The Talking Board Acoustic Guitar
 

This is a very special and unique customized Sedgwick guitar. This is the first and only guitar to have a talking board inlaid into the instrument. It is not only a guitar but also a proper working talking board.

The art of scrying has been around for many centries. One method involves using a board with numbers and letters.The Ouija board is credited to a cabinet and coffin maker named E.C. Reiche, in the late 19th century. Apprently the board named itself 'Ouija' so the story goes. He sold the invention to his friend Charles Kennard who then started producing the first commercial Ouija boards around 1886. William Fuld took over production and is credited for the commercial success of the board. He was also a Free Mason. This name Ouija® became a registered trademark in 1902, which now belongs to the games giant Hasbro.

Sedgwick Talking Board Guitar
Planchette
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Science has no clear answer as to how these talking boards work and so theories arise with our own superstitions. The myth surrounding these types of boards have been greatly enhanced and distorted by the media. Whether you believe you are tapping into your subconscious or talking to spirits/aliens or as in most Occult philosophies a combination of both, it is an interesting game. There are many wonderful different types of boards with many different designs to suit anyone's taste. They are also very collectable.

Many thousands of these talking/Ouija boards are sold every year and people from all walks of life have used them. There was one music related story that interested me for many years. In the documentary 'Imagine: John Lennon', the British music legend John Lennon reads a letter by a fan claiming to have been informed through a Ouija board that John would be assassinated. The spirit who gave the information was said to be Brian Epstein, the late manager for the Beatles. John Lennon was indeed killed, shot in the back by Mark Chapman, 8/12/1980. The documentary is on YouTube, fast forward 4 minutes into 'Part 11' .

There are a couple of instruments that already have a talking board printed on them. There is wonderful unique gothic style instrument by Nicholas Holcomb called the "Ouija Board Slide Guitar". At the beginning of March 2009 I went and saw Metallica in London at the O2, which was excellent. The guitarist Kirk Hammett used an ESP guitar that has an old William Flud style board printed on the front. It is not really possible to use the instrument as a normal Ouija board, just for looks.

This is a very special and unique customized Sedgwick guitar. This original guitar is the first and only acoustic guitar to have this type of talking board inlaid into the instrument. It is not only a guitar but also a proper working talking board. All the letters, numbers and symbols are made of white mother of pearl. The wooden pointer called the planchette is made from Indian rosewood and mahogany, matching the guitar's purfling and Madagascar rosewood bindings.
Sedgwick Talking Board Acoustic Guitar

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