And once again I open the book with the pretty inlays. Then I look at the wall. There's the Martin with the incredibly fine abalone inlays on the fingerboard. Next to it is the bajo. Head snaps back for a second look. Absolutely zero fretboard adornments. It's difficult to do any kind of inlay on a guitar body after it's been manufactured unless you're prepared to completely strip and refinish it. But the fretboard is fair game. It has no lacquer finish. Just raw wood. And this one is a blank canvas. Hmmm.... If done correctly, I could add about two grand to this guitar's value by making it an artwork. Up to ten grand if it has precision detail and is well executed. Not that I could sell it. You'd have to pry it out of my cold dead hands.

I've been trying not to think too much about the worsening middle east situation. Even though it casts a shadow over everybody's economic well being and bright future. For Israel, now's as good a time as any to shoot Arafat and force Palestine to find a leader. Hope they don't. They're too busy building their wall that I guess we're paying for since we already know they can't afford it and we're the piggy bank for their imperial fantasies.