pic: 2012 IRI Silent Auction Guitar

[Akash Rastogi]

Very nice, wish I was going to IRI. What types of wood did you use for the build?

What parts are off the shelf and what did you attempt to machine custom?

[J SMITH]

I bought the kit from guitarbuilding.org and the body was a laminate of 3-4 hardwoods. The kit had all the holes milled and a rough outline of the body and a blank headstock. The paint is custom--done by our auto collision teacher and all the details are made from metal--there are no stickers applied. The IRI logo and swooshes on the head were laser cut by one of our sponsors,Bastian Solutions while the basketballs were done by Colors, Inc. on 0.020" aluminum and inset into the fret board and head stock. I will put together a description on who contributed--I started working on it around Christmas--it was a fun project to be involved in.

[Steven Donow]

My god, that's absolutely awesome.

[Travis Hoffman]

Dean Simmons and the Kamens should test it out on stage.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Dean Simmons and the Kamens should test it out on stage.

Autographs from the attending WFA winners or DSK might be a cool addition to the back of this guy...

[bearbot]

WOw is their online bidding for IRI whish i could attend but cant awesome work though

[plnyyanks]

Oh my lord, this is beautiful - it would look great on the wall next to my Strat. Wish I could be there to try and win it...

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Autographs from the attending WFA winners or DSK might be a cool addition to the back of this guy...

This is a great idea. It will be easy to find at least eight WFA winners at IRI this year -- possibly more.