Musician Infuses Dad’s Ashes into His Guitar Fretboard- to Be with Him at Future Gigs

Musician Infuses Dad’s Ashes into His Guitar Fretboard- to Be with Him at Future Gigs

Musician Infuses Dad’s Ashes into His Guitar Fretboard- to Be with Him at Future Gigs Mark Wood (in front) and Sam Orr (behind) credit – supplied by Mark Wood Over the years, GNN has reported on multiple creative ways to infuse the ashes of cremated loved one into meaningful objects, whether a tattoo, a vinyl record, or an elegant stone. Now, English media have reported on a man whose inlaid his father’s ashes into the fretboard of his guitar, saying “will still be with me at all the shows.” 37-year-old heavy metal guitarist Mark Wood learned to play the ax from his father, Keith, who passed away at the age of 68 from a heart attack on Christmas Day, 2022. Keith was a retired school teacher, and used to travel hundreds of miles to attend his son’s gigs where they would often “have a beer and a catch up,” Mark said. His passing left a hole in the family of 4. Mark’s sister used some of her dad’s ashes to make jewelry, which gave him the idea of doing the same for the dotted inlays along the…