$100 build contest ....a second try????
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Jusatele
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I see the Tele site has gone to 200 dollars, must be a sign of the times and inflation
I would be interested in a Beg Borrow or Steal build contest, we can start a contest and get teams, see who which team can get a guitar together that uses the least amount of money to build using used parts or home made parts. the secret will be that no parts can come from the team that is building the axe. So we get say 5 teams together, and give them 45 days to build a axe, up to modern specs (no necks with out truss rods, no guitars that can not adjust for intonation etc) and ends up being something you could play onstage without being embarrassed. All parts must be either hand made with material donated, or sourced from someone not on the team. That way one guy can assemble and the others can source parts.
How does that sound?.
PS edit
Oh, if you are forced to use a part from a team member, such as strings etc, or buy a part, you have to list that price and it goes against the team.
All parts must be listed where they came from
I would be interested in a Beg Borrow or Steal build contest, we can start a contest and get teams, see who which team can get a guitar together that uses the least amount of money to build using used parts or home made parts. the secret will be that no parts can come from the team that is building the axe. So we get say 5 teams together, and give them 45 days to build a axe, up to modern specs (no necks with out truss rods, no guitars that can not adjust for intonation etc) and ends up being something you could play onstage without being embarrassed. All parts must be either hand made with material donated, or sourced from someone not on the team. That way one guy can assemble and the others can source parts.
How does that sound?.
PS edit
Oh, if you are forced to use a part from a team member, such as strings etc, or buy a part, you have to list that price and it goes against the team.
All parts must be listed where they came from
jackthehack
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I'm in....
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Is this really challenging enough? I mean I just slapped together a neck, tuners, bridge, humbucker, and a jack off guitarfetish for $98 and change, which leaves $2 to buy a 2x4 from which to make the body. If you can get that close from a single retail website...
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the point?
it is the ANTI BUILD
Just how cheap can we do this
granted you get a body neck and hardware and pay for it all and get good stuff you end up with a 600 to 1000 dollar build, and that is the bottom end
now, If we had to go out and find everything, pay for nothing, everything we pay for counts against us, and put together a axe that sounds good, and plays nice, and looks like you would play it on stage without having to explain why. Now that is a challenge. 1 guy builds, the other 2 go out and source parts from places they can get them for free, and if a team member donates it, that counts against them, and if they buy it, that counts against them, the limit is 200 dollars,
That would be fun, finding a body at some buddies house, having to beg paint to paint it, and finding some shelac at someones house to finish it, begging 2 pickups from the local repair shop, as well as pots and stuff,
when it is all over, we get votes on both sound and looks, and then decide who made it cheaper/best.
even screws can not come from a team members house.
Oh, let us say in the spirit of not wanting to cut any fingers, String can be purchased
what we will be able to show off as a forum is our ability to build, no matter whose parts, and then it makes us being die hard Warmoth fans that much better, as we can do it with anything, we are here because we like it.
or we can feature all the 100 dollar builds just like every other guitar forum out there and be no better than any of them
it is the ANTI BUILD
Just how cheap can we do this
granted you get a body neck and hardware and pay for it all and get good stuff you end up with a 600 to 1000 dollar build, and that is the bottom end
now, If we had to go out and find everything, pay for nothing, everything we pay for counts against us, and put together a axe that sounds good, and plays nice, and looks like you would play it on stage without having to explain why. Now that is a challenge. 1 guy builds, the other 2 go out and source parts from places they can get them for free, and if a team member donates it, that counts against them, and if they buy it, that counts against them, the limit is 200 dollars,
That would be fun, finding a body at some buddies house, having to beg paint to paint it, and finding some shelac at someones house to finish it, begging 2 pickups from the local repair shop, as well as pots and stuff,
when it is all over, we get votes on both sound and looks, and then decide who made it cheaper/best.
even screws can not come from a team members house.
Oh, let us say in the spirit of not wanting to cut any fingers, String can be purchased
what we will be able to show off as a forum is our ability to build, no matter whose parts, and then it makes us being die hard Warmoth fans that much better, as we can do it with anything, we are here because we like it.
or we can feature all the 100 dollar builds just like every other guitar forum out there and be no better than any of them
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What you're describing is a desire to see how much sponsorship a build team could muster. The ability to choose and assemble parts is a given on this board, so no contest there. If somebody simply sent me all the parts needed to assemble a guitar, we're only looking at a couple hours work, and it would be damn close to stageworthy. That's just me, or nearly anybody on this board, with no team. So, you're only left with two questions: who's gonna pay for the parts, and once finished, what happens to the guitar?
The $100 build from nothing, at least as originally envisioned, forces people to figure out how to build a functional guitar out of almost nothing. That takes some serious skill, and we saw some of that exhibited in the last contest.
Or, perhaps I'm missing something here?
The $100 build from nothing, at least as originally envisioned, forces people to figure out how to build a functional guitar out of almost nothing. That takes some serious skill, and we saw some of that exhibited in the last contest.
Or, perhaps I'm missing something here?
Jusatele
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It was a suggestion
a WAY TO PROVE WE COULD BUILD A DECENT GUITAR FROM USED PARTS
there are a bunch of guitar forums doing the 100n dollar build
I just wanted to up the anti and prove we are better'
Just because we have a premiere neck and body builder, lets prove we are here because we are good, not just assembling parts from the best parts company out there
In other words
Anyone can take good parts and turn out a good axe
Lets prove we can take SHIT parts and do better than good
a WAY TO PROVE WE COULD BUILD A DECENT GUITAR FROM USED PARTS
there are a bunch of guitar forums doing the 100n dollar build
I just wanted to up the anti and prove we are better'
Just because we have a premiere neck and body builder, lets prove we are here because we are good, not just assembling parts from the best parts company out there
In other words
Anyone can take good parts and turn out a good axe
Lets prove we can take SHIT parts and do better than good
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As a non-participating, interested observer, I 'd like to see the old contest finished with the same rules before a new one is started. It just seems fair to those that were involved. I think the only thing up in the air was the finish date.
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DMRACO said:
FWIW, I agree 100%. There was some interesting stuff being done; let's wrap it up before moving on!
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I'd like to see some sort of conclusion to this thing. Do you plan on having a poll for those that already built guitars, or will you give others time to build more entries?
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