Vote for the best 400 dollar build off challenger!

Talk about modding or building your own guitar from scratch.

Pick the best 400 dollar creation!

Poll ended at Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:49 pm

#1: SansRegret's Bass Build
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14%
#2: KeithJ's super thin guitar build
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42%
#3: Sonichris's like double guitar
45
44%
 
Total votes: 102

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Vote for the best 400 dollar build off challenger!

Post by dougk » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:49 pm

Almost caught up on work and life, finally catching up on this. If you don't remember, we had 4 entries in the 400 dollar win a Titan contest.

#1: SansRegret's Bass Build: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=101178" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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#2: KeithJ's super thin guitar build: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=101207&start=60" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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#3: Sonichris's like double guitar (bonus points for getting the reference): http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/vie ... 8&t=101268" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Honorable mention TexasToast: NOT IN THE RUNNING (at builders request) but bad ass
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Vote how you want, vote early, vote often. Reward as you see fit! We'll leave it open for 15 days and then the winner gets a "Mystery Titan"!

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Post by PixMix » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:54 pm

Tough choice. Amazing work on all entries and the honorable mention. Very inspiring! I am going to give it a thought.

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Post by valley_parade » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:24 pm

They're all incredibly cool, but I'm totally blown away by Keith's. Wow.

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Post by dc » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:23 pm

was a video ever done of the incredibly cool KeithJ guitar being played? i'd like to hear it - :jacked:
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Post by Fiddy » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:31 pm

I like them all. Good work everybody.

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Post by KeithJ » Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:16 pm

valley_parade wrote:They're all incredibly cool, but I'm totally blown away by Keith's. Wow.
Thank you, I really appreciate the feedback! I'm really happy with how it turned out, and totally blown away by the responses I've received!
dc wrote:was a video ever done of the incredibly cool KeithJ guitar being played? i'd like to hear it -
I recorded one just after I finished the guitar, but couldn't figure out how to upload it to YouTube. I just got it a few minutes ago and posted a link at the bottom of my thread. Guys! I'm officially a YouTuber now!!! :D

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Re: Vote for the best 400 dollar build off challenger!

Post by Texas Toast » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:54 pm

I had a great time with this contest and I'm glad to see that the voting has begun.

Of course, I voted for my homeboy Sonic Chris who not only builds great guitars but is the best... mono-thingy guy there is.

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Post by Texas Toast » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:34 pm

For those of y'all who have not seen Chris's double neck guitar in action we did make a video... I kinda forgot about it until now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsZ-rb5gYvo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by joe1967 » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:03 pm

dougk wrote:You have 400 dollars to spend as your cap. This includes materials, parts, templates if you buy them, screws, pickups and a cheap case. . . This is simply can you build a new guitar, using new parts from quality sources for 400 dollars.
Sonichris wrote:I went over by $28.45. It was trem that put me over. I thought about adding the trem after the contest, but decided I'd rather build it the way I wanted it - $29 over or not.
One contestant should be disqualified, right? The rules clearly say the cap was $400, not ballpark 400. That was the whole point of the challenge. Seems unfair to the other contestants that didn't break the rules.

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Post by Fiddy » Sat Apr 01, 2017 3:42 am

joe1967 wrote:
dougk wrote:You have 400 dollars to spend as your cap. This includes materials, parts, templates if you buy them, screws, pickups and a cheap case. . . This is simply can you build a new guitar, using new parts from quality sources for 400 dollars.
Sonichris wrote:I went over by $28.45. It was trem that put me over. I thought about adding the trem after the contest, but decided I'd rather build it the way I wanted it - $29 over or not.
One contestant should be disqualified, right? The rules clearly say the cap was $400, not ballpark 400. That was the whole point of the challenge. Seems unfair to the other contestants that didn't break the rules.

So… you signed up 2 days ago and this is your second post? Odd… :unsure:

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Post by lunaticjaguar » Sat Apr 01, 2017 5:15 am

:D :D :D :D :D

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Post by Texas Toast » Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:22 am

joe1967 wrote:
dougk wrote:You have 400 dollars to spend as your cap. This includes materials, parts, templates if you buy them, screws, pickups and a cheap case. . . This is simply can you build a new guitar, using new parts from quality sources for 400 dollars.
Sonichris wrote:I went over by $28.45. It was trem that put me over. I thought about adding the trem after the contest, but decided I'd rather build it the way I wanted it - $29 over or not.
One contestant should be disqualified, right? The rules clearly say the cap was $400, not ballpark 400. That was the whole point of the challenge. Seems unfair to the other contestants that didn't break the rules.

Ah yes, confirming what I have always thought about these kinds of forums.

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Post by joe1967 » Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:20 am

5th post. Is it more odd that a new guy commented on challenge, or that no one cares he went over the limit, which was the whole point of the challenge? And where did he get 3 new fender pickups for 120, I want that deal! :D

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Re: Vote for the best 400 dollar build off challenger!

Post by Sonichris » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:42 am

Musicians friend. $80 a pair. That's the regular price. Sold the extra.
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Post by andy_tchp » Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:20 pm

Texas Toast wrote:Ah yes, confirming what I have always thought about these kinds of forums.
And what's that, exactly?
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