December 2011 Submissions - Special Guitar/Bass of the Month

[GOM]

Greetings,

I'm pleased to announce the December, 2011 Guitar of the Month contest, and a special contest it will be too! 

December's contest will be for any 2nd place or 3rd place winner, from February through November, 2011.

A new submission will need to be sent to the uwfgom@gmail.com email account to be entered into this contest

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.

Please indicate which month your submission was either 2nd place or 3rd place winner, so staff doesn't have to research every entry (thank you!).

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

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

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 Max

Telecaster/Les Paul Special inspired guitar
Locking Gotoh Tuners
Bone Nut
Birdseye Maple neck
-1 11/16" nut
-59 roundback
-7.5"radius
-Total Vintage
Mahogany body
-Tonar TV White finish
Grolsch Straplocks
Custom Roadhouse (TroubledTreble) Humbucker
Custom Roadhouse (TroubledTreble) T-90 pickup (tele/p90)
Custom-designed pickguard (4 ply)
Glendale Blackguard bridge
Glendale Twang-plus saddles
Mark Rutter Angled tele plate
Allparts black bell knobs
Countersunk ferrules
3-ply jack plate

Guitar #2, by Updown

Alder (solid)
High Grade Flame Maple Top
Bengal Burst Front 
Black Gloss Back
Custom made Pickguard.
Maple Neck (Bonus Flame)
Ziricote Fretboard
Standard Thin 9 & 1/2" Straight
1 & 11/16'' Nut width
White Corian Nut
6150 Frets
MOP Inlays
Vintage Tint Gloss
Sperzel Lok Tuners
Custom Dougie Neckplate
SD Little '59 (N)
SD Li'l Screamin' Demon (M) 
Gibson Dirty Fingers (B)
5 Way Switch with Chrome Tip
500K Pots with Orange Drop Cap
3 x Mini Switches for series / parallel & split.
Tele Knobs

Guitar #3, by DMRACO

zebrawood on white korina
maple with rosewood neck with SS frets
maple and korina tinted to match the zebrawood
gotoh mini tuners
Original Floyd Rose
P-Rail Pick-ups wired to all three settings and in/out phase

Guitar #4, by drewfx

Warmoth J body - High Grade Flamed Koa on Mahogany (w. Warmoth Gloss finish)
Clear pickguard
Warmoth Neck - Flamed Teak (raw) with Ebony fretboard
SD Basslines AJJ-2 Lightnin' Rods Active Pickups
EMG BQC 3-band Active Preamp
BML tuners + Hipshot detuner

Guitar #5, by Marko O

 

[drewfx]

I couldn't remember where I finished so went back to take a look and then decided to let Excel do some rankings. Here's what I came up with for eligible entries:

(Entry#/Poster Ranking)

Which instrument should be the October 2011 Guitar of the Month?
Corey P 2
icy_wind500 2

Which instrument should be the September 2011 Guitar of the Month?
Banjitar 2
Syntheticocean 3
Jalane 3

Which instrument should be the August 2011 Guitar of the Month?
UPDOWN 3

Which instrument should be the July 2011 Guitar of the Month?
Guitar #2: Syntheticocean 3
Guitar #3: Eric Banjitar 2

Vote for the JUNE 2011 Guitar of the Month
Guitar #2: by Max 2
Guitar #7, by DbU 3

May2011
Toronado 2
Drewfx 2

April 2011
marko 2
dmraco 3

Vote for the March 2011 Guitar of the Month
Guitar #8, by Firebird 3
Guitar #9, by felipeak 3
Guitar #13, by Max 2

Vote for the February 2011 Guitar of the Month
Guitar #2 SpiderDeluxe 3
Guitar #3 Bob7Point7 2


Someone can double check in case I screwed something up (again).

 

[Danuda]

This is a really cool idea.

 

[GOM]

To answer several folks at once -

YES - you can take new pictures and submit them, so long as the guitar is the same one that came in 2nd or 3rd place during the year.

And remember - February though December's winning entries will automatically entered into the Guitar of the Year contest in January, 2012

 

[Mor Paul]

I'm in. Same pics, do I need to do a new email?
I tried for Mrs.March and Mrs. June

 

[GOM]

An update to avoid confusion:

1.  Please resubmit any 2nd or 3rd place entry from Feb 2011 through November 2011.  Entry is not automatic, as some entrants may be strategically planning entry, guitars may have changed or changed hands, etc.  If you want your instrument entered in the December Guitar of the Month contest, you'll need to resubmit it.

2.  You can use the same pictures as before, or submit new pictures - or a little of each, so long as its no more than two pictures, not overly large (1024x768 max)

3.  You'll need to supply which month your entry was 2nd or 3rd place in - so staff does not have to research every entry.


This is a "second chance" contest for all those great instruments that didn't happen to win during the year.

Remember:  You can resubmit a previous entry for any month that its criteria is suitable, ie, "owner finished".  December is reserved ONLY for past runner's up (2nd and 3rd place).

Also remember, that just as in February through November, the December winner WILL be automatically entered into the January 2012 "Guitar of the Year" contest.

Many thanks, and thank you for re-submitting all of your many fine examples of guitar building.

 

[dmraco]

man...my pool is covered so I will have to find some place else to get some photos taken. 

 

[Mor Paul]

I'm in, June, #2, same pictures.

 

[m4rk0]

I'm in for April!

 

[Updown]

man...my pool is covered so I will have to find some place else to get some photos taken. 

Take it down to the beach / river or just take the cover off  :icon_biggrin:

I'm in, June

I'm in for April!

Aren't you guys a bit late ...
:icon_scratch: Because I'll be posting mine in for December GOM  :laughing7:

 

[DustyCat]

Does this mean we get 2 votes? I'm confused ???

 

[Updown]

Does this mean we get 2 votes? I'm confused ???

NO .... it's for second & third place getters though-out the year, having an all in brawl to determine
who is GOTM for December.

One Vote per person  :icon_biggrin: as per usual  :doh:

 

[mgaut051]

Yay! Go Max again!

 

[dmraco]

hard to believe there are all just runner ups.  Some fine looking instruments.

 

[m4rk0]

Do I need to resend pics of mine or can you use the originals?

 

[Updown]

Do I need to resend pics of mine or can you use the originals?

Marko .... Read posts, OP & #3  :doh:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Does a tie for first place qualify???  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[DustyCat]

Ummmm, shouldn' there be more guitars? 2nd & 3rd places for 11 months...let's see... :icon_scratch:

 

[Wyliee]

Yum.  Them's some purdy geetars!  And one killer bass!

 

[DylanWesley]

hard to believe there are all just runner ups.  Some fine looking instruments.

I agree! Some quality looking creations there.