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We're trying to raise money for a local musician friend of ours who had a nasty fall, and is bedridden for a few months.
I've got an old, signed acoustic guitar, one of the many that Dan actually played, and we want to use it to raise the most money possible for our friend. Raffles are the best way of doing it, but there are legal issues. Ebay is another possibility, but I'd rather give everybody a chance, rather than one rich dick.
If anybody has experience or suggestions, I'd love to hear from you.
Thanks!
PS-the first person who replies to this query, only wanting to know what kind of guitar it is, will receive a swift kick in the nuts.

Nappy, I would highly recommend Kickstarter.com

It's a website my band is actually currently using in order to fund-raise so we can release our album. It's really cool because whoever donates money to the cause gets a prize of some sort and you can engineer it so that there are different levels of prizes depending on how much money the individual donates. I'm sure you could incorporate the guitar into this somehow and make it the grand prize, or maybe even make multiple levels of prizes depending on who donates what amount of money.

I realize it's not exactly a typical fund-raise, and it's no eBay or anything like, but I think it would be a great opportunity for fans to get Black Keys related prizes and still donate to a great cause. The website takes a very low percentage of what's actually raised. Again, I'm sorry about your friend's incident. I hope they're able to make a speedy recovery!

For more information, go to http://www.kickstarter.com

Best,
Adrien

Sorry to hear Nappy. Im sure everyone on this board, even the broke ass musicians, will pitch anything that can help. Let us know when you get this organized and ill be the first to send $50 canadian dollars your way. (That works out to about 47 cents in USD)

Keep the suggestions coming, their much appreciated.
Chuck

So.....what kind of guitar is it?

I reckon what'd be sweet is to pay for a video of dan explaining guitar techniques and guitar gear stuff and some ways he does things. Bit. Hard to do when he's got bugger all time though! Haha and prob a bit unrealistic! But that'd be cooll! Sorry to hear about this friend of yours nappy. I busted my back at work a couple of weeks ago and missed out on a bit of work and lost a bit of pay because of it so I know it sucks to be helpless like this! Not quite the same extent but difficult nonetheless. I can donate in Aussie dollars which should pretty well be the same as a us of a dollar right now!! Take that Canada!!!!

Oh and nappy when you gonna record us your version of when the night comes???

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Sounds good, i think the raffle would be easiest. I was thinking somewhere along the lines of a lottery but that would be too much hassle and is basically a more complicated version of a raffle lol. the best way could be to use this website...

http://www.justgiving.com/

get everyone to leave their email addresses, put all the email adresses into a hat and just pick a winner or if you have multiple prizes pick a few names out.

my friend used the above website when they did a walk for help the heroes, its really easy, allows people to donate what they want and it is all monitored, checked and kosher! Good luck and keep us informed about the event and on his progress!

Hope your friend recovers Nappy. Best wishes.