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single coil electric guitar, foundational low fundamental tuning deep calabash inverted calabash, calabash gourd canonical bambara call-and-response ngoni, hunters large calabash wassoulou call-and-response kamele ngoni, snappy to palm hand clap. bamako griot jeli compound. passive ribbon, tube pre. direct-to-disc lacquer.", "recipe_chars": 684, "score": 337.549, "config": { "traditions": [ "malian_blues", "desert_blues", "soninke_music" ], "instruments": [ { "id": "acoustic_guitar_dread", "slots": { "acoustic_technique": "acoustic_drone_modal", "string_tuning": "open_g", "top_wood": "cedar", "back_sides": "maple_bs", "string_acoustic": "silk_steel" }, "scores": { "acoustic_technique": 8.84, "string_tuning": 1.3199999999999998, "top_wood": 2.39375, "back_sides": 1, "string_acoustic": 1.19875 } }, { "id": "electric_guitar_single_coil", "slots": { "electric_technique": "electric_clean_strummed", "amp_make": "amp_british_orange", "body_wood": "mahogany", "neck_wood": "mahogany_neck", 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