No, the current state of the luthier and instrument-making industries is not good. Remember, Gibson, back in 2011, got busted for using illegally-finished Indian wood, no doubt infringing on your innate right to rock.
Some of us, though, have an insatiable desire to build our own instruments, of any kind of madness we deem fit. And thanks to the Yellow Jackets down at Georgia Tech, you can even get paid cash for your craftsmanship.
The Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta remains the foremost contest for all sonic inventors.
In fact, 23 instrument inventors from 14 countries are competing for a top prize of $5,000 (with $10,000 in other prizes) and recognition of their design, performance and engineering ingenuity from the ACC's best school.
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