple of them:

    PBG-2
    https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=2209

    PBG-1
    https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ad.php?t=11739

    From the pics it looks like the kit you guys found may actually be a PBG-1...which would make it *the* original, original Pit Bull design. It looks like the PB2 might have come with a locking trem. I really like the use of the Marshall knobs with the gold hardware.

    I love guitars like this. I really like the curvy design (particularly if you add an arm and a belly cut. And it doesn't quite look like anything else. Great alternative to a PRS or G1B50N, complete with the shorter scale. It should have been a best seller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fender3x View Post
    It doesn't look like anything else because it's an original design that PB experimented with in their early days. Something about it looked familiar. I remember them from when I became a member... about half way down this thread is a post from Adam about the PBG-1 and PBG-2

    https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=5445

    I went back into the Exhibition Centre forum and found a couple of them:

    PBG-2
    https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=2209

    PBG-1
    https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ad.php?t=11739

    From the pics it looks like the kit you guys found may actually be a PBG-1...which would make it *the* original, original Pit Bull design. It looks like the PB2 might have come with a locking trem. I really like the use of the Marshall knobs with the gold hardware.

    I love guitars like this. I really like the curvy design (particularly if you add an arm and a belly cut. And it doesn't quite look like anything else. Great alternative to a PRS or G1B50N, complete with the shorter scale. It should have been a best seller.
    Maybe this model should be resurrected as a short scale single cut!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trevor Davies View Post
    Maybe this model should be resurrected as a short scale single cut!
    1+ Epiphone has the Wilshire/Crestwood/Coronet/DC-Pro that are LP and SG clones electronically, but with a different shape. Why should they have all the fun?

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