(8>*}... AND, not only that, Eminence, but the current flowing through the pickup on the Ric would theoretically create an electromagnet S-o-o-o-o-o-o STRONG THAT IT WOULD LITERALLY SUCK THE STRINGS INTO THE GUITAR BODY thus creating the sitar-like sounds popularized by John Lennon in "Strawberry Fields" (a little-known factoid!).

[The Great, All-Knowing-One is so tough of mind and body that - when suffering from sinus infections, which afflict him frequently if he spends too much time on the mountain top - he inserts two TRS jacks into his nostrils and plugs them into two XPS A/B boxes. He grounds himself to his bed of nails, and "rides it out" for the night until the resident bacteria succumb to the effects of the current! This is why mere mortals like us say "Uhnnnng-GAH!" when making supplications to his Excellency!]

FYI

J/W