Raffle Guitars

The Inland Empire Blues Society raffles a guitar every year.

This is our main fund raiser!

Purchasing information and Rules listed below.

2003/2004

photo by Dean Davis

Our 2003/4 raffle guitar is a beautiful 1992 American Made Stevie Ray Vaughan Artist Series Stratocaster Electric Guitar featuring a 3-color sunburst alder body; maple neck with 21 fret Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay; Gold plated left handed American vintage synchronized tremolo bridge; Gold plated string tree; Gold plated Fender/Gotoh vintage style tuning machines; 3 Texas Special single-coil Strat pickups; master volume, 2 tone controls; 5 position blade pickup switch; black pickguard with engraved SRV; and a tweed hardcase.

This guitar has the Stevie Ray Vaughan autograph on the peg head.

Tickets are being sold now, and the drawing will be held at Blues Cats for Kids 2004.

All monies from this raffle go to the Inland Empire Blues Society.

2002/2003

photo by Dean Davis

Our 2002/3 raffle guitar was a beautiful 2000 Limited Edition Fender Telecaster Electric Guitar, Buck Owens signature model. It featured a solid Basswood body; solid maple neck; 22-fret Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay; 3-saddle fixed bridge; Gold-plated vintage hardware; Gold pickguard; Gold-plated metal controls plate; 2 vintage Tele pickups w/Alnico magnets; volume/tone controls; 3 way switch; Red/Silver/Blue sparkle finish; Fender hardshell case; and donated by Len Volpe of Replay Music, a Stars & Stripes leather guitar strap by Levy.

Tickets were sold from May 2002 thru March 1, 2003.

The drawing was held March 1, 2003 at Blues Cats for Kids, and Joleen Carlnearly wet herself when she was announced as the winner! She bought 1 ticket for herself.

934 tickets were sold for this guitar, so you can figure your odds at winning!

All monies went to the Inland Empire Blues Society. (Photo) Joleen Carl photo by Clark Fisher

2001/2002

photo by Dean Davis

Our 2001/2 raffle guitar was a beautiful Custom Built Stratocastor Style Electric Guitar built by Replay Music owner Len Volpe.

It featured a Fender licensed solid maple neck and fretboard with custom vintage finish by Ernie O’Dell of Spokane; solid Basswood body with vintage tobacco sunburst finish; 3 standard single coil pickups similar to Fender Tex-Mex, including 1 volume, 2 tone knobs, and 5 position switch;

Grover sealed tuners; Dunlop “straplock” strap buttons; standard tremolo bridge with tremolo bar; GHS Boomer strings; locking vintage tweed style case; and a Fender guitar strap.

It was autographed by John Mayall and Bo Diddley.

Tickets were sold from May 2001 thru February 2002, and we sold 1000 tickets.

The drawing was held at Blues Cats For Kids in February 2002, and the lucky winner was Lisa Kinyon. Talk about excited! Lisa had purchased three tickets the day of the drawing.All monies from this raffle were donated to Blues Cats For Kids.

Lisa Kinyon

photo by Clark Fisher

1998

We raffled our first guitar from April thru December of 1998, and sold 1200 tickets!

This beauty was an Epiphone copy of the Gibson ES-335, the B.B. King Lucille model. We were lucky enough to have B.B. King autograph this beautiful guitar, and the winner was from Powell River, B.C., which is about100 miles North of Vancouver, B.C.

Winner John Cogswell purchased one ticket at the Winthrop R&B Festival in July, and told us to just give him the guitar right there, because he was going to win it!

John decided to drive to Spokane to pick up this gorgeous guitar, and talk about an excited guy!

All monies went to the Inland Empire Blues Society. (Photo John Cogswell photo by Ted Todd

Purchases:

Purchase by mail: send $2.00 per ticket to: Guitar Raffle, PO Box 9126, Spokane, WA. 99209-9126; Money orders or checks will be accepted.

The guitar will be on display at events where the I.E.B.S. membership booth is set up.

Tickets are also available at Replay Music, 107 E. 3^rd Ave, Spokane, WA. 509-458-6000; The Bronco Inn, 8714 E. Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA. 509-927-0966; Mark’s Guitars, 918 W. Garland Ave, Spokane, WA. 509-325-8353; and the Long Ear, 2405 N. 4^th St., Coeur d’Alene, ID. 208-765-3472.

Rules:

Suggested donation: $2.00 each.

Must be 18 or older to purchase tickets.

Need not be present to win.

The Inland Empire blues Society reserves the right to stop the raffle at anytime, and refund ticket money.

I.E.B.S. will ship in lower 48 states; International shipping will be winner’s responsibility.

Winner agrees to provide 3 separate color photos with guitar for promotional use.

Tickets will be sold from April 1, 2003 thru date of Blues Cats For Kids 2004. (Late February, 2004)

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