Greetings,
I'm pleased to announce the February, 2011 Guitar of the Month contest. February'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 - 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 the 1st through the 7th of February, 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 win!
Guitar #1 - by Ardie
Owners specs
Body:
POPLAR
DIY American Wallnut stain Finish (finish by me)
Tung Oil Clear finish (finish by me)
Neck:
Vintage modern
Maple/Rosewood
DIY Vintage Finish (finish by me)
Standard Thin
6105 frets
LSR Nut (Installed and slot done by me)
Hardware:
Wilkinson Vintage bridge
Wilkinson tuners
DIY aged white Pickguard (finish by me)
Fender LSR nut
Pickups:
Fender Noiseless Pickup
Fender Pot
Guitar #2: by SpiderDeluxe
Owners specs:
Body:
Indian Rosewood Semi-Hollow Thinlinnie
Maple Sandwiched between body/top and back pieces
Tung Oil (finish by me)
Finishing Wax final coat
Neck:
Vintage modern
One Piece Rosewoood
Maple skunk stripe
No Finish
Standard Thin
6105 frets
White TUSQ nut
Hardware:
Schalller mini locking tuners
String-Thru Tele Bridge
Stacked Tone/Vol knobs for blending in middle position
Reversed control plate
Straplocks
Electrosocket
Pickups:
Neck: Lollar Charlie Christian for Humbucker Route
Bridge: Lollar Charlie Christian for Tele Bridge
RWRP for hum canceling in middle position
Guitar #3: by Bob7Point7
Owners specs:
Body:
Alder G4 short scale
Woodburned image
Tru-Oil finish
Neck:
32" bubinga/bubinga Warhead
Abalone inlays
SS6115 frets
Graph Tech Black TUSQ Nut
Hardware:
Leo Quann Badass Bass III bridge
Schaller BML Lite tuners
DangerousR6 neck plate
Pickups/Electronics:
Seymour Duncan alnico Music Man pickup
Seymour Duncan Hot Stack for Jazz neck pickup
Seymour Duncan 3 band preamp for Music Man
5 way rotary pickup selector
Guitar #4: by Danuda
Owners specs:
Body:
Poplar telecaster body
multi-tone lacquer finish (Dupli-color and Deft)
Neck:
Warmoth pro tele neck
Maple neck
Laquer finish (Deft)
Standard Thin
6105 frets
White TUSQ nut
Hardware:
Planet Wave locking tuners
Schaller 475 Bridge
Pickups:
Neck: SD Phat Cat
Bridge: SD Phat Cat
3 way blade switch
Guitar #5: by Marko
Body:
Hollow Korina Strat
Rosewood top
Danish oil and Wax Finish
Neck:
Indian Rosewood Neck
Ebony FB
Graphtech Nut
Hardware:
Planet Waves Auto trim Tuners
GFS WIlkinson Bridge
Pickups:
Tonerider Rocksong set
1 Vol
1 Blend (N+B)
Guitar #6: by Marty Goats
Owners Specs:
Homemade one-piece 7/8ths Padouk body built and finished by myself with a Warmoth Canary neck (25.5").
Standard thin with SS6105.
Pickups are all SD with a vintage in neck, custom neck in middle and P-Rails hot in bridge.
Homebrew Ebony tone bar as string ferrule in back.
6 way rotary chosing Neck, Middle, Bridge p90, Neck + Bridge p90 in series, neck + bridge p90 in parallel, Neck + middle + bridge p90 in series; and a push pull volume pot that adds the rail to any of the combinations above for a little added punch.
Guitar #7: by HRC51
Warmoth Body:
Carved top Soloist
Mahogany back, Koa top
Warmoth Neck:
Flame maple
Jet black ebony fretboard with stainless frets
Owner finished with Tru-oil, owner assembled
Pickups: Bare Knuckle Aftermath
I'm pleased to announce the February, 2011 Guitar of the Month contest. February'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 - 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 the 1st through the 7th of February, 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 win!
Guitar #1 - by Ardie
Owners specs
Body:
POPLAR
DIY American Wallnut stain Finish (finish by me)
Tung Oil Clear finish (finish by me)
Neck:
Vintage modern
Maple/Rosewood
DIY Vintage Finish (finish by me)
Standard Thin
6105 frets
LSR Nut (Installed and slot done by me)
Hardware:
Wilkinson Vintage bridge
Wilkinson tuners
DIY aged white Pickguard (finish by me)
Fender LSR nut
Pickups:
Fender Noiseless Pickup
Fender Pot
Guitar #2: by SpiderDeluxe
Owners specs:
Body:
Indian Rosewood Semi-Hollow Thinlinnie
Maple Sandwiched between body/top and back pieces
Tung Oil (finish by me)
Finishing Wax final coat
Neck:
Vintage modern
One Piece Rosewoood
Maple skunk stripe
No Finish
Standard Thin
6105 frets
White TUSQ nut
Hardware:
Schalller mini locking tuners
String-Thru Tele Bridge
Stacked Tone/Vol knobs for blending in middle position
Reversed control plate
Straplocks
Electrosocket
Pickups:
Neck: Lollar Charlie Christian for Humbucker Route
Bridge: Lollar Charlie Christian for Tele Bridge
RWRP for hum canceling in middle position
Guitar #3: by Bob7Point7
Owners specs:
Body:
Alder G4 short scale
Woodburned image
Tru-Oil finish
Neck:
32" bubinga/bubinga Warhead
Abalone inlays
SS6115 frets
Graph Tech Black TUSQ Nut
Hardware:
Leo Quann Badass Bass III bridge
Schaller BML Lite tuners
DangerousR6 neck plate
Pickups/Electronics:
Seymour Duncan alnico Music Man pickup
Seymour Duncan Hot Stack for Jazz neck pickup
Seymour Duncan 3 band preamp for Music Man
5 way rotary pickup selector
Guitar #4: by Danuda
Owners specs:
Body:
Poplar telecaster body
multi-tone lacquer finish (Dupli-color and Deft)
Neck:
Warmoth pro tele neck
Maple neck
Laquer finish (Deft)
Standard Thin
6105 frets
White TUSQ nut
Hardware:
Planet Wave locking tuners
Schaller 475 Bridge
Pickups:
Neck: SD Phat Cat
Bridge: SD Phat Cat
3 way blade switch
Guitar #5: by Marko
Body:
Hollow Korina Strat
Rosewood top
Danish oil and Wax Finish
Neck:
Indian Rosewood Neck
Ebony FB
Graphtech Nut
Hardware:
Planet Waves Auto trim Tuners
GFS WIlkinson Bridge
Pickups:
Tonerider Rocksong set
1 Vol
1 Blend (N+B)
Guitar #6: by Marty Goats
Owners Specs:
Homemade one-piece 7/8ths Padouk body built and finished by myself with a Warmoth Canary neck (25.5").
Standard thin with SS6105.
Pickups are all SD with a vintage in neck, custom neck in middle and P-Rails hot in bridge.
Homebrew Ebony tone bar as string ferrule in back.
6 way rotary chosing Neck, Middle, Bridge p90, Neck + Bridge p90 in series, neck + bridge p90 in parallel, Neck + middle + bridge p90 in series; and a push pull volume pot that adds the rail to any of the combinations above for a little added punch.
Guitar #7: by HRC51
Warmoth Body:
Carved top Soloist
Mahogany back, Koa top
Warmoth Neck:
Flame maple
Jet black ebony fretboard with stainless frets
Owner finished with Tru-oil, owner assembled
Pickups: Bare Knuckle Aftermath
