While we're on the subject of fancy woodworking, this is my new bass. It's rather lovely.

I built it myself (well, put a collection of parts together and then got an adult to help me fit the neck to the body, I didn't carve it out of a solid chunk of oak-topped alder or anything).

that is indeed a work of beauty.

can you play?

I'm good enough to get away with it most of the time, and to fake it when I can't.

It's ended up sounding really good and has a nice feel to it, which is encouraging me to whip it out and play with it more often. Which is good. Unless I go blind.

at least if you go blind you won't be able to see bob laugh at you

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*takes sealed envelope from pocket*
*opens envelope*
*shows gathered crowd prediction of what Greg would say*
*basks in applause, gets mauled by tiger*

Very handsome. Never carved Alder - generally, woods from riverside growing trees don't carve well, though they have great tensile strength, which is probably what you want in a geetar.

My latest hemisphere in exchange:

Eeeef. Boy got skills.

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(Yay other-Steve, is it buying the dragon a pint?)