Acoustic Mug Recon

Stood up from the sofa cushions and marched straight onto the low wooden coffee table. Dead center sat high-grade household hardware: an oversized ceramic coffee mug, thick-walled and completely dry inside. Prime acoustic bell chamber! I didn't hesitate. I dropped into a wide combat crouch, pulled that red celluloid pick from the guitar headstock, and jammed the instrument's lower body edge flush against the mug's rounded ceramic wall. I ripped a sharp staccato power chop across the wound brass strings! TING-CLACK! The hollow mug caught the vibration, amplifying the attack into a tight, resonant ceramic bark that rattled a forgotten metal spoon resting on the dark tabletop. New indoor frequency locked and verified!