Winter Buildoff 2019 Voting - Final

[Scoops]

If we went airspace, we could get the winning build featured in the National Air Guitar Championships
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[postalflunkie]

 

[Scoops]

OK

Here are our top 5 candidates

Please give each theme a number from 1 to 5. 5 being your favorite

5 - Air Space - Chambers, Hollowed, and the like
2 - Double neck - Self explanatory
3 - Mothman - Inspired by
1 - Minimalist/Moderne - Anywhere from super simple looking to retro-futuristic
4 - All 1 wood - Fingerboard is the exception

 

[mapleglo]

5 - Mothman
4 - All 1 wood
3 - Air
2 - Mini
1 - Double neck

 

[Rôckhewer]

5 mothman
4 dbl neck
3 minimal
2 air
1 wood

....or... a double neck mothman?
.... a minimalist mothman?
... air mothman? (...tattered wings)

How about..... a Mothmandolin?

 

[Englishman]

5 - Air Space - Chambers, Hollowed, and the like
4 - Minimalist/Moderne - Anywhere from super simple looking to retro-futuristic
3- All 1 wood - Fingerboard is the exception
2 - Double neck - Self explanatory
1 - Mothman - Inspired by.

 

[2groggy]

What Englishman said

5 - Air Space - Chambers, Hollowed, and the like
4 - Minimalist/Moderne - Anywhere from super simple looking to retro-futuristic
3- All 1 wood - Fingerboard is the exception
2 - Double neck - Self explanatory
1 - Mothman - Inspired by.

 

[rojo412]

5 - Airspace
4 - Mothman
3 - Minimal
2 - All one wood
1 - Double neck

And damn it, @Rôckhewer, get out of my head!

 

[postalflunkie]

5 - Air Space - Chambers, Hollowed, and the like
4 - Minimalist/Moderne - Anywhere from super simple looking to retro-futuristic
3- All 1 wood - Fingerboard is the exception
2 - Double neck - Self explanatory
1 - Mothman - Inspired by.

 

[ctmullins]

5 - Mothmandolin
4 - Mothmandolin
3 - Mothmandolin
2 - Mothmandolin
1 - Mothmandolin

 

[Jon Clegg]

Tough to rank (I have ideas for all)

5 Minimalist/Moderne
2 All one wood
3 Mothman
4 Double Neck
1 Airspace

(edit -- forgot to RTFI)

 

[Will_White]

5 - Air Space - Chambers, Hollowed, and the like
2 - Double neck - Self explanatory
4 - Mothman - Inspired by
3 - Minimalist/Moderne - Anywhere from super simple looking to retro-futuristic
1 - All 1 wood - Fingerboard is the exception

 

[Beej]

5 Airspace
4 Minimalist/Moderne
3 Mothman
2 Double Neck
1 All one wood

 

[Scoops]

OK,

It's been about a week, so here's the tally

41 - Air Space - Chambers, Hollowed, and the like
33 - Minimalist/Moderne - Anywhere from super simple looking to retro-futuristic
30 - Mothman - Inspired by
24 - All 1 wood - Fingerboard is the exception
20 - Double neck - Self explanatory

@ctmullins - Sorry didn't count your vote. Hope you don't mind

Looks like we'll be doing the Air Space thing.

I'll be working up a set of guidelines for this build off over the next couple weeks

 

[Beej]

The stats have spoken and I'm already going through my "reference photo" collection organizing everything "airy".

PS: I'm totally going to build a Mothman tribute at some point anyway...

 

[postalflunkie]

The stats have spoken and I'm already going through my "reference photo" collection organizing everything "airy".

PS: I'm totally going to build a Mothman tribute at some point anyway...

Extra points will be awarded for a Mothman EUB

 

[ctmullins]

OK,

It's been about a week, so here's the tally

41 - Air Space - Chambers, Hollowed, and the like
33 - Minimalist/Moderne - Anywhere from super simple looking to retro-futuristic
30 - Mothman - Inspired by
24 - All 1 wood - Fingerboard is the exception
20 - Double neck - Self explanatory

@ctmullins - Sorry didn't count your vote. Hope you don't mind

Looks like we'll be doing the Air Space thing.

I'll be working up a set of guidelines for this build off over the next couple weeks

Haha! Yes, my response was not at all helpful, was it?

I’m actually in agreement with what you have above!

 

[Jon Clegg]

We'll have to see if I can participate this year. I may have my first commission build starting in November with a delivery date of mid February. Grrrrrr.....

 

[Scoops]

How about an air-space theme? (OK, I know you went with my idea last year, I'm super appreciative and won't have my feelings hurt if you don't this year, this is just really fun for me ). So entries would have to contain air-space outside of control and battery cavities. Acoustics, archtops, semi-hollow, chambers, that kinda stuff (No caveat on scale or strings, bass ukes to extended scales, one string to full blown harp basses)

New Rule: @Reedt2000 gets to call the build off from now on. Even after he's dead.

I've edited the original to the following (Nice, most of the work is done)

How's this sound?

Entries would have to contain air-space outside of control, battery, and pickup cavities.
Acoustics, archtops, semi-hollow, chambers, that kinda stuff!
No caveat on scale or strings.
Bass ukes to extended scales allowed.
One string to full blown harp basses allowed.
REMOVED: The build would need to be bass oriented (guitars not allowed)
Minimum diameter for lowest pitch string is .084"
Cheers

 

[Scoops]

I've had a couple incomplete attempts at a violin bass, so you know I'm in on this