December 2017 Guitar of the Month contest!
This is a special Runners Up contest for all those who missed out - some in a very close shave! The winner will qualify for the 2017 Guitar of the Year contest coming up in January!
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.
Good luck, and may the best guitar/bass win!
March
Guitar #1 Rgand
BODY
Style: Jazzmaster
Construction: Solid
Neck pocket: Strat
Wood: Roasted Swamp Ash
Pickup configuration: H-H-H
Bridge rout: Fender American Standard Hardtail
Scale: 25-1/2"
Finish: Transparent Red
Weight: 4 lbs 2 oz
Strap Locks: Schaller
Strat Jack Plate: Proline, Flipped
Pickguard: Warmoth Black Gloss
BRIDGE
Callaham Am. Std. Hardtail w/Bigsby Relief Cuts and SS Bigsby Compensated Saddles
BIGSBY VIBRATO
B5 with String-through Modified Main String Shaft, 360° Modified Arm Bracket, Callaham Front Roller
NECK
Wood: Roasted Maple/Roasted Maple
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Nut: Black Graphtech, Standard
Back Contour: Standard Thin
Frets: SS6150
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Inlay: Black Face Dots
Side Dots: Black Side Dots
Scale: Warmoth Gibson Scale (24-3/4") Conversion
Finish: None
Tuners: Hipshot Staggered, Locking, Closed Gear
Setup: Chris Boland, Santa Cruz, CA
WIRING - 1 Volume, 1 treble bleed, 1 bass bleed
Vol & Treble Pots: CTS 500K Linear Taper, Split Shaft
Bass Pot: Bourns 500K Linear Taper Mini, Split Shaft
Pickups: Seymour Duncan P-Rails
Pickup Mode Switches: 2 ON-ON Slide
Knobs: Witch Hat
Pickup Selector Switch: LP-style Toggle
May
Guitar #2 exaN
Alder on alder Warmoth Soloist body
Black to clear satin finish (black back), ivoroid binding
Standard thin, dark indian rosewood on roaster maple (no finish)
Graph Tech, compound radius, S6150 frets, locking tuners, lume side dots
June
Guitar #3 OldTelecasterMan
SuperWide Warmoth Neck
Soloist Flat top body with a Telecaster rout and reverse bridge pickup
All parts, except pickups, ordered through Warmoth.
Tom Anderson pickups
My wife hand painted the guitar. I helped with the clouds. I sanded off the paint 3 times before she liked how it looked. Painting with a brush leaves lots of height differences to fill. So lots of clear, probably 5 coats before the first wet sand. Then 3 more wet sands and 4 more coats of clear.
July
Guitar #4 Ghotiphry
"Boomstick"
Solid roasted swamp ash Jazz bass body with Warmoth trans red gloss finish
Warmoth "garage stock" pau ferro/pau ferro neck with no inlays, MOP side dots and EVO frets - neck and fret setup by Cagey
Lindy Fralin P/J pickups with +10 overwind split coil bridge
Solid black pickguard and black hardware whenever possible
Hipshot ultralight tuning machines
John East J-Retro 01 Deluxe preamp
BadAss Bass II bridge
Custom neck plate by DangerousR6
August
Guitar #5 DMRACO
Body:
Custom Purple Heart and Ambrosia Maple 12 piece body. (Concept borrowed from B3Guy)
Duncan pickups
Brass mounting plates and Neck plate from Doug
Wilkinson Bridge
GFS Brass tuners
Gloss Nitro finish
Single volume and three way toggle.
Custom LED lights that offer over a dozen different colors.
Neck:
Warmoth Standard thin maple Warhead neck with Purpleheart fret board and Gold frets and abalone dot inlay
Satin poly finish on back and Gloss Poly on headstock.
September
Guitar #6 gfoster
Model: Nomad
Wood: Quilt Maple on Mahogany
Binding: Natural Masked Accent
Top Finish: Aqua Marine Dye
Neck Construction: Modern Tiltback Construction
Neck Wood: Birdseye Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Birdseye Maple
Nut Width: 1-3/4"
Back Shape: Wolfgang Fret Size: GD6150 (Gold Color)
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Inlays: Azurite Malachite Dots
Pickups: EMG JH “Het Set”
Abalone Truss Rod Cover
Other various hardware from Warmoth
October
Guitar #7 timezon3
Body (Warmoth) -
alder with quilted maple cap
stained purple with Deft Gloss clearcoat
Fender American Standard tremolo
Electronics -
Lollar Blond pickups
wired with master volume, master tone, blender pot
Neck (Warmoth) -
modern construction, 1-3/4" nut width
purpleheart with ebony fretboard
new Supernova inlays
SS6105 frets
hipshot open-back locking tuners
no finish
November
Guitar #8 BigSteve22
Blackbird Telecaster
Neck:
Warmoth Telecaster,
Dark Ebony on Maple
24.75" Conversion Scale
SS6230 Frets, MOP Dots
Hipshot Open Back Locking Tuners
ZeroGlide Nut,
Rothco & Frost Headstock Decal
Owner Finished, Clear Satin Lacquer
w/ Black Lacquer Headstock
Body:
Warmoth Standard Telecaster
Solid Swamp Ash, (4 lbs, 0 oz.)
Satin Black Finish, Full Body Contours
Babicz "Z" Series Tele Bridge
Custom Engraving by DangerousR6
Rock Rabbit Control Plate
Custom Engraving by DangerousR6
DangerousR6 Custom Neck Plate
Electronics:
Bill Lawrence, L-202TN, Neck P/U
Noise Free, Black Case
Bill Lawrence, L-298TL, Bridge P/U
Noise Free, Open Coil
Wiring:
4-Way P/U Selector Options,
"Gibson" Style Tone Circuit
This is a special Runners Up contest for all those who missed out - some in a very close shave! The winner will qualify for the 2017 Guitar of the Year contest coming up in January!
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.
Good luck, and may the best guitar/bass win!
March
Guitar #1 Rgand
BODY
Style: Jazzmaster
Construction: Solid
Neck pocket: Strat
Wood: Roasted Swamp Ash
Pickup configuration: H-H-H
Bridge rout: Fender American Standard Hardtail
Scale: 25-1/2"
Finish: Transparent Red
Weight: 4 lbs 2 oz
Strap Locks: Schaller
Strat Jack Plate: Proline, Flipped
Pickguard: Warmoth Black Gloss
BRIDGE
Callaham Am. Std. Hardtail w/Bigsby Relief Cuts and SS Bigsby Compensated Saddles
BIGSBY VIBRATO
B5 with String-through Modified Main String Shaft, 360° Modified Arm Bracket, Callaham Front Roller
NECK
Wood: Roasted Maple/Roasted Maple
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Nut: Black Graphtech, Standard
Back Contour: Standard Thin
Frets: SS6150
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Inlay: Black Face Dots
Side Dots: Black Side Dots
Scale: Warmoth Gibson Scale (24-3/4") Conversion
Finish: None
Tuners: Hipshot Staggered, Locking, Closed Gear
Setup: Chris Boland, Santa Cruz, CA
WIRING - 1 Volume, 1 treble bleed, 1 bass bleed
Vol & Treble Pots: CTS 500K Linear Taper, Split Shaft
Bass Pot: Bourns 500K Linear Taper Mini, Split Shaft
Pickups: Seymour Duncan P-Rails
Pickup Mode Switches: 2 ON-ON Slide
Knobs: Witch Hat
Pickup Selector Switch: LP-style Toggle
May
Guitar #2 exaN
Alder on alder Warmoth Soloist body
Black to clear satin finish (black back), ivoroid binding
Standard thin, dark indian rosewood on roaster maple (no finish)
Graph Tech, compound radius, S6150 frets, locking tuners, lume side dots
June
Guitar #3 OldTelecasterMan
SuperWide Warmoth Neck
Soloist Flat top body with a Telecaster rout and reverse bridge pickup
All parts, except pickups, ordered through Warmoth.
Tom Anderson pickups
My wife hand painted the guitar. I helped with the clouds. I sanded off the paint 3 times before she liked how it looked. Painting with a brush leaves lots of height differences to fill. So lots of clear, probably 5 coats before the first wet sand. Then 3 more wet sands and 4 more coats of clear.
July
Guitar #4 Ghotiphry
"Boomstick"
Solid roasted swamp ash Jazz bass body with Warmoth trans red gloss finish
Warmoth "garage stock" pau ferro/pau ferro neck with no inlays, MOP side dots and EVO frets - neck and fret setup by Cagey
Lindy Fralin P/J pickups with +10 overwind split coil bridge
Solid black pickguard and black hardware whenever possible
Hipshot ultralight tuning machines
John East J-Retro 01 Deluxe preamp
BadAss Bass II bridge
Custom neck plate by DangerousR6
August
Guitar #5 DMRACO
Body:
Custom Purple Heart and Ambrosia Maple 12 piece body. (Concept borrowed from B3Guy)
Duncan pickups
Brass mounting plates and Neck plate from Doug
Wilkinson Bridge
GFS Brass tuners
Gloss Nitro finish
Single volume and three way toggle.
Custom LED lights that offer over a dozen different colors.
Neck:
Warmoth Standard thin maple Warhead neck with Purpleheart fret board and Gold frets and abalone dot inlay
Satin poly finish on back and Gloss Poly on headstock.
September
Guitar #6 gfoster
Model: Nomad
Wood: Quilt Maple on Mahogany
Binding: Natural Masked Accent
Top Finish: Aqua Marine Dye
Neck Construction: Modern Tiltback Construction
Neck Wood: Birdseye Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Birdseye Maple
Nut Width: 1-3/4"
Back Shape: Wolfgang Fret Size: GD6150 (Gold Color)
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Inlays: Azurite Malachite Dots
Pickups: EMG JH “Het Set”
Abalone Truss Rod Cover
Other various hardware from Warmoth
October
Guitar #7 timezon3
Body (Warmoth) -
alder with quilted maple cap
stained purple with Deft Gloss clearcoat
Fender American Standard tremolo
Electronics -
Lollar Blond pickups
wired with master volume, master tone, blender pot
Neck (Warmoth) -
modern construction, 1-3/4" nut width
purpleheart with ebony fretboard
new Supernova inlays
SS6105 frets
hipshot open-back locking tuners
no finish
November
Guitar #8 BigSteve22
Blackbird Telecaster
Neck:
Warmoth Telecaster,
Dark Ebony on Maple
24.75" Conversion Scale
SS6230 Frets, MOP Dots
Hipshot Open Back Locking Tuners
ZeroGlide Nut,
Rothco & Frost Headstock Decal
Owner Finished, Clear Satin Lacquer
w/ Black Lacquer Headstock
Body:
Warmoth Standard Telecaster
Solid Swamp Ash, (4 lbs, 0 oz.)
Satin Black Finish, Full Body Contours
Babicz "Z" Series Tele Bridge
Custom Engraving by DangerousR6
Rock Rabbit Control Plate
Custom Engraving by DangerousR6
DangerousR6 Custom Neck Plate
Electronics:
Bill Lawrence, L-202TN, Neck P/U
Noise Free, Black Case
Bill Lawrence, L-298TL, Bridge P/U
Noise Free, Open Coil
Wiring:
4-Way P/U Selector Options,
"Gibson" Style Tone Circuit
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