February 2013 Guitar of the Month Contest Submissions (10 entries)

[GOM]

Hello all,

We're now announcing the February, 2013 Guitar of the Month contest!  February's contest will be "OPEN" to all finishes, but still require 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.

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

Submissions will be accepted from now until to February 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 Greg McCullough

Chambered black korina
Black korina neck
Macassar ebony fingerboard
Abalone dot inlay
6150 frets
Gotoh vintage tuners
Duncan 'Antiquity' pickups
Vintage Fender bridge
Q-parts white pearl knobs
Woodburned & finished w/Tru-oil

Guitar #2: by jmavl

Found this alder strat copy in a pawn shop and brought it home for $50. I trashed everything but the body... all other components are new.  I did all the relic work on the finish, and reassembled with Texas Special pups, vintage tuners & a mint green pickguard to have a 50s appearance with a crunchy, bluesy bar room sound.  All hardware, except the bridge, is nickel and has been reliced using muriatic acid.

The neck is Warmoth vintage modern:  One-piece maple, std thin contour, 6105 frets, clear satin finish.  I did not relic the neck.

Guitar #3: by ChristianFS1

Item Number: PS6607, Stratocaster®, Right handed, Alder, Top Rout,
Pickup Rout: (Strat®, Strat®, Strat®), Lindy Fralin Vintage Hots Set, Bridge: Vintage 6-Hole
Tremolo, Jack Rout: Strat® Top Jack Rout, Top Finish: Daphne Blue
Stratocaster®, Vintage Modern, Right Handed Reverse Handed, Maple, Maple Fretboard, 1 11/16" Nut Width, Standard thin, GD6150 (Gold Color), Gotoh/Grover (13/32", 11/32") Tuner Ream, 22 frets, 10-16" Compound Radius, Black Face Dots Inlay, Black Side Dots, White Corian, Vintage Tint Gloss, 25-1/2 in. Scale, Standard 4 Bolt


Serial Number: PG940975
Shape: Stratocaster®
Orientation: Right Handed
Color: .09" White Solid Gloss
Neck Pickup: Strat
Middle Pickup: Strat
Bridge Pickup: Strat
Control 1: Volume
Control 2: Tone
Control 3: Tone 2
Control 4: 5 Way Switch
Bridge Cut: Standard
Additional: Standard
Mounting Holes: 8 Hole Vintage

Guitar #4: by SolomonHelsing.

34" Scale Bass
Swamp Ash Transparent Purple Body
SD Quarter Pounder Jazz Neck Pick-Up
Rio Grande PowerBucker Bridge Pick-Up
Takeuchi T5 Bridge

Wenge and Bloodwood Neck
6130 Frets
White Corian Nut
Abalone Dots
RotoSound 66 Swing Bass Strings.

Guitar #5: by Pelagaard

Warmoth Bass VI

Neck  :
    Wenge, Warmoth Bass VI profile
    Bubinga fretboard
    SS6150 frets
    no inlay, side dots only
    Graphtech Black Tusq XL nut
    vintage tuners
Body  :
    Black Korina Bass VI body
    Deft semi-gloss lacquer finish, no grain fill   
Hardware  :
    GFS Mean 90 neck and bridge, GFS Brassbottom 7k middle
    Master Volume, 500k pot
    Master Tone, 500k pot, .01uf and .022uf caps in parallel for a total of .032uf
    Individual On/Off switch for each pickup
    Modified Mustang bridge (the one Warmoth sells)
    Standard Jazzmaster tailpiece, spring removed and locked into place
    Neck plate from Dangerous6 (black plate with Nautilus x-ray)

Guitar #6: by Updown

All Warmoth Finish on Body, with a Raw neck.
Body ...
Alder (Solid)
Rear Rout H x H
Contoured Heel
High Grade Quilt Maple Top
Black Dye finish on Top
Black Gloss on the Back
Black Burst on Edges.

Hardware...
Tone Pros
Recessed TOM - Angled Strings
Chrome Top & Bottom Ferrels
Bare Knuckles, Mule (Neck) Chrome Humbucker                                                                     
Bare Knuckles, Abraxas (Bridge) Chrome Humbucker
Metal Black Hum Rings
3 Way Switch with Chrome Tip
2 x 500K CTS Pots 
Orange Drop Capacitor
1 x Vol, 1 x Tone
Tele Heavy Knurled Knobs

Neck …
Vintage Modern
Pau Ferro
Ebony Fretboard
Stainless Steal Frets SS6115
1 11/16" Nut width
Graph Tech Black TUSQ Nut
10 -16" Compound Radius,
Standard Thin Neck
Mother Of Pearl Dot Inlay
Sperzel Lok Tuners
Custom Dougie Neck Plate 

Guitar #7: by Ddbltrbl

Body:
Black Korina VIP
Clear Gloss Finish (by Warmoth)
BK Mules Pups
Gotoh 510 bridge
All Rosewood knobs, pickup rings and truss rod cover. Wired with pull knobs for coil split and phase reversal.

Neck:
Black Ebony on Wenge, Warmoth Pro Angled w/ Warmoth Headstock
Clapton Contour and no inlays
Planet Waves Auto-trim tuners
SS6105 Fretwire
GraphTech Black TUSQ XL nut

Guitar #8: by Autobat

VIP Body:
Gloss Black
Chambered Mahogany, Maple cap
Original Floyd Rose
Chrome EMG 81X & 85X pickups
Schaller strap locks

Warmoth neck:
SRV Contour
Bloodwood over Wenge
Black face dots, white sides
SS6105 frets
Floyd R4 nut
Grover tuners

Guitar #9 by: SlartiBartfast

Dinky J-Bass
Solid Black Korina back with laminate Black Korina top
Tobacco burst finish
Rear-routed
Dimarzio Model J pickups
1 Volume, 1 Tone control
Gotoh 201 Bridge, Gotoh GB7 tuners
Black GraphTech TUSQ XL nut
1/2" deep panel side jack
Dunlop dual-locking straplocks

Wenge neck (raw, of course)
Pau Ferro fretboard (unique choice)
Lined fretless (22 frets)

Guitar #10: by Death by Uberschall

Warmoth Body:
Flat Top Soloist
Slight brown burst to clear gloss
No binding, clean line to clear Gloss

1-piece Mahogany body
Unique Choice flame Koa top
Contoured heel
HxS pick-up routing
Recessed TOM routing
Angled string thru body

Warmoth Neck:
Warmoth Pro
Slight brown burst to clear gloss
No binding, clean line to raw finish

Canary neck
Black Ebony board
Warmoth "DbU" headstock shape
Flame Koa veneer from body laminate
1-11/16 nut width
'59 Roundback profile
Straight 12 radius
24 fret extension
SS6100 frets
No inlays/face dots
White side dots
Raw neck back

Hardware:
All black

EMG 81/SA
TonePros TOM w/locking shaft option
Gotoh tuners
Electrosocket
Single volume
CRL 3-way blade switch w/black knob
DR6 Top Notch Crap custom neck plate and truss cover

 

[Great Ape]

So.....where are they?  :dontknow:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

So.....where are they?  :dontknow:

Sent mine in over the weekend.  :icon_scratch:

 

[Great Ape]

So did I...

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

I'll do mine later this week.

 

[JimBeed]

Just sent the old girl in for a second try...... refreshed the page and boom! woodburnt entry  :sad:

 

[Updown]

So.....where are they?  :dontknow:

I'm in  :icon_biggrin:

:dontknow: Gotta give YOU some type of competition Greg  :laughing7:

Stupid me entered a Strat as well :doh: ........ Think I'll be Tattooed thou !!

 

[AutoBat]

I have entered my VIP.  I finally took it outdoors for a shoot.

 

[jmavl]

When was the last GOM without a single tele?

 

[Ddbltrbl]

Wow, competition is stiff again this time!  Lot of nice builds folks! ccasion14:
And no Telecasters... imagine that!  :dontknow:

:dontknow: Gotta give YOU some type of competition Greg  :laughing7:

That black is awesome Updown!  :glasses9: :icon_thumright:
Good luck everyone! :guitarplayer2:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Sent mine in days ago, still not in the contest?  :icon_scratch:

 

[SlartiBartfast]

Why was my entry photo cropped and edited? It was smaller than the max size...

 

[GOM]

Sent mine in days ago, still not in the contest?  :icon_scratch:

I just rechecked.  Nothing recieved.

 

[GOM]

Why was my entry photo cropped and edited? It was smaller than the max size...

Because your submission violated both the spirit of, and letter of the rules.  You submitted three images.  Two of them were cleverly joined to be one .JPG file, but... were still two images.

The limit is two.

I edited your first image, to be more in keeping with what most folks submit - a full shot, and a close up.  I omitted the back of the instrument. 

Please understand, that technically, your submission could have been rejected, but I had the extra time to edit the images, so I did.

 

[GOM]

We've also had what appears to be a robo-entry.

An attached .ZIP file and some BS message about a military theme. 

I sent a response asking for the username, regular .jpg image files, and a description, and got back an email that was the same as the first.

If its semi-legitimate, and you're reading this, you're disqualified because you stated it neither used a Warmoth body or neck, and because you cannot follow the simple rules.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Sent mine in days ago, still not in the contest?  :icon_scratch:

I just rechecked.  Nothing recieved.

Resent, thanks.

 

[SlartiBartfast]

Why was my entry photo cropped and edited? It was smaller than the max size...

Because your submission violated both the spirit of, and letter of the rules.  You submitted three images.  Two of them were cleverly joined to be one .JPG file, but... were still two images.

The limit is two.

I edited your first image, to be more in keeping with what most folks submit - a full shot, and a close up.  I omitted the back of the instrument. 

Please understand, that technically, your submission could have been rejected, but I had the extra time to edit the images, so I did.

Ok, I wasn't trying to get away with anything. I didn't think for a second that I was "in violation of the spirit or the letter of the rules." Yeesh. It's not like anyone is going to vote for a bass anyway  :icon_tongue:

 

[AutoBat]

Wow. 6 raw necks, 5 of them wenge!
Best of all: no teles!!!
(and only 3 with gold hardware)