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Words: Loren • September 24, 2020

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Miski Dee (City Mouse)

SPB: What type of guitar do you play and how did you choose that model?

Dee: I absolutely love my guitar! It's a 2006 Epiphone Wilshire and I would say that it chose me. After I started City Mouse I kept switching guitars (I had a little metal Ibanez, a Squier, then a Washburn) and one day in maybe 2007 or so I was practicing at a buddy's house in Kentucky and I borrowed this guitar and found that because of the weight and shape of it, I instantly felt more comfortable playing than I had ever felt before. It was so easy for me to hold and move. It was probably the first time I had ever felt like I was really rocking out! My buddy saw me playing with it and before I could even ask him the details on it, he said "That guitar was made for you. It's yours.

And it's been an extension of me ever since. 

 

Loren • September 24, 2020

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