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Guys the ( 7 ) remaining contenders worked hard to build some very nice instruments in the allotted time and cost . PLEASE take the time to view the work and vids and vote for your favorite . The Voting is on the Challenge thread under Voting and POLL.

THE VID AND PIC THREAD IS WHERE YOU WATCH ! THE POLL THREAD IS FOR VOTING (2) SEPERATE THREADS !

ANYONE CAN VOTE !

LINK TO VIEW CHALLENGE BUILDS viewtopic.php?f=10132&t=36657

LINK TO VOTING POLL viewtopic.php?f=10132&t=36669

Thanks everyone !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Wud, can we all vote? I sure wish I had gotten in on this, as I'm working on a ukelele that would probably have fit into the project nicely. I would love to vote though... so where can we see all the entries?

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

YES ANYONE CAN VOTE !!!

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

The vote thread is here http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10132&t=36657, but apparently we're having some technical difficulties because the poll options aren't showing up anymore.

Ive sent lance a email , hopefully we can get it fixed asap . Sorry guys . Minor Glitch

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Wow , 270 on the thread and 13 votes ? Really ? sheeeesssssssshh

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

I come to this thread, and there's nowhere to vote. Then I follow the link to the voting thread, and there's nowhere to vote.

Finally found it. Here's a link to the poll.

viewtopic.php?f=10132&t=36669

Bump

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Corporate liars make the real decisions! Why should we vote ...it won't make any difference in the outcome anyway!

....No wait!!

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

Good going to all of you! I wish I had the time to participate. That was a very tough decision on what to vote for. They are all great. I'll speak for everyone and give a big THANKS WUD. You did great making this happen.

Cheers,
Danny

Thanks , but I just had an Idea , everyone else made it happen . Thanks to all who participated .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

I feel like david and golaith here... everyone else got a lot of vote except for mine, I must have really messed up on this one.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Tai, Wud and the rest of the crew, I apologize for the recent surge in votes for my instrument. I forwarded the link to Ryan, the musician in the videos, as a matter of interest, not for votes. He posted it on his facebook page to be supportive of my work. I explained that is not the "spirit of the challenge", and that this is a friendly forum thing. I do appreciate the support of my local friends, but really I should still be tied with Tai, in the basement as we were this morning.

And Wud, you do deserve a big thanks for doing this, it was work for you and it does add life and promote camaraderie on the forum.
Rob

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http://shastaguitar.com/
http://www.kalimbakit.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/comfyfootgr ... ature=mhee
http://www.facebook.com/robert.renick.7

Probably nothing wrong with the build. Photo's are just too small and it's very difficult to see any detail. Just remember: presentation is everything (well, almost everything).

Nothing wrong with your build at all Tai , Its a great job and has a good sound . You have nothing to be ashamed of on this challenge .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Thanks for the compliment , as for the votes . I did say anyone could vote . I wouldnt worry about how it came about . Thanks for the clarifaction though . I doubt anyones gonna call for a recount here for hanging chad !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

What me worry? You did make the spirit fun and creativity, our locals have had lots of fun with this uke, starting with the kids in my class who watched demos as it was built, some dumb luck, but as I was doing the sides in class, a newspaper guy shows up, so the class, me and the uke got in the paper, I was enjoying it too much taking it to the park to play for my kid's friends at the playground, so before I took it from new to used myself, I wanted to try and get it sold. Ryan came along and plays it everywhere, restaurants, parties, gigs, youtube and facebook so plenty of locals have heard it. So not much creative about following the Hana Lima plan, but it yielded a great uke. I am happy to accept votes for having fun though, because it has been a blast, I just want to respect the spirit of the challenge and forum.

Much of the local buzz from this came from Facebook, I was hesitant to use it at first, but it should not be ignored by any one trying to get a name out. For me it is a pre-meeting ice breaker. In our small town, we don't know everyone, but you recognize most, with facebook you know their name or what they do. So now people who I have not met, know me and what I do. If they see the uke and not me, it is easy for them to find me as we will likely have mutual friends.

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http://shastaguitar.com/
http://www.kalimbakit.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/comfyfootgr ... ature=mhee
http://www.facebook.com/robert.renick.7

I had a lot more trouble with the getting words out part though, have no connection inside the Taiwanese music scene (no one seems to be opening any doors for me) and expats here can only do so much.

I did get something published on a website but that's it... not much going for luthiers here in Taiwan as most of the respect is given to giants like Taylor, Martin, and Gibson, as well as celebrities both foreign and domestic.

So nobody outside of the forum members and my small circle of friends really saw the ukelele. The guy who played it in the demo video think it sounded like crap too, not much help for encouragements... Thing is he owns a ukelele store so anything that doesn't say Kamaka or has the big turtle on the headstock automatically is crap in his mind.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Dont give up Tai , You made a great lil instrument and doors WILL open in time .

As far as Facebook Is concerned I posted the wole thing on MY facebook Account as well ! LOL

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Voting is going well , Thanks everyone .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

I think a lot of us on the forum feel like that, Tai. There are so many talented builders here--the difference is that you were in on the action here when most forumites weren't. You didn't mess up at all--that's a great looking and sounding uke and something to be proud of. I particularly like your choice of padauk for the back and sides--looks great with the bindings, and it's hard to beat the tone of padauk in my estimation. And when your recent shop flooding, move and everything else is taken into consideration, I don't know how you even got it done. You young guys sure have a lot more stamina than I do!

In competitions--especially friendly ones like this one--it's almost impossible to really pick one entry to vote for, especially when all of the entries are good as they were in this case. I say, "job well done!"

Dave

Good point Dave , ALL These guys did a great job .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/