Guitars make good raffle prizes. I bought some tickets in the last raffles - I think I remember the total raffle value getting pretty high! So it’s a good way to raise money.
I like the idea of good used guitars better than brand news ones - unless the brand new ones are a bit special, like a good boutique builder rather than the usual name brands.
thats the whole point of the raffle :
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We’re planning a raffle to support amazing organizations that help people learn guitar, and we want the prizes to be seriously exciting!
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A well made child size electric guitar. Not for me, but for a little one wanting to learn.
Very cool initiative!
I’m not in the asking but in the giving camp here, so,
Who would like to win a packet of n coaching sessions by yours truly to help you work toward your big and smaller goals?
(Think: setting your goals, setting out a roadmap for you to develop, what topics to work on, in which order, feedback on performance/recordings/progress. Include coaching on building your repertoire, getting stage ready, making songs your own, practise memorization, dealing with stage fright etc, …
Hi - I think free access to premium courses would be ace - but more than that, to win some guitar lessons would also be brilliant.
Then, gear-wise - for me, pedals and amps.
A place on a workshop
Some coaching/ mentoring in performance/ songwriting
Some personalized feedback songs - and help rearranging stuff (I already do this with my lovely teacher, Richard - but I think this would be a brilliant raffle prize for anyone!!
its an great prize !
I d be interested by such a thing 
That would be a real minority of people who hang around in a guitar forum do don’t own a guitar. Not saying that’s not worthy but in terms of pure numbers, more people would benefit from winning lessons - whether more people would enter a raffle to win lessons versus a raffle for a fancy guitar is a different question
A lifetime subscription to Tabs would be good.
I am a guitar tech in Tucson, Arizona. The desert weather here really does a number on instruments brought from more humid conditions. I always encourage people to buy used instruments instead of the new. With the new instruments the wood, specifically the neck, needs years and years to “settle in”. The older the instrument is the less likely the neck is to warp and twist going forward. Instruments that have been around for years and years you’re able to see the condition of the neck and almost certainly any warp or twist that was going to happen would have already happened.
Consider an older instrument as a platform. If the neck is great you like the neck shape and the feel and the body is in good condition then the electronics, frets, tuning machines the nut all of that stuff can be repaired or even upgraded. But if the neck is bad then that’s a very pricey part of the guitar to replace and in most cases the practical option is to discard the instrument and buy a different one.
Someone having gotten a cheap guitar and not being able to buy something better doesn’t seem so farfetched, even amongst people on this forum…
To me the #1 prize would be the #1 spot in Justin’s Rock Immersion!!!
How cool would that be?!?!?!?!
Rock Star_ter #1!!!
Tod
Here’s another idea: The winner gets their guitar professionally set-up by a trusted luthier.
In my experience, the problem with the Amazon guitars or used guitars is that the setup is so bad that it’s difficult to play for anyone, especially a beginner. When I was a beginner, I was lucky enough to work with a luthier who setup my 1st acoustic, and I was amazed how much easier it was to play.
Justin could partner with a few of the YouTube guitar techs (my favorite in the USA is Phil McKnight - Know Your Gear). The winner ships his/her guitar to the luthier, they shoot a video going through the guitar, setting it up, and teaching the owner how to adjust their neck, change strings, etc.)
I taught myself how to do these things, but lots of guitar players, especially new learners, would be too concerned with breaking something.
Food for Thought.
Doing great guys, keep the suggestions coming!
Meanwhile, I clean this place from off-topic discussions. (Yes, I deleted those posts.)
I know a few YouTubers who run a successful business reviewing guitars and gear and raffling them on.
Justin is in a much better place for starting raffles, especially on gear used in his free videos, with so much appreciation from this community.
So any of Justin’s used gear would do. Guitars, pedals, amps, etc. Perfect for a studio tidy up - win-win.
I’m becoming more interested in acoustic guitars at the moment so I’d deffo buy a few tickets for a Spanish Acoustic, I like the warm sound of nylon strings, not that I’m against steel strings acoustics, I just like a bit of variety in my life 
This sounds great! I think a clear roadmap would be the holy grail for many noodlers stuck in mediocrity for years
Hmm, one of Justin’s used guitars signed and delivered sounds fabulous, it is such a good idea! So is a Les Paul Sunburst and a PRS Guitar maybe… or maybe a decent bedroom amp? Lucky devil whoever ends up with any such gift. Very generous I must admit. Good luck to all
Thanks for all the recommendations, everyone! We’ve got plenty of great ideas now 
Hopefully we can put together something really special for you all