There are musicians who appreciate the style of the instruments they play and choose them primarily for their performance, but there are those – players and fans - who see some instruments as art and collect them more for their beauty. In either case, in modern times, the guitar has been the object of creative and sometimes fanciful construction. Both acoustic and electric guitars have been seen as a canvas upon which craftspeople have displayed imaginative flourishes, using virtually all of their spaces and parts.
Guitars have been painted, stained, dyed, etched, and had appliques, wood, fabric, leather, and metal glued to them. They have been covered in all manner of sparkles and more. However, one classically popular medium for such expression is the inlay...
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