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 Albert Shutt and the Mando-Bass-Harp-Guitar

or Don’t Quit Your Day Job

by Gregg Miner, July, 2008
Updated April, 2016

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Chapters

  • Introduction

  • Shutt, the Man

  • Shutt, the Performer

  • Shutt, the Composer

  • Shutt, the Teacher

  • Shutt, the Inventor and Instrument Maker

  • The Shutt Instruments

  • The Mando-Bass-Harp-Guitar

  • NEW: Shutt's Harp Guitar Prototype?

  • NEW: Essay: Harp Guitar David vs. Goliath

  • NEW: Dating

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