I have never been interested in inlays and other such gingerbread, and always felt that my plain vanilla D-18 was just as good as, and even in some sense "better" (more "honest" or some such, I suppose) than a fancier higher-numbered dreadnaught. I mean, I can admire the craftsmanship involved, but I've always felt that it has nothing to do with the making of music. And I've never been able to participate in conversations about the desirability of guitars with a lot of frou-frou applied to them.

This thread, however, started out discussing homemade "decorations" and inscriptions, which is something else altogether. And I did feel the need to 'fess up to my recent thoughts of desecrating my instrument with a little personalization. (Nothing that couldn't be subsequently hidden under a nice black replacement pickguard.) Please feel free to try and talk me out of it!