When I bought my HB Fusion III three years ago, I knew I was probably going to keep it, so had no qualms about ‘tattooing’ it with an indelible marker at the first string-change. I touch it up every year or so.
This morning however, we decided we’d go for a ‘piercing’ 
CiNDy was a tad anxious when I laid out my surgical instruments on the (kitchen) operating table and examining my electric drill, hammer and chisel 
She knew however, that even if things went pear-shaped, it would still be worth it.
The object of our mutual desire had arrived yesterday, sans-tariff, from the good ol’ US of A.
It is no less than David Byrne’s (of Talking Heads) bootleg Johnny Dowd cassette tape of his debut album Wrong Side of Memphis from 1998. David had just released Jim White’s debut album on his Luaka Bop label and called Jim over to listen to it together. When they were done, David asked “What do you think?”
Jim’s mouth just dropped and murmured “I wish I had recorded that!”
How much good juju is it possible to infuse one item with? 
Who knows?
One thing’s for sure- There ain’t no other guitar like this in the world! 
