VOTE HERE: 2013 Guitar of the Year

[GOM]

The time has come for the 2013 Guitar of the Year contest.  Take a look at each of the entries that have won GOM contests throughout 2013 and cast your vote.  Thank you for your participation!



February GOM: 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

March GOM by: Klangster

Warmoth Gecko 6 string fret-less
Body: walnut with flame koa top
Neck: wenge with bubinga strips
Fretboard: jet black ebony
Pickups: Delano Sbc H4
Preamp: Delano sonar 3ms
Controls: vol, blend,3 band eq with 3 way shiftable (internal) mid and series/parallel/single coil switch for each pickup
Bridge: Hipshot A style
Tuners: Gotoh
Knobs: hipshot o ring
Finish: Tru Oil
Home made: Control cover & Truss cover from figured walnut (not pictured) and pickup ramp from wenge

April GOM by: SlartiBartfast

Chambered Black Korina LP Body (Clear Gloss finish)
Double-Laminate Flame Maple top (Washed Black Dye finish)
Countoured Heel
Chrome Tune-O-Matic/Chrome Stop Tailpiece
7/8" Output Jack
Ivoroid Body Binding

LP headstock with matching peghead veneer
Construction: Warmoth Pro Angled
Shaft Wood: Mahogany (Satin Nitro finish feels nice and raw)
Indian Rosewood (Dark) Fingerboard
1 11/16" Nut Width
Back Contour: Fatback (and boy is she fat! Baby's Got Back fo' sho')
SS6150 Stainless Frets (22 Frets)
Sperzel Locking Tuners (Satin Nickel finish)
10-16" Compound Radius 
No Inlay, Side Dots Only
GraphTech Black TUSQ XL Nut
25-1/2" Scale 

Black Barrel knobs
Black Schaller straplocks
Cream mounting rings
Chrome Dimarzio pickups (Air Norton in the neck and Air Zone in the bridge)

May GOM: by Kuro Uma

Body is walnut\flamed koa with maple line

Bare Knuckle Painkiller and Trilogy single coil on a single push/push knob for switching
Position 1: full bridge humbucker
Position 2: Neck single coil and slug coil of bridge humbucker

Graphtech saddles
Backside has flamed koa inlay in "Ronin" characters
Wenge control cavity plate with Koi fish made of flamed maple and koa
Custom neck heel and recessed bolting

Neck is a wenge\canary angled paddle head cut like a Caparison
Flamed koa headstock veneer
Heel shaped to match the neck pocket
Wenge truss cover with Hipshot Griplock tuners
Cherry blossom design inked into fretboard
Black Tusq XL nut
All black hardware







June GOM: by Fretless

Polpar body dyed with aniline dyes and finished in Tru-oil . SRV profile Maple neck w/ custom 10" radius ss6105 . DiMarzio 36th bridge and Virtual Blues neck w/ push/pull "Lynch mod" switching '83 OFR







July GOM: by Ddbltrbl

Body:
Telecaster, Chambered, Contoured Heel, Rear Rout

Core Wood = Mahogany
Laminate Top = Cocobolo
Pickups = Lindy Fralin Tele Blues Special, Hybrid Stagger Set

Bridge = Chrome Gotoh Tele

250K CTS pots with Chrome Knobs
4-way switch wired for:
1) Neck + Bridge in Series

2) Neck
3) Neck + Bridge in Parallel
4) Bridge

Neck:
Headstock = Telecaster
Construction = Warmoth Pro
Shaft Wood = Cocobolo
Fingerboard Wood = Cocobolo
Nut Width = 1 5/8"
Back Contour = Standard thin
Fretwire = SS6105 (Stainless)
Radius = 10-16" Compound
Inlays = Mother Of Pearl Dots
Nut = GraphTech Black TUSQ XL
Tuners = Chrome Mini Schaller Locking Tuners
Neck Candy by DangerousR6 (Thanks Doug!)

August GOM: by Cagey

Body - Warmoth L5S

Owner Finished with nitrocellulose lacquer
5 layer binding front/rear by owner
Solid Mahogany

Neck - Warmoth Pro Canary/Canary

Unbleached bone nut
Gold frets (SS6100)
Cream binding
Threaded inserts

Hardware

Schaller mini-locker tuners
Wilkinson roller bridge
Bigsby B5 tailpiece
Schaller Strap locks

Electronics

Bill Lawrence L600 pickups
- 3.6H neck
- 4.8H bridge
1 vol, 1 tone, 3 way toggle






September GOM: by Fat Pete

The Wilkinson Corvette

Body:
Showcase chambered swamp ash/swamp ash 4lb 4oz
Belly, forearm and heel contours
Natural masked binding

Neck:
Custom order maple/rosewood (dark)
Pro conversion 24 3/4" scale
1 5/8" nut width
Clapton profile
Pearloid blocks
6130 frets
Warmoth-fitted Graphtech nut

Body and neck finished in sonic blue by Warmoth

Parts:
Catswhisker T-Bucker and F-Bird pickups
Mighty Mite/Wilkinson (unbranded) Tele bridge with white Graphtech saddles
Gotoh SD91 height adjustable auto-locking tuners
White pearl pickguard
Duesenberg control knobs
Standard 3 way switch
DangerousR6 neck plate (of course)







October GOM: by jbdomski

Modern Jazz bass:
Body (made from rough lumber and finished by owner):
-Exhibition Birdseye Maple on chambered Northern Ash both from local sawmills
-Rear electronics cavity rout
-"Fireburst" finished with water-based dyes
-Nitrocellulose lacquer finish

Neck (Warmoth)
-Jazz bass
-Macassar Ebony fingerboard on Flame Maple Neck shaft
-Vintage tint gloss finish

Hardware and Electronics
-Chrome Hipshot "A" style bridge, knobs, and ultralight tuners
-Nordstrand "Big Split" pickups wired passive VVT
-Side mounted electrosocket (tele-style) jack







November GOM: 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

December GOM: by hannaugh

"Sue"

Mahogany/flame maple chambered body
Tonar orangey/faded Iced Tea-ish burst nitro finish
Nickel Tonepros bridge & aluminum nickel tailpiece
Roadhouse PAF-style pickups w/nickel covers
Neckplate by Doug

Mahogany/rosewood neck (they told me it was the last LP neck ever custom ordered)
Tonar oil finish with nitro black face headstock
Grover mini locking tuners
Earvana shelf nut

 

[Great Ape]

HOLY WHAMMY-BAR, that is a SERIOUS collection of instruments!!

 

[bagman67]

You said a mouthful, buddy.  From classics reinterpreted (Fat Pete, Hannaugh, Slartibartfast), to modern marvels (Kuro Uma, Klangster) to works of fine individual artistry and craftsmanship (Cagey, Great Ape, Kuro Uma again) to just plain delicious (everyone else), it's an embarrassment of riches.

 

[SustainerPlayer]

WHY ARE YOU MAKING IT SO HARD TO VOTE? 

 

[jackthehack]

I had to vote for Greg for creating a whole new category/level of "Guitar Art"  :icon_thumright:

 

[dmraco]

Lots of great looking instruments.  All winners.  Obviously.

Have to go with Cagey.  A beautiful work.  I also have to give props for the neck polish and binding work.  Gold hardware too..... :laughing11:

 

[sduck]

Holey Moley! How am I supposed to choose?

 

[Updown]

Each month for last year had some pretty bloody amazing Guitars / Basses.  :icon_thumright:

No wonder GOTY was gunna be a hard choice.  :icon_scratch:

Wowza just wowza 

Great work done by all !!


Paper, scissors, rock ....
Ennie, meannie, minnie, moe ... 

 

[Dolando]

And I thought I had some stiff competition for GOTM! WOW! This Sh*t just got real.

 

[Cagey]

I love this community! It's fine art in the service of fine art! It's fine art squared! <grin>

 

[Cagey]

Paper, scissors, rock ....

No, it's rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

 

[Updown]

Paper, scissors, rock ....

No, it's rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.

Oh yeah ....

But we do things backwards down here, in Australia.  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Cagey]

We could stand some "backwards" here right now. It's 36 degrees below freezing with mountains of snow, while you're probably contemplating putting on shorts and having a barbecue.

 

[mayfly]

You know, I never noticed before but that's quite the amp that Fretless's green super strat is laying on top of...

Can I vote for the amp? 

 

[hannaugh]

No kidding.  And the Heritage case in the other picture.  You know there's gotta be something nice in there. 

And by the way - Wow, 2013!  What a varied year, there is some really amazing stuff.  Good job everybody.  :hello2:

 

[sixstringsamurai]

That BRG L5S of Cagey's gets me everytime time I see it......

 

[Fat Pete]

We put together some damn fine instruments here, don't we? Congratulations all.

I'm usually pretty good at picking the GOM winner - even when it's not the one I vote for - but not sure this time. 2 likely favourites I think, neither of them my Tele, it'll be interesting to see how the voting goes.

Good luck everybody!

 

[Cagey]

For what it's worth, your Tele is pretty high on my list. That's a fine piece of work. You'll understand, of course, if I vote for an L5S treatment <grin>

 

[Great Ape]

ATTABOY, KEV!!!  :laughing7:

 

[Cagey]

Yeah, I know. I'm a shameless hussy.