I was not aware that Andy Griffith had written his name on the neck of his guitar. I'm not saying it isn't true, just that I certainly have never heard of this before. That would not be a logical place to write anything, as it would quickly wear off when the guitar was played.
Martin did produce a special Andy Griffith Signature Model of their famous D-18 guitar in 2004, and this guitar does have a facsimile of Andy Griffith's signature on one of the frets (not on the neck), but of course no such guitar could possibly have been used on TAGS. Here's a little more guitar trivia for you: the Martin D-18 guitar that Rodney Dillard played in The Darlings Are Coming was actually one of Andy's own personal guitars, in fact it was the same one he played in A Face in the Crowd (for the film it was painted black and covered with sequins, but Andy had it refinished later). The reason Rodney didn't use his own Martin was that it had a shiny finish that would have caused unwanted reflections from the studio lights. Paul Mulik _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
