Skele Guitar | Elementary School Art Program Fundraiser

• Auction ended Sunday, November 28th, 2010 @ 10 PM (EST)
• UPDATE: $2,650 (US) winning bid!

All proceeds from this charity guitar auction (100%) will be donated to funding a ceramics program for our local elementary school's art program. Goal is to raise enough money to fund installation of the (donated) kiln in order to add ceramics as a permanent part of the art curriculum.

Students LOVE clay! Let's help them explore!

PHOTO: Luke, age 7, jams on Skele last friday night, demonstrating the new Cub Scout motto: "Do your best...to ROCK!"

Buy the instrument for yourself, or donate it to your favorite up-and-coming young musician. The guitar wants to be played.

Bid status:

$2,650.99 — Al S. (11.28.2010 @ 9:58 PM) WINNER!

$2,444.00 — Greg J. (11.28.2010 @ 9:30 PM)

$2,300.00 for Skele and the students! — Al S. (11.27.2010)

"Ok just to throw one out let's go to $2,100." — Greg J. (11.26.2010)

"For a great guitar and a great cause Rick, I would like to bid $2,000.00 (2 thousand dollars) at this time." — Bob R. (10.23.2010)

"I always liked Skele and if the bidding has not started consider it underway with 1,250.00" — Greg J. (10.22.2010)

NOTE: Will ship the instrument anywhere in the world. Winner pays shipping and applicable taxes.

Skele guitar is fabricated from curly maple, mahogany, ebony, bronze and titanium. A rum flask is fitted to the body, made by Carl Giordano, tinsmith for Colonial Williamsburg. Skull and crossbones oil painting by artist Tricia Toone.

This is the perfect guitar for Captain Jack Sparrow, or Keith Richards, if he ever takes to the high seas:

• 25.5" scale length
• Curly maple neck
• Ebony fretboard
• Stainless steel frets
• Forged titanium bridge with GraphTech saddles
• Waverly bronze tuners
• Patent-pending trapezoid neck profile
• Titanium tube neck core
• Carved Roman numeral position markers
• Mahogany "skeletonized" body
• Hand-forged rosehead nails
• Bronze Alumitone neck pickup
• Seymour Duncan Antiquity 'Tele bridge pickup
• Forged titanium hardware
• Purple plush lined custom Calzone flight case

Skele has exceptional acoustic-guitar-like response. Responds to a light touch. Unique and beautiful tones, with more than a hint of classic 'Tele bite. Supremely light weight instrument, comfortable for hours of play.

READ THE FULL SKELE STORY

Comments

[David Maloney]

Nicely done. Beautiful detail.
I just finished this set of twins based on a 14th century Russian acoustic shape. One I kept and one I gave to a friend who knows what to do with it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25108599@N04/4768122406/in/set-72157624246269591/

[Rick Toone]

Very nice, David. Fascinating to see some of the "forgotten" shapes from history. Thanks for keeping them alive.