My fiance couldn't wait until Christmas Day to give me my gift... and I couldn't wait to post it!
In the eight years we've been together, I've trained her well. hahaha... In fact, I've turned her into a gear nerd herself! (Being the drummer in my band, she's taken quite a liking to vintage Gretsch Kits! But I digress...)
Oh, god, she knows me too well... I was on the hunt for an acoustic, something quirky and old with a big beefy neck and a parlor-size body... and she found me this late-1920's Stromberg-Voisinet (Kay) Parlour acoustic. Palm tree stencil, Mother of Pearl fretboard and pickguard, asymmetrical slotted headstock with (supposedly) original black-button Klusons, and a bone rosette and binding.
God, I love this woman.