The $100 Guitar Project		Art by Cecile O'Meara, Nov 2010 The $100 Guitar arrives at Chuck O'Meara's home in Madison, CT, Oct 24, 2010 Shawn Persinger (R) hands the $100 Guitar off to Marty Carlson (L) at Gerosa Records, Brookfield, CT, Nov 4, 2010 Marty Carlson with $100 Guitar at Barking Spider Studios, Nov 9, 2010 Joe Bouchard with $100 Guitar at Barking Spider Studios, Nov 9, 2010 Marty Carlson hands off the $100 Guitar to Chris Murphy, Nov 11, 2010 Keith Rowe with $100 Guitar at ND's apartment, Dec 6, 2010 Keith and Nick after Keith's recording, Dec 6, 2010 Nick Didkovsky after recording, Dec 15, 2010 Larry Polansky picking it up, Dec 22, 2010, NYC Jon Diaz picking it up from Larry Polansky, Dec 26, 2010, NYC Jon Diaz, Dec 31, 2010, NYC Jon Diaz handing it off to Bruce Eisenbeil, Jan 1, 2011, NYC Bruce Eisenbeil Elliott Sharp, Jan 18, 2011, NYC Elliott Sharp handing off Marco Oppedisano, Jan 19, 2011, NYC Marco Oppedisano by Kimberly Fiedelman-Oppedisano, Jan 21, 2011, Queens, NY Marco Oppedisano handing off to Ron Anderson, Jan 23, 2011, Prospect Park SW, Brooklyn Ron Anderson handing off James Moore, Jan 30, 2011, NYC Taylor Levine passes off to Rhys Chatham, ca. Feb 9, 2011 Rhys passes off to Hans Tammen, ca. Feb 13, 2011 Hans Tammen passes off to Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, ca. Feb 15, 2011 Amy Denio, March 3, 2011, NYC Mark Stewart Fred Frith hands off to John Shiurba, March 5, 2011, Oakland, CA John Shiurba hands off to Karl Evangelista, March 9, 2011, Oakland, CA Karl Evangelista hands off to Phil Burk, March 12, 2011, Oakland, CA Thomas Dimuzio hands off to Henry Kaiser, March 16, 2011, CA Henry Kaiser hands off to Hillary Fielding, March 20, 2011, CA Hillary Fielding hands off to Barry Cleveland, March 27, 2011, CA Barry Cleveland hands off to Ava Mendoza, April 3, 2011, CA David Starobin, April 20, 2011, New Rochelle, NY Andy Aledort, April 27, 2011, Sea Cliff, NY Greg Anderson, April 11, 2011, NY Bill Brovold, May, 2011, New Paltz, NY Bill Brovold hands off to Mark Solomon, May, 2011, NY Mark Solomon, May, 2011, NY Nick Didkovsky hands off to Josh Lopes, July, 2011 Taylor Levine, July, 2011 Taylor Levine hands off to David Linaburg, July, 2011 Jesse Krakow hands off to Jesse Kranzler, Aug 2, 2011 Time Canvas, Antwerp, Belgium 2011-09-25 Time Canvas, Antwerp, Belgium 2011-09-25 Bruno Nelissen hands off to Juan Parra, Antwerp, Belgium 2011-09-26
On Oct 20, 2010, Nick Didkovsky and Chuck O'Meara (that's us) bought a $100 electric guitar from Elderly Instruments. We did not know what it sounded like or if it even worked, but we were charmed by its no-name vibe and single bridge pickup that looks like an old radio. A bunch of our guitar playing friends were instantly charmed, too, including (take your time reading this, it's an awesome list): David Starobin, Keith Rowe, Andy Aledort, Elliot Sharp, Rhys Chatham, Alex Skolnick, Barry Cleveland, Mike Keneally, Fred Frith, Henry Kaiser, Manuel Göttsching (Ash Ra Tempel), Ava Mendoza, Janet Feder, Mat Eiland, Biota, Ernesto Lucar, Han-earl Park, Hillary Fielding, John Shiurba, Karl Evangelista, Phil Burk, Ray Kallas, Thomas Dimuzio, Jeff Tweedy, Julia Miller, Nels Cline, Chris Murphy, Chuck O'Meara, Marty Carlson, Shawn Persinger, Kai Niggeman, Steve MacLean, Michael Bierylo, Ken Field, Bill Brovold, Larry Polansky, Amy Denio, Bruce Eisenbeil, Caroline Feldmeier, Colin Marston, David Linaberg, Hans Tammen, James Moore, Jesse Krakow, Jesse Kranzler, Jon Diaz, Josh Lopes, Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, Marco Cappelli, Marco Oppedissano, Mark Hitt, Mark Solomon, Mark Stewart, Mike Lerner , Nick Didkovsky, Ron Anderson, Taylor Levine, Tom Marsan, Greg Anderson, Del Rey, Teisco Del Rey / Dan Forte, Matt Wilson, JayDeeSG, Alex Lackner, Dan Gapen, Toon Callier, and Juan Parra. The $100 Guitar is now passing through the hands of 68 players, each of which will record a piece with it (anywhere from a few seconds to 3 minutes long), and then pass it on to the next player. When we've got enough pieces we'll release a CD (maybe self release or maybe some label, too early to tell). The enthusiasm is kind of staggering; we started this idea and 48 hours later we were overwhelmed by the positive response. This will have to be a double CD. Follow us on Facebook. Follow Pascal-Denis Lussier's regular column about the $100 Guitar Project in All About Jazz Guidelines for players View the $100 Guitar's trip here: View Larger Map VIDEOS! Shawn Persinger, Nov 3, 2010 Marty Carlson, Nov 10, 2010 Keith Rowe, Dec 6, 2010 Nick Didkovsky, Dec 12, 2010 Jon Diaz, Jan 8, 2011 Ron Anderson, Jan 29, 2011 Rhys Chatham, Feb 12, 2011 Hans Tammen, Feb 16, 2011 Marco Oppedisano, Feb 2011 John Shiurba, Mar 10, 2011 Thomas Dimuzio, March 22, 2011 Barry Cleveland, May 13, 2011 Bill Brovold, May 30, 2011