August 2012 Guitar of the Month Contest Submissions (5 entries)

[GOM]

Hello all,

We're now announcing the August, 2012 Guitar of the Month contest!  August's contest will be for "Owner Finished" instruments.

Please read the GOM rules, which have been refined, with some slight changes, and are posted in a sticky in this forum area.

Submissions must be sent, to uwfgom@gmail.com, and contain two images no greater than 1024x768, along with your description and details of the instrument.

In turn, those images will posted to this message, which is July's submission thread.

Submissions will be accepted from August 1st to August 7th, so get your cameras clicking!

As usual, all discussion for the submissions can take place below, along with other pictures hosted by the poster.

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



Guitar #1: by Ddbltrbl

Body:
Black Korina on Black Korina Telecaster
Tru-Oil Finish
BK Black Guard 55 Stagger Pups
Gotoh Tele Bridge w/ Graphtech Saddles
4-way Switch

Neck:
Black Korina w/ Macassar Ebony fretboard
Tru-Oil Finish
Mini Schallers
SS6105 Fretwire
Graphtech Black TUSQ XL Nut
DangerousR6 Neck Candy

Guitar #2: by Marko

Black Korina Thinline
Quarter Sawn Rosewood Top
Goncalo Alves Neck
Brazilian Rosewood Fingerboard
Custom Made P90s pickups by Jon Moore - tonefordays.com

Guitar #3: by Swarfrat
Body:
Black Korina on Chambered Black Korina Stratocaster
Tung Oil finish
GFS Mean 90 pickups
Wilkinson VS100 w/ Graphtech Ghost saddles
3-way Switch, Mag/MIDI Volume, Piezo Volume

Neck:
Wenge 24.75" scale Fatback w/ Ebony fingerboard
(No stinkin finish needed)
GFS locking tuners
GD6100 frets
1 11/16" Earvana Nut
And the obligatory dangerous neckwear

Guitar: #4 by Kuro Uma

Body is mahogany with flamed maple top
Honey bursted with dye and lacquers
Natural masked binding
Hand dyed tattoo on body
Neck is maple with block inlays and 4+1 headstock dyed to match and “Becky” tattoo
Bartolini M45CBC set with ebony knobs

Guitar #5: by Tony Flying Squirrel

Warmoth Baritone Neck, Maple Shaft/Rosewood Fingerboard, 6100 fretwire.  Owner finished in True Oil.
Tele body, Owner Finished by covering in laced Deer Hide (Buckskin) with beaded rosette, dentaliam shells.
Pickups; Neck/GFS Neo Vin 7, Bridge: locally custom wound "Bari-Twang" humbucker by John Carlsen Jr (www.carlsenguitar.com)
Electronics: 500k Push/pull Vol. pot (coil tap/bridge), 500k Tone pot with .022 Sprague orange drop cap, 4 position Tele p/u selector switch.

 

[GOM]

:dontknow: We gotta get some entries, or the contest won't be a contest! :dontknow:

 

[Cagey]

Just coming out of spring, and some areas are unusually hot/humid this year, there may not be too many home finishes done yet. I know mine won't show up until late Aug/Sep/Oct.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I'll get mine submitted when I get home tonite.

 

[slashin_velvet]

Ive been waiting on something to arrive in the post...but wont be finished until after this weekend. The finish is done, but the hardware and electronics are not.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Just sent mine in.

 

[Kuro Uma]

I thought about sending my spalted Tele in, but all I did was Tru-Oil and polish it so I sent the 5-string bass in.

 

[swarfrat]

Sent mine as well. No, dbl does not have two entries, but it was inspired by one of his previous builds

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I think the rest of the entries will be posted tomorrow.

 

[line6man]

Where's my submission? I emailed it and got a reply. :icon_scratch:

 

[GOM]

Line6man,
You sent three different emails, one entry but no pictures attached.  I asked you to "make your submission already!"

I don't know if there's a problem with what you sent, or if gmail is stripping things (it generally does not).

I hoped you'd have some pictures for me as of this evening, as I wanted to get your entry in.

 

[line6man]

Line6man,
You sent three different emails, one entry but no pictures attached.  I asked you to "make your submission already!"

I don't know if there's a problem with what you sent, or if gmail is stripping things (it generally does not).

I hoped you'd have some pictures for me as of this evening, as I wanted to get your entry in.

Odd. I sent one email with links in it.

 

[GOM]

Very much so.

I assume you'll like to enter next go-round.

PM sent with an alternate email (a real one, not gmail).

I'll save that for next time

 

[GOM]

Got your PM with good links....

Hope you consider entry in October's contest

I'll save those links - hoping you'll enter