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During preparation for this project, I concluded that the materials I used, the equipment needed for the construction process, and even the design itself were minimally involved in obtaining a quality product. Even with these three things properly in order I could still manage to screw it up. So, I decided the single most important part of the impending creation was to surround myself with brilliant people. It is of note that only one of the following characters has any experience in building guitars, in fact six of them don't even play guitar. All eight of them, however, had a few major pre-requisites in common.
First and foremost, they are all thinkers, they exude competence, and posess the ability to solve problems. Secondly, they all enjoy creating things. Third, I enjoy hanging out with them and last, but not least, they do not think of me as crazy. I find these last two coincide quite often.
So, without further adieu, may I introduce to you:
Sam (left): All things wood and carpentry/moral support (this photo was actually taken at the first very official strategic and so on meeting, regarding the construction of course)
William: Generally brilliant fellow/father who no longer has science projects for he and I to force our energies upon, played a part in all steps and catagories.
Josiah: sheilding/official person to tell us that all of our plans, actions, and ideas are in fact WRONG
George (left):metals/machining/engeneering/CAD extrordinaire
Dave (right):Guitar teacher/tech/musical toys enthusiast/Head gear consultant
Honey: Head supervisor for precision cutting, drilling, etc...
Jay, Leroy, Paul and Tom were unavailible for photos due to their careers as super models, and foreign dignitaries.
I will be writing a more entries about the process of creating this guitar and posting them over the next month. All of the accompany photos, starting with these, are available in an album on the Photo Page.
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