> Plain-text edition of https://www.noahscott.org/work/mnf-guitar/, by Noah Scott, for AI assistants. Same words as the page; drawings are given as their text.

![The Monday Night Football guitar from above: football-leather top with laces, white pickguard with the Monday Night Football badge, maple neck](https://www.noahscott.org/hero/guitar.webp)

Drawing NS-01

- **Part:** ESPN Monday Night Football guitar
- **Scale:** 25.5 in, 21 frets
- **Top:** Wilson football leather
- **Shop:** Purdue Guitar Lab

Who made what

- 1 Football leather
  Parker Nordstrom + Wilson team
- 2 Leather prep
  Kyle Gergely, Drew Decker
- 3 Leatherwork
  Eric Martinez
- 4 ESPN · Wilson · Purdue
  coordinated by Noah Scott
- 5 Designed + built
  Noah Scott + Mark French, Purdue Guitar Lab

# The ESPN Monday Night Football guitar

Mark French and I designed and built a guitar with a Wilson football-leather top for ESPN, then I played it on Monday Night Football.

Date

2025

ESPN asked the Purdue Guitar Lab for a guitar to feature on Monday Night Football, and Mark French asked me to lead the project.

I coordinated the design with ESPN, brought in Wilson for real football leather, and recruited Purdue football’s equipment staff to prepare it. Mark French and I built the guitar at the Guitar Lab.

Then I played it on air at Lucas Oil Stadium, with the Colts drumline behind me and ESPN’s Jason Kelce on my keytar.

![Noah Scott playing the guitar on the field with the Colts drumline around him](https://www.noahscott.org/images/work/mnf-drumline.jpg)

On the field with the Colts drumline.

![Noah Scott and Jason Kelce, in a Santa suit, bumping fists on the field](https://www.noahscott.org/images/work/mnf-fist-bump.jpg)

With Jason Kelce, right before we went on.

![Close-up of the guitar body showing the football leather, laces and the Monday Night Football badge](https://www.noahscott.org/images/work/mnf-detail.jpg)

Wilson football leather, real laces and the Monday Night Football badge.

![Two people in suits holding the guitar on the sideline](https://www.noahscott.org/images/work/mnf-broadcasters.jpg)

The guitar made the rounds on the sideline.

![A young Colts fan holding the guitar with his family](https://www.noahscott.org/images/work/mnf-young-fan.jpg)

A young Colts fan gets a turn.

![Noah Scott with the guitar at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, lit for the holidays](https://www.noahscott.org/images/work/mnf-monument.jpg)

Under the lights at Monument Circle, Indianapolis.

## Credits

- **Coordination with ESPN, Wilson and Purdue football:** Noah Scott
- **Design and build:** Noah Scott & Mark French, Purdue Guitar Lab
- **Football leather:** Parker Nordstrom & the Wilson team
- **Leather prep:** Kyle Gergely, Drew Decker
- **Leatherwork:** Eric Martinez
- **Requested by:** ESPN
- **Keytar on air:** Jason Kelce
- **Photos:** Purdue Marketing

## In the press

[Purdue Stories ↗](https://stories.purdue.edu/purdues-guitar-building-expertise-draws-monday-night-football-spotlight/) · [WRTV ↗](https://www.wrtv.com/news/guitar-featured-on-monday-night-football-in-indianapolis-was-built-at-the-purdue-guitar-lab/)

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