The 100 Dollar Guitar Project serves as a startling masterclass in the power of creative limitation, beginning when Nick Didkovsky and Chuck O'Meara purchased a hundred unit Fuji Gen Gakki EJ-2 to launch a global experiment. This 1960s Japanese catalog instrument, which eventually found a permanent archive through Bridge Records, became a traveling engine for CARE Philanthropy as it traveled 30,000 miles across two continents. We unpack the "Mechanical Handicap," analyzing the transition from a standard guitar to an instrument missing its neck pickup—a loss that surgically removed the "bass knob" and forced every participant into a bright, treble-heavy sonic space. This deep dive focuses on the "Chain of Trust," where a vulnerable piece of vintag ...