Addendum

More impressions from our trip to LA - these are Andreas' pictures which I finally got a hold of:  At the show with Chris Peterson, a guitarbuilder who briefly helped out working for me as I was pushing to finish the Nouveau Series last year; with Thomas and Chris Adams, the designer and engineer of the new Gibson Firebird-X, giving us the skinny.  Our motel room in Anaheim - spartan, but cool design.  Our lumberyard and some of the woods we got there - Mahogany, Walnut and flame Maple.  Thomas' dashbord saint.  After sealing the container we grab a bite from the lunch truck.  A little sightseeing for Andreas after all the work is done and visiting with luthier Bill Asher - I need to do some work on "Lucky Seven" for him, resetting the bridge.  At the airport with Daniele Cabibbe, my Italian distributor...