In case you were wondering I do stir things at other forums.

I liked the guy who has his own luthier and an extra special dread with a Carpathian spruce top that's strung with titanium strings!  Maybe he's a talented player, but he sounds a little pretentious.

He's not as pretentious as me.  I have a guitar that is made out of wood from the heart of one of those giant walking trees from Lord of the Rings.  The nut and saddle are made from the solidified lava from a Mars volcano, and it is strung with hair from the tail of a unicorn.

When you play it, it sounds like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus (and that's when it's out of tune).

It's a pretty good guitar.

That was excellent.  Two things:

1.  You ought to start a "See if you can top this" thread for people to post their most pretentious guitar description, similar to what we did.  This current conversation will get lost since it's off topic.  Just a thought.  The results might be funny.  Your call.

2.  I'm sure you have been told before that you are a very creative and descriptive writer.  I predict you are going to be very wealthy one day (hit songrwiter, novelist or whatever) if you channel your talents.

Not necessarily.  People rarely become successful at something they are not passionate about.  So if you are absolutely passionate about (for example) writing, it becomes relatively easy to persevere because writing is in your nature, and you would be more apt to do it just for fun during slow periods.  It would go against your grain to NOT do it.  And even doing it just for fun will make you better at it.

There are a number of good quotes around that subject.  One of my favorites is:  "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."  - Henry Ford (I think).

Here's another one:

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - (not sure)

I would too but I think I would have too wear a laugh muzzle.

You're right.  That was entertaining.  It was also weird.

Look, I get that there is a "science" behind almost everything.  I'm an engineer, so it's my nature to wonder why certain things work better than others.

However, in the case of guitar construction and what "sounds best", I personally think it has do with the PLAYER as much (if not more) than the instrument and what it is made from.  We've all heard the stories about how a guy took a $50 guitar into a guitar shop and the guy behind the counter made it sound like a $4000 Taylor.  Maybe those stories are urban legends, but Glen Campbell made some pretty good sounds come out of a guitar that was made outta freakin' matchsticks for cryin' out loud:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2VNdDV6Vzo

Wonder what the Young's modulus is on a matchstick?  But I digress.

My point is that regardless of the guitar's construction, there's someone out there who can make it sound good.  If it's my guitar, it's ME if I practice long enough.  Heck, there's even a wizard who can make MB's aforementioned "Sing-n-Strum" sound good.

OK, maybe not . . .