Yes that’s real blood….I didn’t intend to blip blood on my guitar…I was sitting here playing, the sun streaming through the open doors, when I decided to blip the guitar in the sun. As I moved it around to get the angle I liked I impaled myself on the stubby string ends… Of course my first reaction to the sharp, intense pain and the sight of blood was take a few photos…..never look a gift horse in the mouth and all that…..