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38002.com theview theview Page 2 May 2014 Arlington Resident Produces Guitars with a “Killer” Sound Story and Photos by Terry Louderback Guitar bodies and necks hanging to dry for future Killer B Guitars In a garage in Arlington, In February 2013, Killer of original and preKevin Butts is making B Guitars was born. designed templates for the music. No, he’s not in a Butts’s goal is to produce guitar bodies, and a variety band—he makes custom “high-quality instruments of woods including handcrafted guitars. for working musicians.” basswood, maple, black As a guitar player since Already, Butts has several limba, and purple heart. 6th grade, Butts began local and regional artists Butts explains that the making his o w n using his guitars. A mutual sound of the guitar is instruments eight years ago friend introduced Butts to effected by the type of after he grew tired of Memphis musician and The w o o d buying guitars at a retailer Voice contestant Patrick u s e d — and then “still having to Dodd, who plays a Killer B d e n s e r spend $50-80 to get it to guitar on his latest single w o o d s play right.” and on tour. give a He also wanted a better“No two guitars play the f a t t e r looking guitar than he same,” Butts explains. s o u n d . could find, and while he “Each guitar I make for an Butts adds didn’t have wood-working artist is made just for that his own experience, Butts was artist.” frets and confident that he could Butts uses a combination inlays to learn. “I wanted to make it by hand, from scratch,” he Kevin Butts adds custom frets and inlays to a fingerboard in his garage says. workshop in Arlington. the maple necks, and an American-made electronics package. The new Killer B Woodland Series is built from all Memphis wood, including historic wood from a 300 year old Magnolia tree from Elmwood Cemetery. Butts takes his time, working with each guitar for 3-6 months; just the finish alone can take three to five weeks to cure. “I love the fact that I can make each individual’s guitar unique—that’s the point of a custom guitar.” Killer B Guitars can be found at rEvolve Guitars 5832 Stage Road; Bartlett, TN or killerbguitars.com Arlington Depot Square Easter Egg Hunt, April 19 Photos by Kate Louderback Arlington Publishing LLC PO Box 863, Arlington, TN 38002 facebook.com/TheView38002 www.theview38002.com Twitter: @TheView38002 Who We Are: The View 38002 is Arlington and Lakeland’s free community newspaper, published monthly by Arlington Publishing LLC. Distribution: 11,500 copies, serving readers and businesses in eastern Shelby County, Tennessee and the greater Memphis metropolitan area. 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No portion of The View 38002, printed or electronic, may be reproduced in whole or part by any means, including electronic retrieval systems, without the written permission of the publisher. All Rights Reserved. © 2014. Arlington Seeks Input on Greenway Master Plan for Loosahatchie Trails By Heather Sparkes, Arlington Town PLanenr The Town of Arlington is interested in citizen input on a greenway plan for a network of trails and paths along the Loosahatchie River that will connect the Town’s parks, neighborhoods, commercial areas and civic buildings. The Loosahatchie Greenway Plan is being developed as part of a $40,000 award from Shelby County for the Town to develop a master plan for these facilities. In order to obtain the input of Arlington citizens, several meetings will be held for citizens to see a concept plan, provide comments, ask questions and guide further development of the plan. The first meetings will be held in several of our neighborhood parks on Saturday May 17. These neighborhood meetings will allow citizens to have informal conversations with Planning staff and members of the Greenway Steering View upstream from Arlington Photo by NOAA Committee. The schedule is: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.: Dr. Logan Park 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.: Dixon Robinson Park 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.: Mary Alice Park 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.: College Hill Park An additional opportunity for the public to provide comments will be at a Public Meeting on Thursday May 22 at 6:00 at Arlington Town Hall. A presentation will be made at this meeting about the plan and the planning process. Following that presentation, citizens will have an opportunity to view the plans and provide comments and suggestions. Should you have any questions, please contact Heather Sparkes, Town Planner, at 901-867-3449.