2014 Guitar of the Month Runners Up Contest Submissions

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We are now announcing the December, 2014 Guitar of the Month contest!

2014 Runners Up Contest

As usual, discussion about the submissions can take place below and/or in the voting thread.

Please do not post replies that show additional photos of the entrant's guitars but links to other UnofficialWarmoth threads or external sites are fine.

Good luck, and may the best guitar/bass win!

March - 4 qualifying runners up

Guitar #1 by Lushtone

Body:
Warmoth Chambered mahogany/quilt maple strat
Blue dye/clear finish
Custom ebony/bone bridge
Emg Ha (neck), 85 (bridge)
Three-way switch, volume/tone/tone
Dunlop strap locks

Neck:
BGP 25" scale conversion strat heel neck
Quartersawn maple/Indian rosewood
Single, two-way truss
Fatback profile
1 11/16" bone nut, 12" radius
22 stainless 6105 frets
Matching rosewood headstock overlay
No inlays, white side dots
DIY burnish to 2000 grit and hand-rubbed with BLO
Gotoh 16:1 tuners, Graphtech string tree

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Guitar #2 by Steve St.Laurent

Body:
Chambered Mahogony Tele
Laminate Top/Body woods: 3 PC Quilted Maple
Rear route
Tele/none/tele pickups
Gotoh black tele bridge
Black/Red/Black custom Dye top
Clear gloss back
DAllenPickups Hot Vintage Tele Pickups
4 way Tele switch

Neck:
Tele Neck
Warmoth Pro
Right Handed Handed
Bocote
Bocote Fretboard
1-11/16" Nut Width
Standard thin contour
SS6105 (Stainless) frets
Schaller (25/64", 11/32") Tuner Ream
Schaller black locking tuners with hidden locating pin (Nearly impossible to find - took a year and a half)
22 frets
10-16" Compound Radius
No Inlay
Side Dots Only Inlay
Mother Of Pearl Side Dots
GraphTech Black TUSQ XL

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Guitar #3 by BlueTalon

Warmoth bubinga & wenge neck
Schaller tuners
Hipshot string retainer
Formby's tung oil finish on the headstock
6105 nickle frets
black TUSQ nut
threaded inserts and machine screws
D'Addario nickle-round strings

Warmoth alder body, finished in gloss black by Warmoth
wenge thumbrests
Schaller bridge
Schaller strap locks
Fender Super 55 dual-inline-coil hum cancelling pickups (one bridge, two neck)
CTS concentric 500K/500K-no-load pots
Turnstyle switch

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Guitar #4 by Lumberjack

Type: Soloist
Body: Maple, Solid
Top: Quilt Maple
Top Binding: Natural Masked Binding
Top Finish: Fireburst
Back Finish: Black Gloss
Extras: 720 Mod, Contoured Heel

Neck
Type: Warmoth Pro Warhead
Neck: Pau Ferro
Fretboard: Macassar Ebony
Shape: Standard Thin
Radius: 10"-16" Compound Radius
Scale: 25-1/2"
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Inlays: No Fretboard Inlays / Abalone Sidedots
Frets: 22 Frets / SS6100 Fretwire
Locking Nut: R3 Floyd Rose
Extras: Fully Scalloped Neck

Electronic Components
Pickups: Seymour Duncan's / SSL-1 in Neck and Middle Positions (no RWRP),
Screamin Demon in Bridge Position
Potentiometers: Volume (500k) (Treble Bleed Mod), Tone (500k) (Push-Push Adds Neck Pickup),
Dial-A-Tap (500k) (Gradual Humbucker Split)
Switch: 5-way Switch

Mechanical Components
Tremolo: Recessed Original Floyd Rose in Black
Tuners: Schaller Mini Locking Tuners in Black

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April

Guitar #5 by Dolando


Body - Gecko Narrow 5
Owner finished with Tru-oil
Mahogany with flame koa Top and a maple accent line
Mahogany wood control cavity cover

Neck - Gecko Narrow 5
Owner finished with Tru-oil (peghead veneer only)
Wenge shaft wood
Ebony fingerboard (with gecko Inlay)
Flame koa peghead veneer
Graphtech BlackTUSQ nut
Unlined fretless

Hardware (Black)
Hipshot A style bridge 17.5mm string spacing (string through)
Hipshot Ultralight tuners
Schaller strap locks

Electronics
Delano SBC 5 HE/S-4 Quad coil humbucker wired with a secret sliding switch mounted on the control cover for parallel/single/series humbucker switching.

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May

Guitar #6 by Stratamania


Body
Model: Chambered Stratocaster®
Orientation: Right handed
F-Holes: None
Scale: 25-1/2"
Wood: Quilt Maple on Swamp Ash
Rout: Top Rout
Pickup Rout: Strat®, Strat®, Strat®
Controls: None
Bridge: Custom route for Gotoh 510 Tremelo
Stud Install: No Stud Install
Jack Rout: Strat® Top Jack Rout
Neck Pocket: Strat® Shape
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Countours: / Tummy Cut / Forearm Contour
Battery Box: No Battery Box Rout
Binding: Natural Masked Binding
Top Finish: Purple to Clear Burst
Back Finish: Purple to Clear Burst

Neck
Style: Stratocaster®
Construction: Warmoth Pro
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Birdseye Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Ebony
Nut Width: 1-5/8"
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: SS6100 (Stainless)
Tuner Ream: Schaller (25/64" 11/32")
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Scale: 25-1/2"
Fret #: 22
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Pre-Cut Installed String Nut: Earvana GraphTech Black TUSQ XL
Inlays: Mother Of Pearl Dots
Side Dots: White Side Dots
Finish: No Finish from Warmoth, but completed with Satin Nitro for the headstock and Birchwood Casey Tru Oil for the neck by myself.

Pickups, Kinman Woodstock Plus set with K9 Harness.
Tremolo, Gotoh 510TS-FE1 (Steel block) trem in chrome
Tuners, Hipshot Locking tuners.
Strap Buttons, Dunlop Dual Design Straploks.
Custom Neckplate, FSR Custom Neckplate made based on a design I sent in.

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June

Guitar #7 by frown


Neck:
Style: Warhead
Construction: Warmoth Pro
Scale: 25-1/2"
Shaft Wood: Pau Ferro
Fingerboard Wood: Ebony (Black)                       
Orientation: Right Handed
Nut Width: 1 3/4"
Back Shape: Fatback
Radius: 10-16" compound
# of Frets: 21
Fret Size: SS6100 [Jumbo Stainless Steel]       
Tuner Ream: Schaller [25/64", 11/32"]
Inlays: No Inlay, Side Dots Only
Side Dots: White Side Dots
Nut: Earvana GraphTech Black TUSQ XL     
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Finish: N/A Raw
Custom Option: Tele Heel                           

Body:
Warmoth Telecaster Replacement
Solid
Right handed
Mahogany back                                                   
Pau Ferro top                                                   
Rear Rout                                                       
Humbucker [Wood Mount]
Humbucker [Wood Mount]
CT Tele - Volume
CT Tele - Tone
No switch slot
1/2" [12.70mm] Side Jack Hole
Tele neck pocket with 720 Mod                                   
Standard 4 Bolt
Contoured Heel                                                 
Forearm Contour                                                 
Tummy Cut                                                       
No Battery Box Rout
No Binding
No Finish
Hipshot Flat Mount SB 5105-010 Bridge Rout*   
 
Hardware:
Hipshot 41100B flat mount bridge in black
Schaller Locking Tuners - single pin type, black
Joe Barden Two/Tone humbuckers with individual push/pull volume for coil splitting
Jim Dunlop Dual Design straplocks black
Icon Plates neck plates black
Stainless Steel 32mm and 38mm neck screws
Switchcraft long barrel jack socket black

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July - 2 qualifying runners up

Guitar #8 by JoshHPMusic

Body: Warmoth Stratocaster
Chambered mahogany core - Trans Blue rear finish
Flame maple top - Unique choice #LT1437 - Blue dye finish
Swimming pool/bathtub pickup rout (P90s) (Fully copper shielded)
F-hole!
Recessed Wilkinson VS100 trem, floating
Contoured heel w/ "Custom, limited edition, 001" awesome neck plate
Battery box (Not currently in use)
Tremol-no system installed, cut-out in vintage 6-hole B/W/B trem cover

Pickguard:
B/W/B Strat pickguard - 3 P90 routs, DeLonge volume pos. (Copper shielded)
3 Custom-wound Roadhouse P90's (Neck is a P80) (Middle is RWRP)
500k tone pots, Roadhouse capacitor
Push-push volume pot - Activates neck pickup with whatever else is activated
Standard 5 way switch
Gibson Top Hat/Metal Insert knobs w/ knob pointers
Switchcraft output jack w/ chrome Strat output jack plate

Neck: 9.5"-12" Compound Radius Strat neck - Mighty Mite w/...
Full MIRROR SHINE fret job!
Hard rock maple, w/ Rosewood fretboard
Medium jumbo frets, compound radius
Custom tinted satin Nitrocellulose finish on rear
Black gloss Nitrocellulose finish on Headstock face
Satin silver "Fender Stratocaster" decal on headstock face
GraphTech TUSQ XL nut
Sperzel satin silver Staggered Locking tuners
NO string trees!

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Guitar #9 by sduck

Chambered Strat body, mahogany back, select quilted maple top, green dye finish
Angled strat neck, mahogany back and black ebony fingerboard, gold finish frets, no inlays, graphtek nut
Sperzel tuners, Wilkinson bridge, Dimarzio pickups.

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August

Guitar #10 by stratamania


Natural Ash Tea Stained Tele.

Body
Construction: Solid
Neck Pocket: Tele® Shape
Wood: Extra Light One Piece Swamp Ash
Orientation: Right handed
Control Rout: Top Rout
Pickups: T-X-T
Bridge Rout: Tele® Bridge
Input Jack Rout: 7/8" (22mm) Side Jack Hole Jack
Scale: 25-1/2"
Weight: 3lbs., 11oz.

Neck
Wood: Birdseye Maple Neck Wood/Indian Rosewood Fingerboard
Orientation: Right Handed
Nut Width: 1-5/8"
Nut: Graphtech XL Earvana
Back Contour: 59 roundback
# of Frets: 22
Frets: 6100 SS
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Inlay: Cream Face Dots
Side Dots: White Side Dots
Scale: 25-1/2"

Finish
Body: Satin Nitro, with Tea used as a stain for the One piece Ash Body.
Neck: Headstock Satin Nitro and Neck Shaft Tru Oil.
Both Finished by myself.

Tuners, Hipshot Open Gear Locking Tuners
Pickups, Seymour Duncan Vintage Noisless, 4 Way selector and powerboost wiring.
Bridge, Gotoh.
Dunlop Dual Design Strap Loks

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September

Guitar #11 by harry


Body:
Wood: Black Korina
Scale: 25-1/2"
Bridge: Narrow Strat® Flat Mount
Jack Rout: 7/8" (22mm) Side Jack Hole
Neck Pocket: Strat Shape
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Contours:    Tummy Cut / Forearm Contour
Top Finish: Black-Red-Yellow Bur
Back Finish: Black-Red-Yellow Burst
Pickguard: Telecaster deluxe Black/White/Black

Neck:
Style: CBS Stratocaster
Neck Wood: Quartersawn Maple
Fingerboard Wood:  Pau Ferro
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Construction: Vintage Modern Construction
Scale: 25-1/2"
Back Shape: Boatneck (custom order with .880" at the 1st fret and .980" at the 12th)
Radius: Straight 9.5"
Fret #: 21
Inlays: Cream Face Dots
Side Dots: White Side Dots
String Nut: GraphTech White TUSQ XL
Finish: Clear Satin Nitro

Hardware (chrome):
Gotoh vintage tuners
Warmoth narrow bridge with Vintage Raw pure steel saddles
Original Fender Telecaster Deluxe knobs
Neck pickup: Lollar Imperial Low Wind
Bridge pickup: Lollar Imperial Regular
50's wiring with Bourns Pro Audio pots and oil filled capacitors

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October - no qualifying runner up as Verne Bunsen won in November

November - 2 qualifying runners up

Guitar #12 by DMRACO

Custom alder body

Warmoth 12 string neck with custom headstock.  Maple and rosewood.

Gibson '59 pickups.

Custom paint by DMRACO

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Guitar #13 by Great Ape

Solid mahogany body, hand carved, dyed, & finished
Mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard, '59 roundback, 6150 frets, Gotoh tuners
Duncan 'custom' p-ups in neck & middle, Duncan p-90 in bridge
Gotoh vintage hardtail bridge, single volume control, Qparts knob

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A few more added.

This is more work than a regular contest, I wonder why it didn't happen last year :icon_scratch:

The last few will be added shortly...
 
All the qualifying entrants are now posted. Have a think about it over the weekend, voting starts on Monday!
 
There are some truly incredible guitars in this contest... Choosing just one will be hard!
 
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