We are now announcing the August, 2019 Guitar of the Month contest! August's contest will be "Warmoth/professionally finished" and requires at least a Warmoth neck or body to qualify.
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. Send your submission in plain text email. Your photos must be attachments to the email. Your UnOfficialWarmoth Forum user name must be included in the body of the email.
In turn, your images will added to this message, which is August's submission thread.
Submissions will be accepted until exactly 7 days from the date and time of this post, so get your cameras clicking!
As usual, discussion about the submissions can take place below.
Please do not post additional photos in any replies to this thread. Links to other UW threads or external sites are fine.
Please try to stick to the entry requirements:
Two 1024x768 pixel images maximum as attachments please, not embedded in the email or linked to external sites.
An image for the purposes of this contest is a single photograph, not a multiple image/collage.
Include your UnOfficialWarmoth Forum user name.
Warmoth or other professionally finished instruments only this month.
Sorry, but entries that do not meet these requirements may not be included in the contest. If you're having technical difficulties, get in touch! (But only about contest entries please!)
Good luck, and may the best guitar/bass win!
Guitar #1 aguyinaustintx
GUITAR NAME: "Tula"
BODY
Warmoth Semi-hollow Carved Top Telecaster®
Flame Koa Lam Top on Mahogany Body with Faux Tortoise Binding
Warmoth Special Order - No Control Cavity Cover (Closed Back)
Pot and switch hole area thinned internally
Wilkins Guitars Custom Machine Screw Neck Assembly (No Neck Plate)
Graphtech® ResoMax® Wraparound NW2 Bridge with String Saver Saddles
Schaller S Locks
NECK
Warmoth Modern Tiltback Construction Neck, 25 1/2 Scale
Pau Ferro Fretboard on Roasted Maple, Flame Koa Headstock Veneer
Vortex Headstock, Wolfgang Neck Profile, 12" Radius, SS6105 Frets
Abalone Face Dots Inlay, White Side Dots
Grover Vintage 135 Series 3+3 Tuners
ELECTRONICS
Kinman P-90 Hx Nasty Noiseless Neck and Bridge Pickups
Dknob.com Pau Ferro Wood Pickup Covers, Knobs, Switch Tip, TRC
Bourns 500K Series 95 Pots, 0.15mf Tone Capacitor
Fender® American Tele® Style Treble Bleed: 680pF, 150K parallel, 10K series
Switchcraft® 3-Way Switch, Braided Shielded Cloth Wire
Electrosocket Jackplate, Pure Tone™ Output Jack
FINISH AND SETUP
Body and headstock finished by Wilkins Guitars
Pickup covers, knobs, switch tip finished by Michael Bhalla
Fret dress and setup by Ben Nippes of South Austin Music
Guitar #2 BigSteve22
CasinoCaster, "Amy"
Body:
Mooncaster, Showcase # MP619
Flame Maple on Mahogany
Vintage Tint, Gloss
Rear Routed
2x P-90s, 2x Tone, 2x Volume, 1x 3 Way Switch
Strat Shaped, Angled Neck Pocket
Contoured Heel / Tummy Cut (Both Standard)
Drilled for Gotoh 510 Bridge
Neck:
Custom Built
24.75" Conversion Scale, Warmoth Tilt Back, 3x3
Standard Thin Profile
Black Ebony on Roasted Flame Maple, Unfinished
White Pearloid Trapezoid Inlays
Strat Heel, 4 Hole Mounting
10"-16" Compound Radius
22, SS6230 Frets
1-11/16" White, Tusq XL, Nut
White Pearloid Trapezoid Inlays w/ White Side Dots
Gotoh Stepped, 13/32 x 11/32, Tuner Ream
Electronics:
MojoTone '56 Quiet Coil P-90's
CTS, 500K, Audio Taper, Split Shaft Pots
.033uf Sprague Orange Drop Tone Caps
Switchcraft, Short Type, 3 Way, Selector Switch
Pure Tone Jack, GF Jack Plate
Gavitt 22 AWG Shielded Push Back Wire
Hardware:
Gotoh 510 Wrap Around Bridge, X-Chrome Finish
Gotoh 510, 21:1, Tuners, X-Chrome Finish, Tortoise Buttons
Planet Waves Elliptical Strap Buttons, Chrome
Gibson Top Hat Knobs, Black w/ Chrome Inserts
Standard Switch Tip, Black
"Modern" Les Paul Pickguard Bracket, Chrome
Extras:
Custom Headstock Decal, Buried Under Satin Lacquer
Custom Acrylic Pickguard, Tortoise on Cream, 45 degree Beveled Edge
Custom Engraved Titanium Neck Plate, w/ Black Frame
Custom Engraved "Amy" Truss Rod Cover
Custom "Twin Mountain" Label in Body Cavity
Stew Mac 0.5° Shim in the Neck Pocket
Fret Work By "Cagey"
Set-up By Owner
Guitar #3 -VB-
Body:
Warmoth '72 Thinline
Alder
Candy Apple Red with White Binding
Super Vee BladeRunner Trem
Black Witch Hat Knobs and a Black Top Hat Switch Tip
Revel Vintage '72 Wide Range Humbuckers
Thomastik Infeld Power Bright Heavy Bottom 10-50 Strings
Neck:
Macassar Ebony on Flame Maple
'59 Roundback Profile
BigUgly Beautiful CBS Strat Headstock painted CAR to match
Black TUSQ Nut
Gotoh Locking Tuners
Guitar #4 Dano
'A Tribute To Merle'
Body:
Style: Warmoth Quilt Maple on 5A Honey Tint Flame Maple Core and Hollow Alder Wings. Walnut Strip going through the center of the Maple top.
Neck Pocket: Tele
Right / Left: Right Handed
Control Rout: Top Rout
Pickups: T-X-T
Bridge Rout: Tele
Binding: Pearloid
Top Finish: Black to Honey Tint Burst
Back Finish: Black with Clear Gloss
Scale: 25 ½"
Neck:
Style: Warmoth Warhead®
Construction: Modern Construction
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: 3A Flame Maple with Maple Veneer Headstock Matching Body
Fingerboard: Wood: 3A Flame Maple
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: SS6150 (Gold)
Tuner Ream: Gotoh/Grover (13/32" 11/32")
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Scale: 25-1/2"
Fret #: 22
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
String Nut: GraphTech TUSQ XL - Standard Nut
Inlays: Black Face Dots
Side Dots: Black Side Dots
Finish: Clear Gloss
Gotoh Standard Tele Bridge, Gold
Grover 505G Inline 18:1 Locking Tuners
Warmoth Pickguard
Oak Grigsby 4-Way Blade Switch (B, B+N Parallel, N, B+N series)
CTS 500k Vol & Tone Pots
0.022 uF Tone Capacitor
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder Set
Fretwork and setup by myself
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. Send your submission in plain text email. Your photos must be attachments to the email. Your UnOfficialWarmoth Forum user name must be included in the body of the email.
In turn, your images will added to this message, which is August's submission thread.
Submissions will be accepted until exactly 7 days from the date and time of this post, so get your cameras clicking!
As usual, discussion about the submissions can take place below.
Please do not post additional photos in any replies to this thread. Links to other UW threads or external sites are fine.
Please try to stick to the entry requirements:
Two 1024x768 pixel images maximum as attachments please, not embedded in the email or linked to external sites.
An image for the purposes of this contest is a single photograph, not a multiple image/collage.
Include your UnOfficialWarmoth Forum user name.
Warmoth or other professionally finished instruments only this month.
Sorry, but entries that do not meet these requirements may not be included in the contest. If you're having technical difficulties, get in touch! (But only about contest entries please!)
Good luck, and may the best guitar/bass win!
Guitar #1 aguyinaustintx
GUITAR NAME: "Tula"
BODY
Warmoth Semi-hollow Carved Top Telecaster®
Flame Koa Lam Top on Mahogany Body with Faux Tortoise Binding
Warmoth Special Order - No Control Cavity Cover (Closed Back)
Pot and switch hole area thinned internally
Wilkins Guitars Custom Machine Screw Neck Assembly (No Neck Plate)
Graphtech® ResoMax® Wraparound NW2 Bridge with String Saver Saddles
Schaller S Locks
NECK
Warmoth Modern Tiltback Construction Neck, 25 1/2 Scale
Pau Ferro Fretboard on Roasted Maple, Flame Koa Headstock Veneer
Vortex Headstock, Wolfgang Neck Profile, 12" Radius, SS6105 Frets
Abalone Face Dots Inlay, White Side Dots
Grover Vintage 135 Series 3+3 Tuners
ELECTRONICS
Kinman P-90 Hx Nasty Noiseless Neck and Bridge Pickups
Dknob.com Pau Ferro Wood Pickup Covers, Knobs, Switch Tip, TRC
Bourns 500K Series 95 Pots, 0.15mf Tone Capacitor
Fender® American Tele® Style Treble Bleed: 680pF, 150K parallel, 10K series
Switchcraft® 3-Way Switch, Braided Shielded Cloth Wire
Electrosocket Jackplate, Pure Tone™ Output Jack
FINISH AND SETUP
Body and headstock finished by Wilkins Guitars
Pickup covers, knobs, switch tip finished by Michael Bhalla
Fret dress and setup by Ben Nippes of South Austin Music
Guitar #2 BigSteve22
CasinoCaster, "Amy"
Body:
Mooncaster, Showcase # MP619
Flame Maple on Mahogany
Vintage Tint, Gloss
Rear Routed
2x P-90s, 2x Tone, 2x Volume, 1x 3 Way Switch
Strat Shaped, Angled Neck Pocket
Contoured Heel / Tummy Cut (Both Standard)
Drilled for Gotoh 510 Bridge
Neck:
Custom Built
24.75" Conversion Scale, Warmoth Tilt Back, 3x3
Standard Thin Profile
Black Ebony on Roasted Flame Maple, Unfinished
White Pearloid Trapezoid Inlays
Strat Heel, 4 Hole Mounting
10"-16" Compound Radius
22, SS6230 Frets
1-11/16" White, Tusq XL, Nut
White Pearloid Trapezoid Inlays w/ White Side Dots
Gotoh Stepped, 13/32 x 11/32, Tuner Ream
Electronics:
MojoTone '56 Quiet Coil P-90's
CTS, 500K, Audio Taper, Split Shaft Pots
.033uf Sprague Orange Drop Tone Caps
Switchcraft, Short Type, 3 Way, Selector Switch
Pure Tone Jack, GF Jack Plate
Gavitt 22 AWG Shielded Push Back Wire
Hardware:
Gotoh 510 Wrap Around Bridge, X-Chrome Finish
Gotoh 510, 21:1, Tuners, X-Chrome Finish, Tortoise Buttons
Planet Waves Elliptical Strap Buttons, Chrome
Gibson Top Hat Knobs, Black w/ Chrome Inserts
Standard Switch Tip, Black
"Modern" Les Paul Pickguard Bracket, Chrome
Extras:
Custom Headstock Decal, Buried Under Satin Lacquer
Custom Acrylic Pickguard, Tortoise on Cream, 45 degree Beveled Edge
Custom Engraved Titanium Neck Plate, w/ Black Frame
Custom Engraved "Amy" Truss Rod Cover
Custom "Twin Mountain" Label in Body Cavity
Stew Mac 0.5° Shim in the Neck Pocket
Fret Work By "Cagey"
Set-up By Owner
Guitar #3 -VB-
Body:
Warmoth '72 Thinline
Alder
Candy Apple Red with White Binding
Super Vee BladeRunner Trem
Black Witch Hat Knobs and a Black Top Hat Switch Tip
Revel Vintage '72 Wide Range Humbuckers
Thomastik Infeld Power Bright Heavy Bottom 10-50 Strings
Neck:
Macassar Ebony on Flame Maple
'59 Roundback Profile
Big
Black TUSQ Nut
Gotoh Locking Tuners
Guitar #4 Dano
'A Tribute To Merle'
Body:
Style: Warmoth Quilt Maple on 5A Honey Tint Flame Maple Core and Hollow Alder Wings. Walnut Strip going through the center of the Maple top.
Neck Pocket: Tele
Right / Left: Right Handed
Control Rout: Top Rout
Pickups: T-X-T
Bridge Rout: Tele
Binding: Pearloid
Top Finish: Black to Honey Tint Burst
Back Finish: Black with Clear Gloss
Scale: 25 ½"
Neck:
Style: Warmoth Warhead®
Construction: Modern Construction
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: 3A Flame Maple with Maple Veneer Headstock Matching Body
Fingerboard: Wood: 3A Flame Maple
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: SS6150 (Gold)
Tuner Ream: Gotoh/Grover (13/32" 11/32")
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Scale: 25-1/2"
Fret #: 22
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
String Nut: GraphTech TUSQ XL - Standard Nut
Inlays: Black Face Dots
Side Dots: Black Side Dots
Finish: Clear Gloss
Gotoh Standard Tele Bridge, Gold
Grover 505G Inline 18:1 Locking Tuners
Warmoth Pickguard
Oak Grigsby 4-Way Blade Switch (B, B+N Parallel, N, B+N series)
CTS 500k Vol & Tone Pots
0.022 uF Tone Capacitor
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder Set
Fretwork and setup by myself