{"id":26608,"date":"2019-10-03T18:32:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T23:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=26608"},"modified":"2019-10-03T18:32:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T23:32:21","slug":"ten-years-of-shredding-the-sinclair-guitar-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/10\/03\/ten-years-of-shredding-the-sinclair-guitar-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years of Shredding: The Sinclair Guitar Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Sinclair offers many wonderful opportunities for students to enhance their learning experience and find their passion. And few objects exude more passion than a guitar, except for maybe a homemade sweater or those awful home movies you made as a child. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for students who are passionate about guitars, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinclair.edu\/news\/article\/sinclair-guitar-project-bridges-science-technology-engineering-and-math-concepts-with-the-love-of-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"STEM Guitar Lab at Sinclair (opens in a new tab)\">STEM Guitar Lab at Sinclair<\/a> is the on-campus destination to explore that passion and find new inspiration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2009, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dayton.com\/lifestyles\/guitar-lab-sinclair-community-college\/znfeK1WxWYoj4oZoNJhacM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Guitar Lab (opens in a new tab)\">the Guitar Lab<\/a> has produced over 10,000 guitars and ship guitar kits to 48 different states across the country. The lab was originally stationed in Building 13, before being relocated in the lower levels of Building 8 in 2015.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years as the demand for electric guitars rose, the Guitar Lab has done their best to improve their manufacturing process to increase productivity, even producing acoustic guitar kits in recent years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Articles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/local\/2019\/04\/29\/dayton-poetry-slam-turns-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dayton Poetry Slam Turns 20 (opens in a new tab)\">Dayton Poetry Slam Turns 20<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Sinclair Art Club Hosts Animation Showcase (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/campus-life\/2019\/02\/25\/sinclair-art-club-hosts-animation-showcase\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sinclair Art Club Hosts Animation Showcase<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"26620\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2019\/10\/03\/slut-the-play-exploring-a-culture-of-sexual-violence\/attachment\/img_8403\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8403.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS Rebel T6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1567766952&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;41&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8403\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A USA guitar clock. What a combination. (Taken by Staff Photographer Brian Walker)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8403-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8403-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8403-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8403-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8403-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_8403-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A USA guitar clock. What a combination. (Taken by Staff Photographer Brian Walker)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The guitar kits themselves are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=diwwVtiqsP4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"manufactured both in the lab (opens in a new tab)\">manufactured both in the lab<\/a> and on Eacker Street There they cut down and mill boards of lumber into planks. The planks are then hauled back to Building 8 where they are placed in computer numerical control machines where they are shaped and trimmed into body, neck and front boards for guitars.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in any field, whether it be engineering, art or culinary, are welcome to participate in all that the lab has to offer. It requires no prerequisites to participate in this class and students can bring their guitars home with them at the end of the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean Gibson, head of shipping, considers the guitar lab a perfect place to not only learn a number of skills and work with numerous tools but also work together and help other students once they\u2019ve finished the piece they\u2019re working on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s ultimately not a race,\u201d Gibson stated. \u201cIts a group effort to get all these guitars finished.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Production team member Ethan Kern encourages students to get involved at the lab. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing more rewarding than spending a whole semester putting the time into building this instrument,\u201d Kern said.&nbsp;For more information on STEM and the Guitar Lab, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/guitarbuilding.website\/\">guitarbuilding.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Samuel Claude<br><\/strong>Managing Editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinclair offers many wonderful opportunities for students to enhance their learning experience and find their passion. 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