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When I was 15 I was commissioned by a drummer friend of mine to paint his drum kit in a psychedelic fashion. To avoid making the paint job permanent I painted the designs on canvases and then glued the canvases to the pearlized acetate drum shells. The paint job gained quite a bit of attention and was featured in Verve magazine. This picture was shot by a staff photographer of Verve Magazine. Circa 1968. ~ Trabue Gentry

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In 1967 I took an old guitar and resurrected it. I created a simple design, painted the face black and applied the design using metal leaf, a process known as gilding. The end result brought me five clients and an interest by Gibson Guitar Company to offer it as a service. It didn't fly back then but look at guitar decoration now :-) Circa 1967.~ Trabue Gentry