A thick flake coating would probably not be a great idea for the top (might work fine for the sides though, Ovation have made theirs out of composites for decades after all), but I wonder if a light coating of…   Read more»

I saw him years ago at the first Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin, I didn’t say hello but watched him talking to people. He was pretty animated and very German! 😆

@mattbeels Sounds like fun. 🤣 

Being serious – briefly – I’m guessing that the silver sparkly paint, or any paint, on the soundboard of an acoustic would suppress the vibration of the soundboard and so destroy the sound of the instrument? @tv101 You are right,…   Read more»

My exchange with boolean universe on the live stream today brought up these two guitars which he asked for links to @jonhodgson Ahh, that’s me, thanks Jon. 👍  The Phil McKnight build is superb and the acoustics are just crazy….   Read more»

You could always build a bigger doghouse @tv101 

For every dog that she got, I was allowed 10 guitars.  Or for every 10 guitars I got, she was allowed another dog (I’m not sure which way round it worked).  It’s probably time for another dog … @tv101 So…   Read more»