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Comment by Craig Mayhem on December 7, 2012 at 7:31am

Wow, had another idea. want to get it down in case I forget. If I bolt down the bridge on the license reso, attach a spring to each bolt, then use two tart tins on the bottom and bolt the other end of the springs to the tins I BET it'd sound cool. Now, where to find spring that aren't too tight...

Comment by Craig Mayhem on December 7, 2012 at 6:18am

Just for everyone else's edification... It's for the builders' challenge. It's a famous monster for SURE, but it's certainly a bit left-field. It'll be red, that's all the hint I'll give.

More details about the license plate reso: It's for my dad for xmas. He was born in PA in 1951. I got a 1951 PA plate which has a bit of rust so it looks AWESOME. The craft box will be cool I think and I might just use one of the tart tins as a soundhole on the top or side as there will be plenty of room.
ALSO I ebayed a 1950s tabletop radio - very mid-century retro. It still works, but I'm going to gut it and fill it with a Guitar Fuel SD-MAH5 I'd bought for myself but will be perfect 'cause the radio has 3 knobs. I was thinking about looking into a permanent 9v DC power supply so it can be plugged in like it is but I don't want to loose battery-operation,

I'm down the small, used amp rabbit hole on ebay, too. 
Building a Hawaii motorcycle plate reso soprano uke, too. It's for a girl, but not like that - I'm married! She's a friend and plays and has the vintage aesthetic so I thought, why not? Plus it's practice. Got a damaged-body Mahalo U50-G for the neck, a (hopefully) matching box (and a backup box I'd rather use, but it may be too short for scale), and a 3W joyo amp I'll probably house in an old art-deco transistor radio. Peizo pickup under the bridge and Robert is your father's brother.
THEN I'm making a cbg Irish bouzouki for myself. Bought a vintage tenor neck and the scale is wrong for octave mando, but right for the bou. GDAE tuning. I have all the parts for that. Going to use a chrome small bass/violin humbucker.
Then another license plate reso for my wife's dad's birthday next month. I bought the neck for my dad's but after building my first neck, I think I can handle building them now. Same concept - plate from state and year he was born.
THEN a license plate reso for ME. No rules on this one. Will probably use a humbucker in mine as I'm an old metalhead. 
THEN a bass as I'm origianlly a bass player. Want to make it REALLY folky. I have an Irish rock band and I'd love to see our bass player using it on stage. I play mando and I'll use my bouzouki when it's done... really I'll probably use all the things I build for myself. I mostly sing anyway. They can Sid Vicious my instrument level if they get annoyed. Won't bother me. I still have fun

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 7, 2012 at 5:20am

what  contest  is  it  for  ?