Another year of Guitar of the Month competitions has passed. Many thanks to everyone who has subjected their awesome instruments to the scrutiny of the forum! Thanks also to everybody who voted.
The guitars below are all deserving winners but it's now time to decide which should be crowned UNOFFICIAL WARMOTH GUITAR OF THE YEAR 2015!
As usual, discussion about the submissions can take place below.
Please do not post replies that show additional photos of the entrant's guitars but links to other UnofficialWarmoth threads or external sites are fine.
You have 7 days to decide on your favorite and cast your vote. Best of luck to all!
March - SlartiBartfast
Chambered mahogany body with Spalted Maple laminate top
Clear gloss finish on front and back
Black body binding
25-1/2" scale
One-piece unfinished Roasted Maple neck and fretboard, '59 Roundback neck contour
22 stainless steel 6150 frets on a 10-16" compound radius fingerboard with no inlay (black side dots only)
Black star vinyl decals at 12th fret and on the headstock
1-11/16" (43mm) nut width with GraphTech Black TUSQ XL Nut
Warmoth Pro Construction Telecaster headstock
Sperzel locking "Trimlok" tuners
Gotoh Standard Tele Bridge
3/4" (19mm) output jack with square jackplate
Schaller straplocks
Joe Barden Electronics Modern Tele pickup set (AWESOME pickups)
3-way blade selector switch
April - slashin_velvet
Body: Telecaster Body Shape
Body Woods: Black Korina Body with decorative Walnut Burr veneer (self applied - also applied to neckplate and control covers)
Body contours: Tummy cut and cutaway adjustment (both hand carved to be more subtle than the traditional contours)
Bridge: Gotoh Telecaster Bridge
Pickups: Mick Brierley custom wound pickups (South Australia) - Telecaster in the bridge and Humbucker in the neck
Controls: Strat positioning, Volume-Tone, 3 way switch for Neck, Both, Bridge. Volume is a push pull to spilt the neck humbucker
Neck: Warhead neck
Neck Wood: Wenge neck with Pau Ferro fretboard (22 SS6230 frets)
Neck profile: Boatneck (which I have shaved back closer to the nut for a more desirable profile)
Nut width: 1-3/4"
Radius: 10-16 Compound
Tuners: Gotoh
All hardware in black except for humbucker which is silver matte
May - by TjerkG
Warmoth body & neck.
Body: Black Korina on Black Korina Tele Thinline body, contoured heel, transparent blue top with clear back, contoured heel, pearloid binding.
Neck: Vintage modern roasted maple with black ebony fretboard telecaster neck, SRV contour, SS6150 frets, pearloid nightswan inlays
Hardware: TV Jones T-armond pickups, 4-way switch, treble bleed, TV Jones tele bridge, Duesenberg Tremola with Chet Atkins arm, straplocks, black TUSQ nut and string tree, schaller locking tuners
June - Jake
Warmoth Stratocaster Rear-Routed Body
Valencia Orange with Cream White stripes, Catalyzed Urethane clear-coat.
Warmoth Raw Quartersawn Rosewood Neck with Pau Ferro Fingerboard
6115 Stainless Steel Frets
Sperzel Staggered Locking Tuners
DiMarzio Area '61, '58, '67 Pickups
Wilkinson VS100N Bridge
July - DocNrock
Body: Carved top Velocity, chambered black korina.
Black binding
Unique Choice washed blue dye and is finished by Warmoth.
DiMarzio Area 58 in the single coil slot for those chimey tones.
The humbucker is a DiMarzio 36th Anniversary PAF., something very different that I have ever done.
There is a three-way toggle betwen the volume and tone controls.
Neck is quartersawn maple and fingerboard with a matching quilt veneer.
The remainder of the neck finish is satin nitro.
Standard thin profile, 1-11/16 nut width, Graphtech nut.
The inlays are azurite/malachite to match the washed blue dye.
The other features are Planet Waves tuners.
6115 frets
24 3/4 conversion neck.
August - TonyFlyingSquirrel
Warmoth Baritone Neck, Maple Shaft/Rosewood Fingerboard, 6100 fretwire. Owner finished in True Oil.
Tele body, Owner Finished by covering in laced Deer Hide (Buckskin) with beaded rosette, dentaliam shells.
Pickups; Neck/GFS Neo Vin 7, Bridge: locally custom wound "Bari-Twang" humbucker by John Carlsen Jr (www.carlsenguitar.com)
Electronics: 500k Push/pull Vol. pot (coil tap/bridge), 500k Tone pot (Push/Pull=Phase) with .022 Sprague orange drop cap, 3 position Tele p/u selector switch.
September - vikingred
Body: Black Korina (UC) on Black Korina, chambered, contoured heel, 720 mod, with a satin finished by Warmoth
Neck: CBS Stratocaster style, Bloodwood, hand burnished with 2000 grit sandpaper, no oils or polish, waterslide label applied w/ layered shellac/lacquer
Fretboard: Ziricote (UC)
Nut Width: 1-11/16" (Floyd R3 Nut)
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: SS6105 (Stainless)
Tuners: Gotoh SG38
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Scale: 25-1/2"
Tremolo: Original Floyd Rose, Black
Inlays: Mother Of Pearl Dots
Side Dots: Mother Of Pearl Side Dots
Pickups: EMG 57/66 humbucker set, single volume knob
October - Great Ape
Wood-burned & hand-painted with TransTint dyes and Prismacolor dye markers
Body: Spruce on chambered Mahogany
Neck: Ebony on flamed maple, '59 roundback, mop dots, ivoroid binding
Pickups: Duncan P90 & Antiquity brdg hmbkr
Bridge: Bladerunner Trem
Q-Parts Turquoise Stone knobs
Gotoh Tuners
November - Fat Pete
Wilkinson Beast
Body
Warmoth mahogany Diamondback finished in candy green
At The Creamery Double-Track humbuckers wound to '57 PAF spec - alnico 4 bridge, alnico 5 neck
Gotoh 510 series chrome bridge and tailpiece
Standard 2 volume, 2 tone wiring, interactive controls, no split/parallel switching
DR6 neck plate
Schaller strap lock buttons
Front-mounted jack socket
Neck
Warmoth 'Warmoth' dark indian rosewood, 1 11/16" nut, 25 1/2" scale
Black ebony fingerboard - no inlay
Ebony headstock veneer
Pearloid binding
Stainless steel 6115 frets
Sperzel green anodized machine heads
Scratchplate and Trussrod cover cut and printed by www.originalscratchplates.com to my design.
December - DocNrock
Body:
Unique Choice flame maple cap, black binding
Washed black dye finish
Swamp Ash back, clear gloss finish
Contoured heel
Two humbuckers
Non-recessed OFR with a 47mm big brass block
Neck:
3A Birdseye maple, 1-11/16" nut width (R4)
Unique Choice birdseye fingerboard
Black Mother of Pearl Inlays
Black binding
6100 SS Frets
Standard compound radius
Wizard profile
Grover Tuners
Customized Truss Rod Cover
Other Components:
DiMarzio Tone Zone bridge
DiMarzio Norton neck
RS Guitarworks 500k volume pot
CTS 500k tone pot
Jensen paper/oil 0.022 uf tone cap
3-way toggle.
Black round-top knurled knobs
Standard output jack
Square jack mount
And, of course, a Doug-special neck plate
The guitars below are all deserving winners but it's now time to decide which should be crowned UNOFFICIAL WARMOTH GUITAR OF THE YEAR 2015!
As usual, discussion about the submissions can take place below.
Please do not post replies that show additional photos of the entrant's guitars but links to other UnofficialWarmoth threads or external sites are fine.
You have 7 days to decide on your favorite and cast your vote. Best of luck to all!
March - SlartiBartfast
Chambered mahogany body with Spalted Maple laminate top
Clear gloss finish on front and back
Black body binding
25-1/2" scale
One-piece unfinished Roasted Maple neck and fretboard, '59 Roundback neck contour
22 stainless steel 6150 frets on a 10-16" compound radius fingerboard with no inlay (black side dots only)
Black star vinyl decals at 12th fret and on the headstock
1-11/16" (43mm) nut width with GraphTech Black TUSQ XL Nut
Warmoth Pro Construction Telecaster headstock
Sperzel locking "Trimlok" tuners
Gotoh Standard Tele Bridge
3/4" (19mm) output jack with square jackplate
Schaller straplocks
Joe Barden Electronics Modern Tele pickup set (AWESOME pickups)
3-way blade selector switch
April - slashin_velvet
Body: Telecaster Body Shape
Body Woods: Black Korina Body with decorative Walnut Burr veneer (self applied - also applied to neckplate and control covers)
Body contours: Tummy cut and cutaway adjustment (both hand carved to be more subtle than the traditional contours)
Bridge: Gotoh Telecaster Bridge
Pickups: Mick Brierley custom wound pickups (South Australia) - Telecaster in the bridge and Humbucker in the neck
Controls: Strat positioning, Volume-Tone, 3 way switch for Neck, Both, Bridge. Volume is a push pull to spilt the neck humbucker
Neck: Warhead neck
Neck Wood: Wenge neck with Pau Ferro fretboard (22 SS6230 frets)
Neck profile: Boatneck (which I have shaved back closer to the nut for a more desirable profile)
Nut width: 1-3/4"
Radius: 10-16 Compound
Tuners: Gotoh
All hardware in black except for humbucker which is silver matte
May - by TjerkG
Warmoth body & neck.
Body: Black Korina on Black Korina Tele Thinline body, contoured heel, transparent blue top with clear back, contoured heel, pearloid binding.
Neck: Vintage modern roasted maple with black ebony fretboard telecaster neck, SRV contour, SS6150 frets, pearloid nightswan inlays
Hardware: TV Jones T-armond pickups, 4-way switch, treble bleed, TV Jones tele bridge, Duesenberg Tremola with Chet Atkins arm, straplocks, black TUSQ nut and string tree, schaller locking tuners
June - Jake
Warmoth Stratocaster Rear-Routed Body
Valencia Orange with Cream White stripes, Catalyzed Urethane clear-coat.
Warmoth Raw Quartersawn Rosewood Neck with Pau Ferro Fingerboard
6115 Stainless Steel Frets
Sperzel Staggered Locking Tuners
DiMarzio Area '61, '58, '67 Pickups
Wilkinson VS100N Bridge
July - DocNrock
Body: Carved top Velocity, chambered black korina.
Black binding
Unique Choice washed blue dye and is finished by Warmoth.
DiMarzio Area 58 in the single coil slot for those chimey tones.
The humbucker is a DiMarzio 36th Anniversary PAF., something very different that I have ever done.
There is a three-way toggle betwen the volume and tone controls.
Neck is quartersawn maple and fingerboard with a matching quilt veneer.
The remainder of the neck finish is satin nitro.
Standard thin profile, 1-11/16 nut width, Graphtech nut.
The inlays are azurite/malachite to match the washed blue dye.
The other features are Planet Waves tuners.
6115 frets
24 3/4 conversion neck.
August - TonyFlyingSquirrel
Warmoth Baritone Neck, Maple Shaft/Rosewood Fingerboard, 6100 fretwire. Owner finished in True Oil.
Tele body, Owner Finished by covering in laced Deer Hide (Buckskin) with beaded rosette, dentaliam shells.
Pickups; Neck/GFS Neo Vin 7, Bridge: locally custom wound "Bari-Twang" humbucker by John Carlsen Jr (www.carlsenguitar.com)
Electronics: 500k Push/pull Vol. pot (coil tap/bridge), 500k Tone pot (Push/Pull=Phase) with .022 Sprague orange drop cap, 3 position Tele p/u selector switch.
September - vikingred
Body: Black Korina (UC) on Black Korina, chambered, contoured heel, 720 mod, with a satin finished by Warmoth
Neck: CBS Stratocaster style, Bloodwood, hand burnished with 2000 grit sandpaper, no oils or polish, waterslide label applied w/ layered shellac/lacquer
Fretboard: Ziricote (UC)
Nut Width: 1-11/16" (Floyd R3 Nut)
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: SS6105 (Stainless)
Tuners: Gotoh SG38
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Scale: 25-1/2"
Tremolo: Original Floyd Rose, Black
Inlays: Mother Of Pearl Dots
Side Dots: Mother Of Pearl Side Dots
Pickups: EMG 57/66 humbucker set, single volume knob
October - Great Ape
Wood-burned & hand-painted with TransTint dyes and Prismacolor dye markers
Body: Spruce on chambered Mahogany
Neck: Ebony on flamed maple, '59 roundback, mop dots, ivoroid binding
Pickups: Duncan P90 & Antiquity brdg hmbkr
Bridge: Bladerunner Trem
Q-Parts Turquoise Stone knobs
Gotoh Tuners
November - Fat Pete
Wilkinson Beast
Body
Warmoth mahogany Diamondback finished in candy green
At The Creamery Double-Track humbuckers wound to '57 PAF spec - alnico 4 bridge, alnico 5 neck
Gotoh 510 series chrome bridge and tailpiece
Standard 2 volume, 2 tone wiring, interactive controls, no split/parallel switching
DR6 neck plate
Schaller strap lock buttons
Front-mounted jack socket
Neck
Warmoth 'Warmoth' dark indian rosewood, 1 11/16" nut, 25 1/2" scale
Black ebony fingerboard - no inlay
Ebony headstock veneer
Pearloid binding
Stainless steel 6115 frets
Sperzel green anodized machine heads
Scratchplate and Trussrod cover cut and printed by www.originalscratchplates.com to my design.
December - DocNrock
Body:
Unique Choice flame maple cap, black binding
Washed black dye finish
Swamp Ash back, clear gloss finish
Contoured heel
Two humbuckers
Non-recessed OFR with a 47mm big brass block
Neck:
3A Birdseye maple, 1-11/16" nut width (R4)
Unique Choice birdseye fingerboard
Black Mother of Pearl Inlays
Black binding
6100 SS Frets
Standard compound radius
Wizard profile
Grover Tuners
Customized Truss Rod Cover
Other Components:
DiMarzio Tone Zone bridge
DiMarzio Norton neck
RS Guitarworks 500k volume pot
CTS 500k tone pot
Jensen paper/oil 0.022 uf tone cap
3-way toggle.
Black round-top knurled knobs
Standard output jack
Square jack mount
And, of course, a Doug-special neck plate
