Short version Rules:
1. Check the criteria announced for the upcoming contest, to make sure your instrument applies.
2. Submit only two pictures, not overly large, to uwfgom@gmail.com - between the 1st and 7th of each month. Be sure to include your forum "User Name" in the email.
3. Have fun, sit back, wait for the voting - between the 8th and 14th of each month
4. See which instrument is the winner, as its announced.
Official Rules
1. The Guitar of the Month contest is a contest hosted by the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, located at the internet address: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com, featuring the recognition of excellence in guitar or bass concept, design, construction, details and finishing. It exists for the pleasure of Unofficial Warmoth Forum members and there is no compensation or prize for successfully winning a contest, other than unofficial recognition on the Unofficial Warmoth Forum pages.
2. The GOM contest (Guitar of the Month Contest) is held monthly, from February to December each year, with January being reserved for the past years winners, one of which will be chosen by vote as “Guitar of the Year”.
3. The GOM contest is open to all Unofficial Warmoth Forum members in good standing.
4. Submissions must include two, and only two, photographs of the instrument to be considered for that month's contest. Photos must be scaled to approximately 1024x768 pixels or smaller. Submissions must be sent, via email to: uwfgom@gmail.com, and include the forum "User Name" of the builder, name of the finisher, whether a Warmoth body, neck, or both were used, and any other details the owner of the instrument wishes to submit. Submissions will be open during the first seven-day week of each month, regardless of the day of the week. Members may submit one instrument per month.
5. Each submission must be an instrument that fits the criteria for that month’s contest, whose categories will include “Owner Finished” and “Warmoth or Professionally Finished” instruments. Categories shall typically alternate from month to month. From time to time, staff and management of the Unofficial Warmoth Forum may choose to include other categories and criteria for submission, or hold open submissions with no criteria at all. All submissions, regardless of the GOM contest monthly criteria, must be an instrument that is built upon a guitar or bass body, a guitar or bass neck, or both body and neck, manufactured by Warmoth Guitar Products, Inc., 6424 112th Street East, Puyallup, WA 98373-4313 USA
6. “Owner finished’, within the scope of the GOM contest, shall be defined as an instrument, guitar or bass, that has had its paint, dye, stain, clear coats or other finish applied, in total, by the owner of the instrument.
7. “Warmoth or Professionally finished”, within the scope of the GOM contest, shall be defined as an instrument, guitar or bass, that has been finished, or had its finish completed, by someone other than the owner of the instrument.
8. Alternate submission and contest criteria will be announced at least one month prior to that critera's contest month.
9. Submitted photographs will be placed in the single post in the GOM section, on the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, by the GOM contest officials, with no particular order of appearance, except that which is generally first come first served.
10. Voting, each month, shall be by the members in good standing of the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, and take place during the second seven-day week of each month, regardless of day of the week, immediately following the submission period for that month. Successful contest winners will be announced immediately after the end of voting. Voting shall take place in a dedicated thread, in the GOM section of the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, and results will remain secret to voters and public until the expiration of the voting period. The results of the on-line voting are final.
11. Winning instruments, shall be permanently retired from further competition in the Unofficial Warmoth Forum Guitar of the Month Contest, remain eligible for the Guitar of the Year contest, and may be showcased on the Unofficial Warmoth forum until the next months contest winner is determined. Images of retired instruments, may also be featured as past winners, in an Unofficial Warmoth Forum section dedicated to past winners. Non winnnig instruments may be submitted in future contests for which they fit that months criteria.
12. These contest rules are subject to change, without notice, with changes effective after the completion of the current contest.
1. Check the criteria announced for the upcoming contest, to make sure your instrument applies.
2. Submit only two pictures, not overly large, to uwfgom@gmail.com - between the 1st and 7th of each month. Be sure to include your forum "User Name" in the email.
3. Have fun, sit back, wait for the voting - between the 8th and 14th of each month
4. See which instrument is the winner, as its announced.
Official Rules
1. The Guitar of the Month contest is a contest hosted by the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, located at the internet address: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com, featuring the recognition of excellence in guitar or bass concept, design, construction, details and finishing. It exists for the pleasure of Unofficial Warmoth Forum members and there is no compensation or prize for successfully winning a contest, other than unofficial recognition on the Unofficial Warmoth Forum pages.
2. The GOM contest (Guitar of the Month Contest) is held monthly, from February to December each year, with January being reserved for the past years winners, one of which will be chosen by vote as “Guitar of the Year”.
3. The GOM contest is open to all Unofficial Warmoth Forum members in good standing.
4. Submissions must include two, and only two, photographs of the instrument to be considered for that month's contest. Photos must be scaled to approximately 1024x768 pixels or smaller. Submissions must be sent, via email to: uwfgom@gmail.com, and include the forum "User Name" of the builder, name of the finisher, whether a Warmoth body, neck, or both were used, and any other details the owner of the instrument wishes to submit. Submissions will be open during the first seven-day week of each month, regardless of the day of the week. Members may submit one instrument per month.
5. Each submission must be an instrument that fits the criteria for that month’s contest, whose categories will include “Owner Finished” and “Warmoth or Professionally Finished” instruments. Categories shall typically alternate from month to month. From time to time, staff and management of the Unofficial Warmoth Forum may choose to include other categories and criteria for submission, or hold open submissions with no criteria at all. All submissions, regardless of the GOM contest monthly criteria, must be an instrument that is built upon a guitar or bass body, a guitar or bass neck, or both body and neck, manufactured by Warmoth Guitar Products, Inc., 6424 112th Street East, Puyallup, WA 98373-4313 USA
6. “Owner finished’, within the scope of the GOM contest, shall be defined as an instrument, guitar or bass, that has had its paint, dye, stain, clear coats or other finish applied, in total, by the owner of the instrument.
7. “Warmoth or Professionally finished”, within the scope of the GOM contest, shall be defined as an instrument, guitar or bass, that has been finished, or had its finish completed, by someone other than the owner of the instrument.
8. Alternate submission and contest criteria will be announced at least one month prior to that critera's contest month.
9. Submitted photographs will be placed in the single post in the GOM section, on the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, by the GOM contest officials, with no particular order of appearance, except that which is generally first come first served.
10. Voting, each month, shall be by the members in good standing of the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, and take place during the second seven-day week of each month, regardless of day of the week, immediately following the submission period for that month. Successful contest winners will be announced immediately after the end of voting. Voting shall take place in a dedicated thread, in the GOM section of the Unofficial Warmoth Forum, and results will remain secret to voters and public until the expiration of the voting period. The results of the on-line voting are final.
11. Winning instruments, shall be permanently retired from further competition in the Unofficial Warmoth Forum Guitar of the Month Contest, remain eligible for the Guitar of the Year contest, and may be showcased on the Unofficial Warmoth forum until the next months contest winner is determined. Images of retired instruments, may also be featured as past winners, in an Unofficial Warmoth Forum section dedicated to past winners. Non winnnig instruments may be submitted in future contests for which they fit that months criteria.
12. These contest rules are subject to change, without notice, with changes effective after the completion of the current contest.
