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Why I Built This: M-Tone Guitars’ Matt Proctor

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Why I Built This: M-Tone Guitars’ Matt Proctor
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By Premier GuitarSep 27, 2021
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Watch the Portland luthier demo his intricate axes and explain how Dry Cleaning and a five-story block of marble factor into his creative dreams.

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