LAKE STEVENS — Hey kid! Where did you get that awesome electric guitar?

If you’re one of Alex Moll’s students, there’s a good chance you built it yourself.

Moll, who teaches career and technical classes at Lake Stevens Middle School, has been helping students in grades 7 -12 craft their own solid-body electric guitars since 2012.

Many start from scratch.

“I’ve had students who’d never seen a screwdriver,” he said.

What’s the key to success?

“You just need grit,” he said.

More than two dozen of the student-built guitars got air play this summer at the Schack Art Center in Everett.

The exhibit included a pizza-slice shaped guitar, pink frosted donut guitar, tulip guitar and a classic Van Halen version with a multi-layered paint job.

Students design, wire, assemble and decorate the g

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