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I'm pretty sure wet sanding human flesh can't be topped.
Next time Hesh, shoot a video as a companion to "fret grime"
Any particular paper you like for skin sanding? Something that doesn't load up too badly? Double yuk.

After all, you shouldn't be calling yourself a luthier if you don't have skin in the game!
Mike

That can be topped.....

The very worst, so far was the 70's G*bson MKII that a local Master Jeweler received as a high school graduation present and then took to college, got too stoned and drunk, and puked in the sound hole and left it there for 35 years..... I suspect that dried puke is pretty dampening too.... Vintage college dorm mac and cheese.....

Another one that's right up there was the guitar that the owner shimmed the saddle himself to stop it from buzzing.

What I found under the saddle was a very large, very green and brown with fuzzy growth on it.... toe nail...... I almost quit the biz that day....

Related was the D-28 in the old green pl*stic case that the owner was running down a stairway with the guitar trying to escape an angry girlfriend or spouse who fired a 12 gauge with OO buck at him. Some of the pellets hit the guitar, went though the case and embedded int he fretboard.... I could care less about the owner but what a shame for the guitar...

Guitars are people too....

I knew you guys were known for superlative set ups. Had no idea you led the industry in gross out stories too.

Remember the Gross-out contest/concert with Frank Zappa and Alice Cooper....