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 Arkanacaster guitar
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This electric guitar was the property of Country Western star Diamond Ted Raymond of Deadtree, Arkansas. He fitted it with what he called "a harmonic deceptor", a crude, but effective planking system that humanized bent notes. Diamond Ted specialized in a particularly nasty breed of Honky Tonk called Flinch Wailing. After it was outlawed by the state and condemned in the Catholic Telegraph, Diamond Ted went underground with his performances until his death in 1961. He passed out drunk while eating peanut butter with his hands, and squirrels ate his fingers off. He bled to death. Rumor has it . . . he wanted his guitar buried with him, but his lousy brother stole it from the funeral home. The deceptor doesn't seem to work anymore, but it's still a handsome piece.
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