Popular Post Ralphelmo Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone, Ralph here Some of you may already know about it , but here's a quick reminder. Back in march I decided to get in touch with an artist (absolute genius with an aerograph in his hands) in Poland, Simon Chwalisz, who's known for painting guitars. In recent years all of them went up for auctions during the grand finals of "The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity" foundation. Every second sunday of January Poles around the world gather money to buy necessary equipment for the child's departments in Polish hospitals and improve the healthcare. That particular day is really a tradition in Poland, for 26 years now we treat it like a holiday. People would go out to see concerts and shows located at the main squares in every single city in Poland and simply give their money to the foundation. It's like a big festival of generosity and happiness where thousands of volunteers across the country are carrying a box with GOCC's heart on it, like those: You may think it's silly... but on that one day during last year's finale we managed to gather 105M PLN which equals to over 30M USD! ONE DAY! Here's a short video that pretty much explains everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jogyS3heCjI Back to the topic... At this year's finale we're auctioning the guitar I mentioned at the beginning. As always before Slash's shows in Poland I wanted to prepare a surprise during the show, but this time I decided to tell Slash everything so we could make it properly. As I said I got in touch with Simon, then with Slash, we managed to get a Gibson Les Paul Standard, then we spent over a month to design it the way Slash wanted. When Simon painted it, we gave it to the "Guitar Help" store in Warsaw so they''d prepare it according to Slash's recommendations. Then we met with curlyhead himself at the GNR's hotel before the show in Gdansk (June 20th), Slash tried it out and signed it. Now it's up for auction, every single person around the world can actually buy it! Please share it wherever you can, we're saving kids here Let me introduce it to you: Gibson "Childhood" Les Paul Technical specification: Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Standard 2016 Pickups: Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Strings: Ernie Ball 11-48 Power Cobalt Slinky Straplocks: Schaller Straplock GH Link to the auction, more information and photos inside: HERE Feel free to follow me on Twitter and Facebook. It was a pleasure to make it real, I never expected this guitar to be as badass as it is. Auction is "live" till January 29th. Ask me if you have any questions! Cheers! #GnFnR! Edited January 2, 2018 by Ralphelmo 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Glow Inc. Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Holy shit it does look awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifdworld Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Looks exactly like a guitar DJ Ashba would put his hands on.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Glow Inc. Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Looks a bit like the World on Fire cover. Seems I'm the only one to love it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Ass Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 hours ago, The Glow Inc. said: Looks a bit like the World on Fire cover. Seems I'm the only one to love it I like it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratam Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Tom-Ass said: I like it too Me too☺amazing paint, goo Slash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlashisGOD Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Slash's shirt, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphelmo Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 I couldn't stop myself from laughing when I saw that shirt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soon Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Cool initiative. Poles sound cool. Also awesome to turn your fandom into a way to do good (and hang with Slash while youre at it!). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphelmo Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 (edited) From 1700$ to 4300$ in 24 hours. Two weeks before the Grand Finale of GOCC, it has never been that good. It's 7300$ now! EDIT: 9600$, fuck meeee. Edited January 4, 2018 by Ralphelmo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphelmo Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 (edited) Our guitar is now worth: 35 100,00 PLN / 10 177,45 USD / 8 448,87 EUR 24 days till the end. Edited January 5, 2018 by Ralphelmo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakestar Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Having pictures of childhood icons along with a picture of some hot titties is a horrible idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphelmo Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) Those 'icons' are broken, take a closer look. To be honest my childhood was full of hot titties, especially Playboy issues hidden here and there Ty for your input... 45 050,00zł / 10 843,92€ / 13 062,51$ Edited January 7, 2018 by Ralphelmo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphelmo Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 SOLD for over 18 000$! Thank you all for sharing, participating, whatever! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickS77 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) On 07.01.2018 at 2:19 PM, Drakestar said: Having pictures of childhood icons along with a picture of some hot titties is a horrible idea. But total in line with stuff Slash would post on Instagram. At first I thought, 'Wth, Spongebob?', then I saw the big pic with Worms/maggots and stuff. It's actually cool. @ralphelmo charity and Slash. Well done. ;-) Better than standing outside his hotel, like what we did. How did you get in contact with Slash? Edited January 29, 2018 by PatrickS77 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphelmo Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 He follows me on Twitter, I'm in touch with him since 2014 I believe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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