Custom Guitar to Benefit South Dakota Childrens Hospital

Last December I was asked to create an original design guitar to be auctioned off at the annual Silent Auction in Spearfish South Dakota during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Rapid City/Souix Falls Childrens Hospital and Learning Center.

I designed the guitar and my good friend Mark of Stol Guitars built it.

The auction will be held on August 6th.

This has been an awesome project and given me a chance to design something a little out of the ordinary. The design is decidely retro with lines dating back to the styles of the 30's and 40's.

The people holding the auction are all hot rod enthusiasts and among the top custom motorcycle builders in the world so it's only fitting that the guitar carry a hot rod theme.

The guitar features a solid mahogany custom body, maple neck with Indian rosewood fingerboard, custom pinstriping by Bob Gorske at Roade Studio in Bristol CT, vintage Ampeg volume and tone knobs, Seymour Duncan pickups, custom stainless steel feature strip, rat rod gray paint with matte finish, and a black hardware/chrome fastener theme throughout.

Hope you guys like it!

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That is sharp, man! Good work and good cause!!

That is sharp! Is there a site where we can learn more about the benefit and maybe make a bid? Ever since a friends son was born with cancer I've been a big supporter of children's charities.

It's actually a silent auction to be held at the Holiday Inn in Spearfish SD during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally so it's not a public auction.

The auction is presented by The Hamsters, a group of motorcyclists who are among the top custom builders in the world and hold this auction every year.

I was thrilled to get the call to design the guitar and present it at the annual dinner/auction.

Go Bob!

That's very cool and definitely works with the motorcycle culture theme. Nice work!

That looks really good. I hope it sells for a lot.

Great, thanks for posting about this.

Very nice!

The guitar sold for $3257.00 last night at auction and over $200,000.00 was raised to help support the Childrens Hospital!

Had a great time and look forward to building another one for next year!

The guitar sold for $3257.00 last night at auction and over $200,000.00 was raised to help support the Childrens Hospital!

Had a great time and look forward to building another one for next year!

That's great news for a great cause. And a nice, unique guitar, too! Congratulations, man!