The Gurian is just as you shipped it. I played it a bunch last night. I put new strings on it and adjusted the saddle a bit (I think it may have been put in backwards at some time) and it is so loud! Janet told me it hurt her ears when I really laid into it! What a dreamboat of a guitar!

And I think my guitars are getting renamed - it would be Mr. G and Ms. Mose. Both guitars were built in the same year. Ms. Mose is definetely the feminine of the two. My friend was over and fell in love with Mr. G also - offered to give me my money back on the spot - NOT!

So Bill D gets an "A" in packing and UPS gets an "A" in delivery. The cardboard box you put around it didn't have a mark on it - everyone who put their hands on this instrument did so carefully. And Rita gets an "A+" from me for being willing to part with Mr. G after so many years of ownership.

So onward and upwards - What a trip - and JenEllen and the crew at the July gathering will be the first Catters to actually see and hear Mr. G in all his prime -

Steve *MHGOF*