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The "Puppeteer" Grit Laskin, the designer of this unique guitar, is a master of inlay art and engraving. His guitars are decorated with remarkable pictorial stories... Unlike most guitar makers, Laskin doesn't just use inlays as markings or decoration. Instead, he views them as a separate, unique piece of art. The story on the "Puppeteer" revolves around Laskin and his suppliers. This particular guitar carries a pictorial story that Laskin calls the "Puppeteer". In the composition, Laskin portrays himself as the second character down the neck, playing the role of the puppet. An old woman holds his strings on the headstock. The stars that spill from the puppet's hands symbolizes the pleasure and happiness others get from his work, and they in turn, represented by the happy couple below him. And finally, at the base of the neck, is the guitar's owner holding a stack of 12 materials used to do the inlay. His left hand reaches up to the puppet(Laskin) with a jigsaw puzzle, a symbol of his role as a provider of materials This guitar uses five different kinds of shell, nine types of reconstructed stone and various metals. The buttons of the machine head are carved from ebony, and so is the fingerboard. According to Laskin, the inlay work alone took him around 150 hours to complete! To add to all this, the guitar sounds great too.