While digging a shallow grave, Rich bestowed upon us this wisdom...
 RL> Hello Michael!
 RL> On 03 Mar 98, Michael Mcsorley wrote to All:
 
 MM> sure I have the answer for it. She wants to know if etching the face of 

 MM> guitar would harm it tonewise..? I guess she wants to do some sort of
 MM> artistic something to an electric or an acoustic. I said I wouldn't 
chance
 MM> it, but I would ask the infinitely knowledgable folks in this echo to be
 MM> sure. :-)
 RL> An acoustic would definitely be changed.  An electric would be changed
 RL> in proportion to the amount of wood removed.  The pattern COULD affect
 RL> the tone, as something with a natural resonant frequency in the range
 RL> of the guitar (or one of it's undertones) could tend to emphasize some
 RL> sounds more than others... but it's unlikely. 
 RL> For an electric, I'd say go for it but be careful in how much wood is
 RL> removed. 
Thanks alot! I'll pass it on...
Mike 
michael.mcsorley@lroom.org
... Will Rogers never met Hillary's husband.
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