The day you've been waiting for has come.  No longer do you need to lay awake nights, anxiously anticipating the unvailing of...

THE LEGO GUITAR

&

MY GUITAR ROOM!

By way of review, for any of you who missed out on my announcement and update of this project.  The east wall of my Guitar Room has been woefully bereft of adornments.  After my daugher left for college, it didn't take me long to claim her old room as my Guitar Room and decorate it accordingly.  While the other walls quickly took shape, the east wall stood bare... it was a sad sight to behold.

I put the word out to my cyberbuddies here at JU, seeking ideas on what to do about the blank white wall.  Some really awesome JUers reinforced my opinion of them by making some really great suggestions.  However, as I looked into instituting them, I realized I had been on the wrong track.

A few weeks ago, while down in my basement, I saw the container that holds my slightly more than adequate Lego collection causing the 35 watt idea bulb to flash over my head.

So there's the review.

Transforming a boatload of legos into a guitar themed work of art is no small task.  I had to restart the project several times.  First because the simple act of making a round guitar butt with square blocks isn't as simple as it may sound.  Then, once I had the bricks arranged the way I thought I wanted them, the outcome wasn't as good as I'd envisioned.

There was also the drawback I talked about in my last update... the one about black legos ordered turning brown in transit.  As you can see though, what could have been an earth shattering end, only because part of the fun.  I think the brown fretboard worked out pretty well.. don't you?

Monday, it all came together.  The lego guitar was completed... but that brought up another challege.  Exactly how does one hang such a work of art on the wall.  I sprayed the back of the guitar with a great spray adhesive, so falling apart wasn't going to be the problem... but still, I have a great time playing guitars; I had a really awesome time designing and building my lego guitar; but nothing in my life so far has given me cause to "just know" how to mount a guitar on the wall.

With the help of my wife, we came up with a plan.  I would put picture hangers (the little flat strips of metal with sort of a "saw tooth" edge) on the back of the guitar.  They would fit over screws put in the wall with wall anchors, just to be sure.  That idea fell flat.  The hangers weren't as pliable as I thought, so they broke when I bent the ends to slide in between legos.

Then I started looking at the backs of the legos.  As most of you know, there are little round holes in the backs of legos.  Little round holes that wall anchors slide into quite easily.  When you tighten the screw into the anchor, it expands the anchor, making it so it won't slip out of the wall.  It turns out that the expanded anchor won't slip from the little holes in the back of Legos either.

So I anchored the picture hangers directly on the wall and viola! The guitar mounted quite easily and efficiently.

So, here, for your viewing pleasure.. I present a photo tour of My Own Little 7x9 Corner of the World...

THE SOUTH WALL

THE WEST WALL

THE NORTH WALL

The East Wall

And the Centerpiece of the Whole Room...

And, the reason My Guitar Room exists in the first place....

THE GUITARS!