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"Bon Iver&amp;#039;s Justin Vernon is selling a custom-made guitar for charity. The Grammy award winner joined forces with master luthier and long-term friend Gordy Bischoff to create an instrument made from Bushmills whisky barrels.  An eBay auction listing explains that the guitar - dubbed &amp;#039;The 1608&amp;#039; - is mainly crafted using white oak wood from the barrels, with some wood from other sources added to give the instrument structure.  Bischoff has also used Bushmills bottle caps for the controls, and the instrument&amp;#039;s neck is made from hard rock maple and ebony wood. All proceeds from the eBay auction will go to the Confluence Project, a charity in Vernon&amp;#039;s native Eau Claire, Wisconsin which aims to build a community arts centre. The auction will close on November 1, with bids reaching $7,100 (\u00C2\u00A34,441) by midnight ET (5am UK time) on October 24. Watch a video about the making of &amp;#039;The 1608&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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