Whodatpat's 2012 Build Challenge Thread -- COMPLETED

I will probably wind up doing a "fastest build" thread, but I will kick myself if I don't try. This challenge was an amazing experience last year. This year I am going to try to go by the original challenge rules, $100 or less. I will only have a month to work on it. I am in London for work so I won't have access to my shop until March 25th, and then I am on the road through the end of the month. My daughter has been asking for a guitar so this is as good of a time as any. I will have her help with sanding at least.. My only thought is a thinline without the F hole to cut weight. I may go with a shorter scale to cut weight. But that could over complicate the build. Peyton will decide on the color.
Cheers

Great reason to build. Good luck!

Ah daughters... had three, now old and grey a feeble as a result... but ah... our sweet daughters.
enjoy the build, and the keen travel.

Ah daughters... had three, now old and grey a feeble as a result... but ah... our sweet daughters.
enjoy the build, and the keen travel.

I only have one, but I'm tricksy and waited until I was old and feeble to have her.

Welcome back Pat! And good luck! :grin:

Dave

Fastest build thread - that's funny, too bad you can't program it to scroll quicker than everyone else's thread :razz:.

Just a note to the moderator that I ain't thrown the towel in. I am just still in London. My daughter is looking forward to getting started with me Saturday. I will post pictures as soon as I have wood in hand.

After a day of jetlag I finally had a little progress today. The mystery wood timbers are from the attic in an old garage in Pennsylvania. They had nails through them that I will have to work around. Otherwise it is nice straight and thick rough cut lumber. Really white and soft, I am thinking it is a pine. It has virtually no odor left to it.
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I plained it to get it fairly flat, and then my daughter Peyton and I used the table saw to square up the sides and the joiner to smooth the edges for gluing. (Dont worry, her hands are and will be kept clear of spinning sharp things.)

We indexed the pieces so that the old nail holes will miss the body when we cut it out.
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It is really nice having someone around that is excited to vacuum up the dust!
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All glued up. It will have to sit like this till I get home Friday and we can get started on cutting and making this look like the Purplecaster she is hoping for.
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Very nice. Good luck.

Yeah, my daughter was into purple when she was little too, now she plays guitar better than me! Good luck with your build Pat.

Nice work, Pat. It's always great seeing the kids get involved in these builds.

I wish your daughter was around here to vac my shop. Maybe I could find those clamps that I'm sure are on the floor somewhere.......

I have been swamped bussy since I got back from Vegas. We managed to make some more progress.
Since the glue-joints were rock hard I let Peyton scrape them flat before we hit the planer.

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Then I marked out the body to "miss" the nail holes and trimes the board to exactly 13 inches wide. (12.75 would have beeb better!)

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After we got the thickness down to size we marked the body for real and drilled relief holes for the band saw.

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The Ryobi 9" band saw was not up to the task and gave up half way through. So I finished the "cutout" with the drill press! (Thank you Scatterlee for yet another handy piece of wood shop ingenuity.)

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I turned an old TV stand into a router table. Of course I braced it with what I use to brace everything in my shop. Failed and practice necks.:cool:

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We ran out to Woodcraft to pick up the Purpleheart and Maple for the neck. Note to self (Measure twice before you BUY also!) This beautiful piece of birds-eye maple is too short for the normal Tele headstock. So I will have to use my modified (yet unoriginal) headstock design. I am still not sure if I want to cut this piece of maple down and put the fred board on it or save it for a 1 pice. It is really beautiful. Maybe i will check the Maple bin for 3/4 at Home Depot!

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I ripped the Purpleheart and left a large enough piece for the skunk stripe and dowel. This stuff is not a "purple" in the middle. I planed the two pieces down so now I have an extra if i ever want another purple fret board.

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Well I still have MUCH to do (even with a helper) and little time to do it so, Bye for now.:wink:

Fantastic repurposing of that tv stand! And I think its great to see your daughter giving you a hand. I can't wait til my kids are old enough to help out

is the maple too small even with a short scale? or did that part of the plan change?

is purpleheart one of those woods that only changes colors when oxidized? or exposed to UV?

Great to see your daughter helping. In a few years mine will be there with me. The time spent together is priceless.

Great to see your daughter helping. In a few years mine will be there with me. The time spent together is priceless.

Ain't that the truth.

And plenty of time to get this finished we are only three weeks in, seems alot longer:mrgreen:

Decided against short scale. Full size everything. She can handle my guitars fine. I believe this wil be a guitar she sits with and one she can play forever. A short scale would find its way to a closet.

That purple is already coming back vividly. I read that on the google box thing that when the wood gets hot from the saw it can turn brown and when it cools it gets the color back. Your oxidation argument is likely closer to accurate. The sawdust was purple right away and that is probably because of the surface area to mass ratio. In any case I like it. I am thinking about Tru-Oil finish, but I have read lacquer does well. We will see. Never oiled a neck and i like learning new stuff.

Bowensby23, Sharp5, & Nialldabass,
Peyton is more excited for shop days than I am. I am enjoying the experience with her and knowing this is something she will tell her kids about.....as she is teaching them proper shop safety and how to make a basic t-style guitar. :-)

I really like Tru-Oil on the maple necks I've made. Great feel.

I turned an old TV stand into a router table. Of course I braced it with what I use to brace everything in my shop. Failed and practice necks.:cool:

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Thats very ingenious. :wink:

Nice build... and its fun working with the kids, ain't it?

I went through the bin of 3/4 maple at Home Depot and found a nice piece of birds-eye. I will save the other one for a one piece neck.

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The band saw made it through this stuff OK, but that thing has to go!

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After making two new neck shaped braces :twisted: and ruining my template on the "router table." I decided to go back to the hand held router for the neck. 3rd time was a charm.:wink:

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Peyton drilled the cavities and even chiseled them as clean as she could. This is by far her favorite part since she can use these tools. As opposed to watching dad use the dangerous router and yell expletives when he does something stupid.

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I glued the fretboard to the neck and clamped it. Then I routed the cavities smooth. (ish) Here it will sit till we get back home Monday. I had hoped I could at least bring the neck to whittle over the weekend, but I guess not.

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After a long weekend in New Jersey with in-law family, I finally got some much needed rest and relaxation in the workshop this afternoon.

Before I trimmed the fret board to size, I used it as a straight edge on the table saw to nibble away headstock to the right thickness.
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I trimmed the fret board close with the band saw.
This thing is lethargic! I NEED a new one.
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I dont trust myself with the router today, so I pulled out the scraper cards for this part.
It only took a little longer, but I was never in risk of destroying the neck or cutting off a finger.:wink:
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Next I routed for the truss rod. I cant believe how fast this all goes once you have all the jigs built!
I use the micrometer to make sure I rout deep enough, but not too deep.
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I need a jig for lining up these holes. Until then I measure it out each time. I mark the bottom of the rout so I can gauge where the drill needs to enter the rout.
Whenever I can I give Peyton the honors of doing the work.

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The LMI fretting jig with my modification to make it work on 1 pice necks is so easy a 10 year old can do it. And she did.
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I made the truss rod. It seems like the heavy math goes into the butt end to make sure just enough thread hangs out the hole in the heel.
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Truss rod installed, I scraped the skunk stripe to size using some scrap Purpleheart.
Tomorrow I can start turning that square stock into a Purpleheart Dowel using the drill press as a lathe.:smile:
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Tonight I made the Dowel for the truss rod plug. I roughed an end enough to fit n the drill press.
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Next I used a finish nail to steady the wood as I work it. I also set the drill up for the highest RPM.
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I used my Dragon rasp to get the work started. I screwed the board in place to use as a straight edge with the cutting tools.
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The rough side and then slightly less rough side of the ferriers rasp removed the bulk of the wood.
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At about 4/10 inch thick, I started paying closer attention to the size with the micrometer. I started using 80 grit till I got it to a shade over side and then sanded it smooth.
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It really looks great. Now I can slap glue on it shove I in a hole and gut it off so no one will ever see it again.
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Tomorrow I can start shaping this thing.

Very clever dowel making!
Very cool thread as well!

Nice work.

Don't you love it. You spend all that time making something the most will never appreciate lol. But if you're anything like most of us, you enjoyed tackling it and took great pride in how well it turned out.

Very clever dowel making!
Very cool thread as well!
Thank you. I learned it from Scatter Lee in last year's build thread.:cool:

Nice work.
I appreciate it. If you dont have one of the hot conversational threads it is tough to tell if anyone likes what yer doing.:grin:

Don't you love it. You spend all that time making something the most will never appreciate lol. But if you're anything like most of us, you enjoyed tackling it and took great pride in how well it turned out.
Thats exactly why I took that last picture. To save the moment when something in this project looked perfect. This wood sure does polish smooth.

I am not sure what to use for Dots. I LOATH spending $.42 each plus shipping on plastic from StewMac. I have a nice 1/4" Plug cutter I use to cut on the end grain. Here are examples in Maple, Ebony, and Durham;s Putty with one coat of TruOil.
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I bought myself a late 40th Birthday Present. I am now a member of the ROSS owners club!:mrgreen:
It took 5 minutes to do what used to take me a day to do and still not have straight edges. I am a fan!
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I like the Durhams the best. And congrats on the new tool! I hope to have one some day too.

I like the Durhams the best. And congrats on the new tool! I hope to have one some day too.

You have a 40th birthday coming up sometime too!:razz:

Dangit! I'm two years overdue, and still no ROSS!

(I like the Durham's too, depending on the overall color scheme.)

Spent the day shaping the neck. I have braced a saw horse to use for manhandling necks with a ferrier's rasp (thanks Colt for that knowledge). After I remove the bulk of the wood I clean up the gouges with a hand cut rasp.

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I wish I had time laps to show but this is after about 5 minutes on the ROSS. I LOVE this tool. It easily shaved an hour or two off my work.

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I cleaned it up with 120 and 220 grit. I still have some work to do, but this is pretty good for now. I have never made a neck this thin. I like baseball bats, but this is for my daughters hands.

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Since I am going to set it aside for a while, this is a good time to fill the dots.

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I spent the rest of the afternoon sanding. Oh the joy! After I got it really flat, I routed the round overs. It took a little feathering to finish up sanding.

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I set up the "paint booth" and when the laundry is done I can spray some sealer. One thing I have seen but never saw explained is this mounting system. It is a PVC plumbing T. I screwed in a piece to the bottom and cut flat edges in it on an angle so when I clamp it in the vice it is on a steep enough angle that the work will stay put do matter how I spin it.

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I set up the "paint booth" and when the laundry is done I can spray some sealer.

The joys of being a hobby builder, right? :grin:

The neck looks like it turned out really sweet, pat.

Hey Pat,

Your Dremel suggestion for frets did wonders on the stainless jumbos I just installed. I may have to lift your PVC paint jig as well. Thanks for the excellent low budget work saving solutions to two problems. :-)

Barncaster

The joys of being a hobby builder, right? :grin:

The neck looks like it turned out really sweet, pat.

Thank you. I am really happy with it so far. Hopefully the dots stay clean untill I get them protected with some CA. I also hope I don't find any air bubble craters in the putty when I sand it down.

Hey Pat,
Your Dremel suggestion for frets did wonders on the stainless jumbos I just installed. I may have to lift your PVC paint jig as well. Thanks for the excellent low budget work saving solutions to two problems. :-)
Barncaster

COOL! I am glad I was able to pass on even a shread of usefull engenuity to the forum. I wish I could remember a fraction of the great ides I read in these threads. I have subscribed to dozens of builds only to forget what I was even tryign to remember in the specific thread and not jogging my memory after rereading the whole thing.:confused:

I am goign to try to do the frets like Scatter Lee did them in this years build where there is no tang showing on the edge. Of course I will use the trusty Dremel for that as well.:cool:

looking good pat. congrats on the ROSS. you'll never regret spending the money on that thing.

i hate spending the 42 cents on dots too. i tried white marine epoxy a few builds ago. air bubbles. i guess i should get on the durhams bandwagon.

I can't believe how freaking hard this Purpleheart is to radius. Even with 50 grit this is taking FOREVER!
At least the color difference between the freshly sanded and unsanded wood shows me where I still have to sand and also ensures that I am staying on a level plane with the radius.
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There are a few bubbles in the putty so i will have to dig some out and refill. Luckily it bonds to itself well.

Looking good Pat , yea , that purple heart is hard , I made paddles for turkey calls a few years ago with some .

That purpleheart is really good looking. The ROSS is the best tool in my shop.

I got the frets done today. I used the method I saw in Scatter Lees build to shave the tab off the ends and then fill the hole with super glue and purple heart dust.
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It went really fact. I filed each fret Asia went along. This helped keep me from getting bard and sloppy with the file. I gotmosof the frets out of one stick and less than an inch of waist.


I used the thinnest CA I could find. Next time I will go one thicker. This stuff wicked through the whole fret board. Quite a mess to clean up on the edges of each fret.

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All cleaned up.
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First coat of Tru Oil
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Nothing gives you that "home made guitar" look like black. Looks like I have a lot more sanding to do!
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That finger board looks great

I'm really enjoying this thread - great to see your daughter helping you with the build. I bet this will be a guitar she treasures for ever.
And I can't wait to see that fingerboard in its full finished glory!

I'm really enjoying this thread - great to see your daughter helping you with the build. I bet this will be a guitar she treasures for ever.
And I can't wait to see that fingerboard in its full finished glory!

Thank you. She is not really enjoying all of the sanding, but who does!

I stripped the failed black lacquer base coat and we both spent some quality time. Now it's time for a few more coats of vinyl sealer. Then more sanding.

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After two coats of sealer it is looking semi smooth less the orange peel.

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We wet sanded till it was smooth.

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I am a lot happier with this base.

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Unfortunately, I have to travel tomorrow and wont get back till Friday. I hope we can buttin it up this weekend!

Laid down the Testers Diamond Dust Lacquer base. Not as sparkly as I wanted but this should do better than my last sparkle attempt. After that dried I laid a couple coats of clear.

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I added the purple to the lacquer. And sprayed a couple coats. I am really happy with the color. Sow for a couple top coats of clear.

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Nice color!

Hey Pat and Peyton,

That body color and neck will go together fantastically. Well done! What are you going to use for pickups?

Barncaster

Today was build day. "truth be told I would rather lay a dozen more layers of clear and buff it out. But the deadline was here.
I shielded the cavities and scratched the channel for the ground wire.

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Then there is the ole Eldred Mod. I didn't have a chance to order the neck pickup and I had a esquire Bakelite pick guard. So one pickup it is, with room to grow. :-)

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I got these cool heart shaped tuning heads from Bezdez on eBay. ( Really happy with the quality of his stuff.)

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I buttoned it all up and it looks really great. The pictures in my basement suck. The colors are really great. It is a light purple metallic and the purple heard fretboard is sweet.

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But...... I plugged it in and no sound. I have re-chased every wire and connection from pickup to jack. I even swapped out the caps and pots. NOTHING. Not even a ground buzz.
:-(
I will have to revisit this when the frustration subsides.

you are using an import switch, try this.

in your schematic pins 1-4 are on the bottom - pins 5-8 are on the top.

5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

this should fix your issue

while you are in there - you might want to try the arlo west cocked wha circuit.
gander through my x12 builds, there is some shematics and a sound sample of an esquire using it.

Once you get sound, I'll bet she's going to love it. Very, very cool!

Beautiful project! Despite the wiring woes, I'm sure you've got one happy little girl right now.

I dug up one of my schematics.
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hey, I feel like I actually got something accomplished today.

good luck - jb

I dug up one of my schematics.

hey, I feel like I actually got something accomplished today.

good luck - jb

This thing is numbered and the connected pins matched the numbering in the schematic. Its actually why i bought it. Should I cut out these factory connections and wire it like you described?

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yes, absolutely cut the pins apart.
the circuit you have in the photo would get wired like this.

pin 1 to pin 6 then to the back pot
pin 2 to pin 7
pin 3 to pin 8 then a cap then to the top of the front pot
pin 4 to the lug of the front pot
pin 5 to the hot pickup lead (white)

the rest is the same

I use the exact same switch in my builds.

I'm sure you're anxious to get the sound fixed, but while you're at it, I must say that's
a beautiful guitar you've built. I think the "purple" turned out great, especially with the
purpleheart fretboard. Nice job!

Holy Crap! I still have 2 Weeks! I had convinced myself before I started that yesterday was the deadline! I should really learn to read directions.

Thanks to EVERYONE for the compliments. I may pull it apart and add more clear coats. I want to burry the color.

I think I will get the wiring right with these directions. Than You for helping me through the complicated electronics part Motor City. I can't believe how complicated it can be to connect A to B.

I'm using that same switch from Bezdez on my Esquire and I had to figure it out by trial and error. I also cut the webs between the terminals. And I got positions 2 and 3 swapped somehow, but I still have all 3 "Esquire" positions, just out-of-sequence.

I'll go back and try MCT's diagram. Thanks for sharing it!

That did the trick. It howls now. Or course Peyton has decided it is not "purple enough.". Jam gonna make her look at it in the sun light, but if she still thinks so I will be slapping some more coats of purple and clear.

I'm using that same switch from Bezdez on my Esquire and I had to figure it out by trial and error. I also cut the webs between the terminals. And I got positions 2 and 3 swapped somehow, but I still have all 3 "Esquire" positions, just out-of-sequence.

You could just flip it and leave the wiring alone. I am lazy like that.

That did the trick. It howls now. Or course Peyton has decided it is not "purple enough.". Jam gonna make her look at it in the sun light, but if she still thinks so I will be slapping some more coats of purple and clear.



You could just flip it and leave the wiring alone. I am lazy like that.

Hey Pat and Peyton,

Just find a local to make you a nice purple suede strap. That should do the trick. Actually Scatter is quite accomplished in the leather and hide working arena. He may be able to help you out! Hmmmm, purple alligator :twisted::cool:

Barncaster

Hmmmm, purple alligator :twisted::cool:

Barncaster

purple dinosaur :not so cool:

BarneyCaster

Or something from here?

http://stores.ebay.com/guitarpartsonline/_i.html?_nkw=purple+tele

or here? :cool:

http://www.qparts.com/product/pickguards_shell.html

Barncaster

Hey Pat and Peyton,

Just find a local to make you a nice purple suede strap. That should do the trick. Actually Scatter is quite accomplished in the leather and hide working arena. He may be able to help you out! Hmmmm, purple alligator :twisted::cool:

Barncaster

That is an excellent idea! I will send scatter a pm about a purple strap for her. Actually it would be nice to have a strap made to be as short as she needs it. Not sure I can afford the custom case.

Additional purple layers looked good. I got it back together tonight and she is trying to play it. I really want her to play the video, but she does not agree. I have a couple days to work on her. I also need to try to get a good picture that really captures the guitar.

purple dinosaur :not so cool:

BarneyCaster

LOL!

Hey Pat,

You could put it in an open tuning for her and have her barre and strum with a light pick. Should work fine. Go Peyton!

Barncaster

Hey Pat,

You could put it in an open tuning for her and have her barre and strum with a light pick. Should work fine. Go Peyton!

Barncaster

I do like the open tuning. I have to pick up some light strings for yer tomorrow. I always wind up waiting a set in the build for setup and leveling frets.

Here it is all finished up. I wish I had a better camera.

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That is absolutely stunning! Peyton, enjoy it for a lifetime!

That is absolutely stunning! Peyton, enjoy it for a lifetime!

Thank you! She is tickled pink (or purple) with it. But she did ask what it was worth. I said if you ever sell it it is worthless, if you keep it is priceless. :-)

Thank you! She is tickled pink (or purple) with it. But she did ask what it was worth. I said if you ever sell it it is worthless, if you keep it is priceless. :-)

Very cool!
(the experience, the guitar, and the aphorism)

Here is the one for the money;
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p23/whodatpat/IMAG1184.jpg

Here is the one for the show;
IEMuRUKusVY

Thank you TDPRI for putting this on again. Thank you to all of the other builders for your inspiration and support. I can already claim victory as I have the best prize offered in the challenge, a great guitar that my daughter and I built.

Patrick

Nice, I have three lovely daughters and they were all into helping dad.

Awesome job! Great video it sounds very cool! Congrats on a sweet build. , just a heads up i noticed your video is about 8 seconds shy of the required 60 second minimum i'd hate to see ya get disqualified on a technicality.

Great job Pat & Peyton , looks great , sounds great :smile:

Hey Pat and Peyton,

As Herb said, that looks and sounds fantastic! Did I hear the beginnings of "Smoke on the Water" in there? Really well done. Time to start practicing Peyton! Some folks will never have a guitar as cool as that in their whole lives. You must be proud. Well done papa Pat and Peyton!

Rob

Well done you two, you make a great team.!

Thank you! I really appreciate the kudos from such great builders.

Awesome job! Great video it sounds very cool! Congrats on a sweet build. , just a heads up i noticed your video is about 8 seconds shy of the required 60 second minimum i'd hate to see ya get disqualified on a technicality.

I am getting on a plane for London for 2 weeks. That video will have to do. if the 8 seconds is the diference between 1st place and last, I will have to live with it. Like I said. I already got the best prize.

Hey Pat and Peyton,

As Herb said, that looks and sounds fantastic! Did I hear the beginnings of "Smoke on the Water" in there? Really well done. Time to start practicing Peyton! Some folks will never have a guitar as cool as that in their whole lives. You must be proud. Well done papa Pat and Peyton!

Rob

She really tried to learn Smoke on the Water. Only realized the Irony with it being a Deep Purple tune after she gave up on it for this video. She is still working on it and hopefully when I get home she will be ready to jam with me on it. Painters tape makes great numbered fret markers.

The picture of Peyton holding the guitar is right up there with tk's grandma holding his. Absolutely fabulous build. Great job by both of you.

I wish I were only 8 seconds from first, more like 8 more years of building experience til first. Sure is a nice guitar and even that demo tells me that thing has rock-n-roll just waiting to get out. Awesome job.

Hey Pat and Peyton,

What are you using for a pickup? That thing rocks quire well!

Rob

She looks very happy with that guitar, and she should be. Great video!!!

Thank you Allthesound for updating the production quality on my video! I updated the link to the new one.
Now I have to get back to work.

Best video yet! Congratulations on a great build.

Peyton looks chuffed! :grin:

Thank you Allthesound for updating the production quality on my video! I updated the link to the new one.
Now I have to get back to work.

Congrats again on a awesome build you guys! It was such a joy to watch it come to life and become a great looking and sounding guitar! :grin:

Best video yet! Congratulations on a great build.

Peyton looks chuffed! :grin:

I had to look up what Chuffed meant. She definitely is. She says she has played it every day since then. I can't wait to go home.

Pure awesomeness, Pat!

Beautiful guitar Pat!

Congrats to you both!

Thank you tremendously. I can't believe I have pulled 12 votes. I don't have any misconception of placing in this thing, but to have a dozen people consider this guitar of an honorable mention warms my heart. I can't wait to get home and jam with Peyton.