My neighbors have long known the truth just by the sound, but it looks like I'm about to be reclassified as a terrorist or, at the very least, someone in possession of something very dangerous.
I confess. My Gibson Les Paul is both covered with a nitrocellulose lacquer finish and also has an ebony fret board, the very stuff GovCo raided Gibson Guitar for twice.
"Honest, Judge, it was legal when I bought it."
It’s legal as long as it was applied in Mexico.