Thanks manX. To quote an old boss, "progress can be painfully slow". Someone famous may have said this originally but it was my old boss Ed who made it stick in my head.

Another great quote comes from Lord John Fisher, 1 admiral of the British fleet. I first read about him in the book "Dreadnaught" by Robert K Massie. It's been 20 or more years since reading the book but what I still recall was "Jackies" formula for success:

Ruthless

Relentless

Remorseless

A fascinating man. Yes I share the same admiration as yourself for the relentless or persistent pursuit of ambition!

Now, you had 2 questions. It is indeed an almost Gibson neck. Although I am astonished you can derive that from such a pic. Is it possible that you recalled - without realizing - the head of an Epiphone peaking up in the corner of my guitar project video? The guitar is that Epi. It's a Les Paul Jr I keep at the office for practice. I refer to it as my Pawn Shop Princess. Purchased for the grand sum of $80! I love the little thing.

I wear a medium glove.