That's understandable. My family has a strong aversion to scarlet & gray!
Careful, now. My alma mater, Washington State (see avatar) is CRIMSON and gray. Clearly not scarlet, oh indeedy not.
And yes, the intellectual/cultural aspect of College Station was a significant part of the reason for my change of scenery - although truth to tell, it was mostly cultural. College Station has a lot of bright, capable people, but culturally this child of the fairly informal Pacific Northwest didn't fit in very well. I asked too many questions and tried to change the status quo. Mea culpa.
AND - I'm having another brainstorm: Gibson Gold-Top would look GREAT on that Hi-Flyer body, and ReRanch has it in rattle cans. This photo was taken from ReRanch's website at:
http://reranchstore.stores.yahoo.net/goldtopgold.html Question is, would I paint just the top this color, the whole thing? That route around the top on the Hi-flyer makes it a bit problematic to declare where the top ends. It might also be a trick to get the demarcation line right between top and back if I didn't just paint the whole thing gold - ala Dick Dale - which is a possibility.