November 2012 Guitar of the Month Contest Submissions (13 entries)

[GOM]

Hello all,

We're now announcing the November, 2012 Guitar of the Month contest!  November's contest will be for "OPEN CLASS" instruments.  Any finish or configuration, but must use at least a Warmoth body (or blank) or Warmoth neck.

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 November's submission thread.

Submissions will be accepted from November 1st through November 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 tylerot

It was built with a Warmoth chambered Jazzmaster body, ash with a koa top, and Warmoth quartersawn maple neck, SS frets and rosewood fretboard.
Custom Roadhouse jazzmaster neck pickup and humbucking bridge pickup.
Wilkinson tremolo bridge, sperzel locking tuners, black tusq nut.
I finished it with inlay cut myself, and a great headstock moon from luthiersupply.com.
Finish is tru-oil, with a trans-black burst back.

Guitar #2: by SlartiBartfast

Solid (not chambered) Black Korina Strat body with a Black Korina laminate top
25-1/2” scale
Wilkinson Tremolo
1/2" (12.70mm) Side Jack Hole
Tobacco Burst Finish on both front and back
Warmoth Style angled headstock
Indian Rosewood neck, left nice and raw
Standard thin neck contour
Macassar Ebony fingerboard
No inlay (side dots only)
1 11/16" Nut Width with GraphTech Black TUSQ XL
Stainless steel 6105 frets
Sperzel locking tuners
22 Frets 
10-16" compound radius
Dimarzio Area pickup set
Dunlop Strap-Lok system

Guitar #3: by DMRACO

Warmoth Mahogany Body Blank
Warmoth Maple Neck, Angled Paddle with Pau Ferro board
Flame/Spalted Cap
Antiqued Copper Hardware
Alnico Humbuckers
Floyd Rose Original
Custom Made copper accents and control cavity covers
Tobacco brown burst
All body shaping and finish work done by DMRACO

Guitar #4: by Dave Willer

Warmoth Soloist Body
Two-piece Mahogany Body
720-mod
High-grade Quilt maple top
Clear gloss back finish
Natural masked binding
Black accent line under top
Magenta Burst Finish
Forearm and tummy contour
22-fret Soulmate 7-piece laminate neck (flame maple, wenge and purpleheart)
Ebony fretboard without inlays
Flame maple neck binding
1 11/16” nut width
14’ radius
Custom reverse in-line six headstock (Robin medley version)
Onyx Forge threaded neck bolts
Custom Warmoth neck plate in brushed anodized black
Black Gotoh Floyd Rose
Tremol-No
Bareknuckle Pickups Aftermath bridge humbucker
Custom brushed black aluminum humbucker ring
Kent Armstrong neck pickup
Volume-Tone-5-way in black
Schaller strap locks
Custom brushed black anodized aluminum control cover
Chrome Gotoh locking nut
Chrome locking Hipshot tuners
Chrome Warmoth logo headstock sticker

Guitar #5 by: deathbyuberschall

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

Guitar #6: by NQbass7

Black Korina on Black Korina LP
Chambered
Countoured heel
BKP Abraxas, neck and bridge (with Tyger covers)
Two volume, one tone, and one Humbucker control pot
Wenge/Ebony '59 roundback
Pearloid binding
Compound radius
Stainless steel 6150 frets

Guitar #7: by Patrick from Davis

Warmoth Pro Neck
Ziricote/Ziricote
59 Roundback
1 11/16 nut width
Earvana Nut
MOP Dot Inlays
SS 6100 frets
Neck Bling by Doug
Swamp Ash Body
Warmoth Butterscotch Blonde Finish
Roadhouse P90 Neck
Roadhouse T90 Bridge
Parsons/Green Hipshot Bender Install (by me)
Fender American Standard Tele Bridge, Modified for a Bender
Four Way Switch (Bridge, Both Series, Both Parallel, Neck)
Tone knob has a Push/Pull for Out of Phase switching

Guitar #8: by DangerousR6

Custom made  Billy Bo design
Top: Purpleheart, creme binding
Back: Black korina
Finish: Hand rubbed Danish oil
Warmoth wenge/pau ferro neck
wizard contour
6130 frets
Dimarzio Air Zone Air Norton
Genuine Gretsch Tail piece
Tom roller bridge
Planet waves tuners
Custom titanium truss rod cover
Genuine Gretsch "G" knobs
Custom neck plate

Guitar #9: by Updown

Body ... Chambered
Black Korina
Black Korina Ply Top
Contoured Heel
Rear Routed SST
Tele Bridge
Transparent Yellow Finish
Neck … Warmoth Pro
Bocote
Ziricote Fretboard
1 11/16" Nut Width
GraphTech BlackTUSQ Nut
Standard thin
SS6115 Stainless Steel Frets
10-16" Compound Radius
Mother Of Pearl Dots Inlay
Sperzel Lok Tuners
Custom Dougie Neck Plate
Seymour Duncan Scream'in Demon (N)
Seymour Duncan Duckbucker (M) 
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder (B)   
Gotoh Tele Hum Bridge, Chrome with .. Black Saddles, Springs & Screws
5 Way Switch, with Chrome Tip (wired for 7 way)
2 x CTS 250K Pots … one is Push/ Push
Orange Drop Cap
Black Knobs, Chrome dots.
Schaller Strap Locks

Guitar #10: by cven

Carved Top Soloist, Alder with Quilted Maple Top, Jungle Burst Finish on top, Gloss Black on back, Contoured Heel
Custom Angled Headstock, Flame Maple Shaft, Ziricote Fingerboard w/Full Scallop, Quilted Maple Veneer on Headstock, Standard Thin Contour, Gloss Finish on back, Jungle Burst on Headstock, SS6115 fret wire
Hardware: Hipshot Baby Grand Bridge, Schaller Mini Locking Tuners, DiMarzio Crunchlab (bridge) and Air Norton (neck), Ziricote pickup rings, 3D Dragon Claw Knobs, King of Dragons Truss Rod Cover, Custom Neck Plate, CRL 3-Way Switch, Ziricote Switch Tip, CTS 500k Long Shaft Pots, Dunlop StrapLocks

Guitar #11: by Grey McCullough

Flamed maple on chambered swamp ash
Trans-Tint dyes on woodburned design
Black korina neck, ebony fngrbrd, MoP dots, 6150 frets
Duncan 'custom 5 trembucker
Gotoh vintage tuners & bridge

Guitar #12: by shanedead

Warmoth Jazzcaster
Body: Mahogany Chambered Body with Antigua Burst finish and Vintage Pearl Pickguard.
Hardware: All Chrome Tele Hardware with Gotoh Tele Humbucker Bridge, Schaller Strap Locks and Planet Waves machine heads.
Neck: Warmoth Pro - 59 Roundback, Indian Rosewood neck with Ebony Fingerboard, GraphTech Black TUSQ XL Nut.
Pick up & Wiring: Lace Drop & Gain Bridge Pick up with Champtone Deluxe Hot Rod Esquire Wiring, 250k CTS Pots, Jensen .047 Paper-In-Oil Capacitor, SoZo Mustard Vintage Capacitor, CRL 3-way Switch.

Guitar #13: by Ddbltrbl

Body:
Alder Musiclander
Gloss Black (by Warmoth)
BK Black Hawk Pups
Schaller Floyd Rose bridge
All chrome hardware, wired with pull knobs for coil split and phase reversal.

Neck:
Canary on Canary, Warmoth Pro, Warhead Neck
Sperzel open back "Sound-Lok" tuners
SS6150 Fretwire
Schaller Floyd Rose Locking Nut

 

[dmraco]

CVEN...you do not see to many carved top soloists...I dig it. 

Did Warmoth cut the headstock for you??  I only ask because I am guessing they finished the guitar and headstock.

 

[Cven]

Thanks DMRACO, figured I go out all out for my first build.

Yes, Warmoth cut the headstock, and they did a great job.  Don't have the stones to start finishing my guitars...yet.

And by the way, WOW!  There are a lot of awesome axes this month!

 

[shanedead]

Where's my Antigua Jazzcaster? it was in the original submissions

 

[mayfly]

I think I know which one I'm voting for this month

 

[Patrick from Davis]

Hmm, this is as tough month.  I am not going to vote for myself, so now I am wondering what to go with.  Nice entries everyone, but com'on gimme a break...
Patrick

 

[SlartiBartfast]

Not only are the entries awesome, but there's a bunch of 'em too. I'll be happy if I get just one vote! It will be like getting one of those "participant" ribbons or certificates to make you feel like you aren't a loser in school.  :icon_tongue:

Seriously, though. These are some awesome guitars. Well done everybody.  ccasion14:

 

[dmraco]

For those who missed it, here is a link to my build.  I post it because the board was so helpful during the build with suggestions and comments.  While the decisions were mine to make, the comments of the board weighed heavily.  In one specific case, the direction of the grain/spalt, was very helpful.

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=20285.0

 

[bagman67]

Two words:


Holy.  Crap.

 

[Cagey]

Yeah, no kidding. I really don't know how to pick one out. Even the Floyd-equipped fiddles look vote-worthy.

 

[anorakDan]

Isn't one missing? Where's that sweet little, Antigua finished Jazzmaster?

Not that we need to make the choosing any harder!

Great field this month. It's gonna be hard to pick only one.

 

[shanedead]

Isn't one missing? Where's that sweet little, Antigua finished Jazzmaster?

Not that we need to make the choosing any harder!

Great field this month. It's gonna be hard to pick only one.

Yeah that's mine! for some reason it was deleted?

 

[shanedead]

Thank you for putting my guitar back up

 

[DangerousR6]

Lots of great entries, gonna be a tough one.... arty07:

 

[dmraco]

Lets vote!!  This had got to be more interesting than OBAMA and ROMNEY!

 

[tylereot]

Spectacular, every one! 
My dillemma is whether to vote for the builder, or vote for the great work Warmoth does. 

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

What happened to the Sunset Orange Strat with the Floyd and Tele controls?

 

[GOM]

Good eyes!

In the confusion of re-building the submission thread, the owner of the instrument voluntarily withdrew the submission to this month's contest. 

No doubt a strategic move.... sly at that.

I hope to see that guitar in an upcoming contest....!~

 

[m4rk0]

Usually when I say "that's going to be a tough choice" I don't really mean it, but this time... it is going to be really really hard to pick!

 

[dmraco]

Spectacular, every one! 
My dillemma is whether to vote for the builder, or vote for the great work Warmoth does.

interesting comment.  Only three have the finish by owner (I think), Doug, Grey, and myself.  The scary thing is the members of the board (not just these) are getting so good it is often hard to tell!!!  If it were not of the uniqueness of the three pieces (I do not think W will ever make a BAD A$$ Billy!!!) it would be impossible.