Hello all, SORRY WE'RE LATE! Had limited internet connection for a few days, yadda yadda. But there IS going to be a contest this month.
We're now announcing the November, 2013 Guitar of the Month contest! November's contest will be "Owner 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 posted to this message, which is November's submission thread.
Submissions will be accepted from November 5th until November 12th, 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 Vai777
BODY: Warmoth Chambered Black Korina Body which I hand finished in a Carnauba/Beeswax/Bore Oil mix.
NECK: One Piece Warmoth Rosewood Neck "lefty" standard thin 10-16" that I fretted with Jescar FW58118 Super Jumbo wire.
TUNERS: Vintage style Gotoh
ELECTRONICS: Dimarzio BC-1 in the neck, Dimarzio Chopper in the middle and a Dimarzio BC-2 in the bridge.
PICKGUARD: Wenge wood.
Bridge: Fender Highway 1 "narrow' vintage style 6 hole.
Guitar #2 by line6man
Homemade scratch built body, consisting of a Curly Black Walnut solidbody core, 3/8" Figured Pomelle Bubinga laminate top, and 1/8" Curly Maple accent line. Stratocaster style shape, with HSH pickup routing, recessed Schaller Floyd, one volume, one tone, and two pickup selector switches. Black hardware, including a custom neckplate by DangerousR6. The control cavity cover matches the lam top and accent line.
Warmoth Indian Rosewood neck with Macassar Ebony fretboard. Stratocaster headstock, SS6150 frets, no inlay, standard thin contour, Floyd nut and Schaller tuners.
Bass #3 by Dolando
Deluxe Jazz Bass 5 string
Body - Deluxe 5 Jazz
Owner Finished with Tru-oil
Swamp Ash with zebra wood top
Contoured Heel
Rear Routed
Zebra wood control cavity cover
Neck - Deluxe 5 4+1
Owner Finished with Tru-oil (peghead veneer only)
Wenge Shaft wood
Ebony fingerboard
Zebra wood peghead veneer
Graphtech BlackTUSQ nut
Stainless steel frets (SS6150)
Mother of Pearl block inlays
Neck bushings
Hardware (Black)
Hipshot A style bridge 17.5mm string spacing (string through)
Hipshot O-ring knobs
Hipshot Ultralight Tuners
Hipshot 2 string and 3 string retainers
Schaller Strap locks
Electronics
Nordstrand MM5.4 bridge pickup
Nordstrand NJ5S neck pickup with custom 17.5mm bridge string spacing, in a 4 string neck pickup size
Nordstrand 3b-4b 3 band EQ preamp
3 way selector switch for parallel/single/series humbucker switching
Guitar #4 by Ddbltrbl
Body:
Alder Musiclander
Self-added contoured heel
finished with Tru-Oil
Wilkinson Trem
Zexcoils Signature Set pickups
Neck & Bridge Coil splits with fader for Middle
5-way switch
Spalted Maple pickup rings
Neck:
Warhead, Modern Vintage
One-piece Macassar Ebony
1 5/8" black Earvana nut
59 round back, SS6150 fretwire
Mini Schaller Locking Tuners
Guitar #5 by ZGOZZ
Body Alder Warmoth
• Neck Maple Warmoth Pro
• Floyd Rose Original
• EVH Frankenstein Humbucker
• EVH Custom Low Friction 500K Potentiometer
• FU-Tone parts list
• 32mm Brass "L" Sustain Block
• PMS! Pickup Mounting System
• Titanium String Lock Blocks
• Tremol- no system.
• Sperzel Trim-Lok Guitar Machines
Guitar #6 by dmraco
Alder Body with Zebrawood top
GOTOH hardware
Guitar Fetish VEH pickups
WARMOTH Vintage Modern neck
Standard thin
SS frets
Pau Ferrau Board
Birds Eye Maple.
TriBurst Finish applied by me
Guitar #7 by Great Ape
Quilt maple on swamp ash; wood-burned and dyed
Neck: bird's-eye maple, rosewood fretboard, 6150 frets, MoP dots, ivoroid bound, stnd thin
Gotoh tuners, Gotoh vintage style bridge, Q-parts bone knobs
Seymour Duncan vintage P-90's
Guitar #8 by Wolfie351
Body: White limba core with redwood top
Neck: Warmoth "Screamin' Deal" Vintage Modern, flame maple, quartersawn
Finish: Owner finished Tru-Oil (body & neck)
Electronics: SD Full Shred (bridge & neck), JackPot vol, push/pull tone
We're now announcing the November, 2013 Guitar of the Month contest! November's contest will be "Owner 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 posted to this message, which is November's submission thread.
Submissions will be accepted from November 5th until November 12th, 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 Vai777
BODY: Warmoth Chambered Black Korina Body which I hand finished in a Carnauba/Beeswax/Bore Oil mix.
NECK: One Piece Warmoth Rosewood Neck "lefty" standard thin 10-16" that I fretted with Jescar FW58118 Super Jumbo wire.
TUNERS: Vintage style Gotoh
ELECTRONICS: Dimarzio BC-1 in the neck, Dimarzio Chopper in the middle and a Dimarzio BC-2 in the bridge.
PICKGUARD: Wenge wood.
Bridge: Fender Highway 1 "narrow' vintage style 6 hole.
Guitar #2 by line6man
Homemade scratch built body, consisting of a Curly Black Walnut solidbody core, 3/8" Figured Pomelle Bubinga laminate top, and 1/8" Curly Maple accent line. Stratocaster style shape, with HSH pickup routing, recessed Schaller Floyd, one volume, one tone, and two pickup selector switches. Black hardware, including a custom neckplate by DangerousR6. The control cavity cover matches the lam top and accent line.
Warmoth Indian Rosewood neck with Macassar Ebony fretboard. Stratocaster headstock, SS6150 frets, no inlay, standard thin contour, Floyd nut and Schaller tuners.
Bass #3 by Dolando
Deluxe Jazz Bass 5 string
Body - Deluxe 5 Jazz
Owner Finished with Tru-oil
Swamp Ash with zebra wood top
Contoured Heel
Rear Routed
Zebra wood control cavity cover
Neck - Deluxe 5 4+1
Owner Finished with Tru-oil (peghead veneer only)
Wenge Shaft wood
Ebony fingerboard
Zebra wood peghead veneer
Graphtech BlackTUSQ nut
Stainless steel frets (SS6150)
Mother of Pearl block inlays
Neck bushings
Hardware (Black)
Hipshot A style bridge 17.5mm string spacing (string through)
Hipshot O-ring knobs
Hipshot Ultralight Tuners
Hipshot 2 string and 3 string retainers
Schaller Strap locks
Electronics
Nordstrand MM5.4 bridge pickup
Nordstrand NJ5S neck pickup with custom 17.5mm bridge string spacing, in a 4 string neck pickup size
Nordstrand 3b-4b 3 band EQ preamp
3 way selector switch for parallel/single/series humbucker switching
Guitar #4 by Ddbltrbl
Body:
Alder Musiclander
Self-added contoured heel
finished with Tru-Oil
Wilkinson Trem
Zexcoils Signature Set pickups
Neck & Bridge Coil splits with fader for Middle
5-way switch
Spalted Maple pickup rings
Neck:
Warhead, Modern Vintage
One-piece Macassar Ebony
1 5/8" black Earvana nut
59 round back, SS6150 fretwire
Mini Schaller Locking Tuners
Guitar #5 by ZGOZZ
Body Alder Warmoth
• Neck Maple Warmoth Pro
• Floyd Rose Original
• EVH Frankenstein Humbucker
• EVH Custom Low Friction 500K Potentiometer
• FU-Tone parts list
• 32mm Brass "L" Sustain Block
• PMS! Pickup Mounting System
• Titanium String Lock Blocks
• Tremol- no system.
• Sperzel Trim-Lok Guitar Machines
Guitar #6 by dmraco
Alder Body with Zebrawood top
GOTOH hardware
Guitar Fetish VEH pickups
WARMOTH Vintage Modern neck
Standard thin
SS frets
Pau Ferrau Board
Birds Eye Maple.
TriBurst Finish applied by me
Guitar #7 by Great Ape
Quilt maple on swamp ash; wood-burned and dyed
Neck: bird's-eye maple, rosewood fretboard, 6150 frets, MoP dots, ivoroid bound, stnd thin
Gotoh tuners, Gotoh vintage style bridge, Q-parts bone knobs
Seymour Duncan vintage P-90's
Guitar #8 by Wolfie351
Body: White limba core with redwood top
Neck: Warmoth "Screamin' Deal" Vintage Modern, flame maple, quartersawn
Finish: Owner finished Tru-Oil (body & neck)
Electronics: SD Full Shred (bridge & neck), JackPot vol, push/pull tone
looks like a polished bit of furniture :icon_thumright:
