The $100 Tele project - You'll never think about building guitars the same way again

gee to think all one needs to do to build a Tele for $100 is become a luthier.

 

Awesome,,, wonderful work and creativity.

Should rename it the..

Recessioncaster challenge!

 

Amazing thread!

thx

 

Damn, the man has skills!!!!

 

Awsome! Makes one think why anyone would pay thousands of dollars for a guitar. The true wood sheding.

 

Materials $100
Tools $10,000
Time - weeks/months?
Skill - More than most of us

Calling the finished guitar a "$100" tele... PRICELESS!

 

Ok 10k was exaggerated... I was kidding around.

However I don't own a router, a jig saw, a circular saw, a hack saw, a vice, a dremel, all those clamps, a thread die, a workshop or a real workbench. Kind of a large outlay for me to try and duplicate his work. And even if I did own all that I couldn't have done what he did in 6 months or 6 years. Incredible job but still not a $100 guitar IMO.

 

I agree... that's no $100 outlay, not even including time.

 

Will it intone when he's done?
God, if I built a guitar out of planks of wood it would probably be ugliest POS you'd ever seen!
Let alone the neck.....that takes time, and for the amount of time he's putting into it, I could buy all the parts and put one together!

 

Thats it Im calling John Suhr and asking for a discount on my order

I agree that is some crafty work but I dont think his time and effort could be labeled as $100 worth. Way to go for such a cool idea.

 

Man, you sound like a real pleasant dude!

 

Wow! Does this dude sleep?? Amazing =)

 

Yeah, I don't think the point of the original idea was to count every hour you work at the $50 an hour or more a professional luthier would charge. I think its awesome and can't wait to see the finished guitar.

 

mad skillz, as the kids say

wow

love the narrative too; that guy's just plain right

 

That guy rules.

All you Debbie Downers who feel the need to question the cost after reading that thread are a joke. Are you really adding up his tools and time?

Talk about missing the point.

 

I've got most of the tools but there's no way I could dream up all those jigs and techniques he using. That's skill. It would be the equivalent me trying to play guitar like Scotty Anderson

Great job man!!!!

 

what a baddass! even his documentation is thorough.