Another year of Guitar of the Month competitions has passed. Thanks as always to everyone who has subjected their amazing instruments to the scrutiny of the forum! Thanks also to everyone 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 2017!
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 - Jamie John
Doublecaster
Body - Double neck S style
Warmoth Vintage White Finish
Pearloid pickguard
5 way Oak grigsby super switch
Floyd Rose and Gotoh 12 string bridges
1 volume, 1 tone, for each neck
500k ohm pots for the 6 string, with a 470 k ohm resistor on the YJM
mini neck selector switch
p/ups on 6 string = Seymour Duncan Custom Custom, Cool rails, and YJM
p/ups on 12 string = Seymour Duncan STK S6, and (2), 5/2 stack for strat.
Necks
6 string - CBS stratocaster Modern
Warmoth clear gloss
Stainless Steel frets
Gotoh tuners
12 String - '65 12 string (1/16" wider than 6 string neck)
Bone nut
Warmoth clear gloss
Stainless Steel frets
Gotoh HAPM tuners (Height adjustable Posts)
April - B3Guy
Warmoth Pro 24 3/4" Conversion Telecaster Neck
Maple, Ebony fretboard, Medium Jumbo stainless steel frets
'59 Roundback, Vintage style Gotoh tuners
Owner-finished in Re-Ranch Nitrocellulose and "Neck Amber" with a "Gorilla Vanilla" headstock face.
Original donor guitar's "Custom Kraft" logo included.
Body
Warmoth Mahogany Body Blank
Angled Neck Pocket
Drilled for Tune-O-Matic Bridge
Owner shaped and finished in Re-Ranch Nitrocellulose "Gorilla Vanilla" and "Smoke Green"
Electronics
Vintage 1960's Custom Kraft Gold Foil pickups, roller bridge, Bigsby with B-Blender.
Custom pickguards by Spitfire Vintage, with translucent materials research by B3Guy.
Built-in LED lighting in pickguards, knobs and switch, with internal rechargable LiPo battery.
May - Dirty Dave
Warmoth 54 Style P-Bass body with black satin finish
Warmoth Telecaster style neck with satin black finish and white pearl inlays
White Pearl pickguard
Black hardware includes Badass II bridge and Schaller tuning machines.
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickup.
June (joint winner #1) - Great Ape
Basswood Strat body, wood burned & hand painted; Wenge neck, '59 Roundback, ivoroid bound ebony fingerboard, 6150 frets, sealed Gotoh tuners; Seymour Duncan 'vintage p-90' & 'antiquity' hmbkr...vintage-style trem.
June (joint winner #2) - davegardner0
Body - Alder Warmoth G4
Neck - Maple Warmoth SSB 30" Scale
Finish - French Polished Shellac over Aniline Dye Purple Burst
Headstock - Custom Designed Decals
Electronics - Bartolini Classic Bass Pickups with NTMB+ Preamp
Bridge - Gotoh 201 High Mass
Tuners - Hipshot Ultralight
Nut - White TUSQ XL
Strings - D'Addario Half Rounds
July - Fat Pete
Wilkinson Scimitar6
Neck:
Warmoth Roasted maple/Ziricote (unique choice) 21 fret (no overhang) Pro Arrow Head (custom build)
Azurite malachite dots
6150 frets
Hipshot Grip Lock enclosed locking tuners with 'Universal Mounting Plates'
Graph Tech nut
Wilkinson Scimitar6 '21st Century Schizoid, Man' name plate*
Body:
Warmoth alder Musiclander 3lbs 0oz (showcase - unfinished)
Routed by Warmoth for P90/Strat/P90 with front rout conversion and scratchplate screw threaded insert install by owner
Finished in ocean turquoise metallic nitro (greener than photos show) by retro169.co.uk (Paul Neild)
Wilkinson WVP6 tremolo bridge - hard-decked, springs damped, arm thrown away
Schaller strap lock buttons
Custom rear control and tremolo spring covers*
Electrics:
2x Swappable loaded scratchplates* with 'automatic' ground connection
Scratchplate 1:
Catswhisker Pickups custom tapped P90s with flush pole pieces and owner-customized covers
Generosity, fragility and veracity controls (2x volume, 1x tone)
Grunt and squeal pull switches bring in the full pickup windings
Warm/plaintive/misanthropic 3-way switch (neck/both/bridge)
Scratchplate 2:
The Creamery Sonic 6 pickups (alnico 5 versions)
Satisfaction and serendipity controls (1x volume, 1x tone)
Doctor pull switch switches on the middle pickup
Mild/wistful/vituperative 3-way switch (neck/both/bridge)
Metal hardware is chrome
*All plastic parts cut and printed by Tim at www.originalscratchplates.com to owner's designs
August - 2zee
The "Perfect Mirror"
Neck :
- modified Fender maple/rosewood
- 25 1/2" scale, standard thin profile, 7.25 radius, vintage construction
- TUSQ XL Nut 1 5/8"
- 6105 frets(nickle)
- Gotoh vintage Kluson type tuners
- perfect mirror decal
- clear gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Body :
- Warmoth alder 2P 3lbs,11oz
- Callaham Vintage S Model Bridge Assembly for lefty
- tremolo springs allocated with Raw Vintage and Callaham
- chrome plated brass 2mm neck plate
- stainless steel neck attachment screws
- Schaller straplocks
Color :
- hand painted on fiesta red
(all paint specially mixed in reference to remaining fragment of the original guitar)
Electronics :
- Lindy Fralin Woodstock69set pickups
- OAK 5Way switch
- 1 x vol, 2 x tone (front & mid, rear)
- CTS250K lefty vintage potentiometers
- Montreux Retrovibe Caps "F66"
- Switchcraft jack
- american cloth wire
- Kester44 solder
September - Ghotiphry
Warmoth showcase alder on alder '54 P body, finished in gloss alpine white with black binding
Warmoth showcase J bass neck with recut headstock, quartersawn maple, finished in satin nitro, black binding and blocks
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickup
BadAss II bridge
Custom titanium knobs by Artistry in Titanium
Fender Deluxe F Stamp tuning machines
October - Swarfrat
Warmoth BK chambered strat
Warmoth Roast Maple Baritone Fatback with GD6150 frets, ebony fingerboard
Wilkinson VS100 tremolo
GFS Memphis humbuckers
Roland GK2 hex pickup / Graphtech HEXPANDER
November - Ronios
Ronios RV1
The Neck -
Style: Warmoth
Construction: Gibson® Scale (24-3/4") Conversion Tiltback
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Roasted Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Indian Rosewood
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: 6150
Tuner Ream: Schaller (25/64" 11/32")
Radius: Straight 12"
Scale: 24-3/4" Conversion
Fret #: 22
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Pre-Cut Installed String Nut: GraphTech Black TUSQ XL - Standard Nut
Inlays: Mother Of Pearl Dots
Side Dots: White Side Dots
Schaller M6 machine heads
The Body
Custom shape carved out of a Warmoth solid mahogany body blank.
Professionally finished in Copper Pearl
Seymour Duncan Jazz @ neck.
Seymour Duncan '59 Custom/Hybrid at bridge.
Schaller Signum bridge.
CTS 500K volume
CTS 500K push/pull tone (coil tap)
Switchcraft gold 3-way toggle.
Switchcraft output jack.
Custom shape/custom cut pick guard.
Q-Parts Gold/MofPearl control knobs.
December - 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
The guitars below are all deserving winners but it's now time to decide which should be crowned UNOFFICIAL WARMOTH GUITAR OF THE YEAR 2017!
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 - Jamie John
Doublecaster
Body - Double neck S style
Warmoth Vintage White Finish
Pearloid pickguard
5 way Oak grigsby super switch
Floyd Rose and Gotoh 12 string bridges
1 volume, 1 tone, for each neck
500k ohm pots for the 6 string, with a 470 k ohm resistor on the YJM
mini neck selector switch
p/ups on 6 string = Seymour Duncan Custom Custom, Cool rails, and YJM
p/ups on 12 string = Seymour Duncan STK S6, and (2), 5/2 stack for strat.
Necks
6 string - CBS stratocaster Modern
Warmoth clear gloss
Stainless Steel frets
Gotoh tuners
12 String - '65 12 string (1/16" wider than 6 string neck)
Bone nut
Warmoth clear gloss
Stainless Steel frets
Gotoh HAPM tuners (Height adjustable Posts)
April - B3Guy
Warmoth Pro 24 3/4" Conversion Telecaster Neck
Maple, Ebony fretboard, Medium Jumbo stainless steel frets
'59 Roundback, Vintage style Gotoh tuners
Owner-finished in Re-Ranch Nitrocellulose and "Neck Amber" with a "Gorilla Vanilla" headstock face.
Original donor guitar's "Custom Kraft" logo included.
Body
Warmoth Mahogany Body Blank
Angled Neck Pocket
Drilled for Tune-O-Matic Bridge
Owner shaped and finished in Re-Ranch Nitrocellulose "Gorilla Vanilla" and "Smoke Green"
Electronics
Vintage 1960's Custom Kraft Gold Foil pickups, roller bridge, Bigsby with B-Blender.
Custom pickguards by Spitfire Vintage, with translucent materials research by B3Guy.
Built-in LED lighting in pickguards, knobs and switch, with internal rechargable LiPo battery.
May - Dirty Dave
Warmoth 54 Style P-Bass body with black satin finish
Warmoth Telecaster style neck with satin black finish and white pearl inlays
White Pearl pickguard
Black hardware includes Badass II bridge and Schaller tuning machines.
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickup.
June (joint winner #1) - Great Ape
Basswood Strat body, wood burned & hand painted; Wenge neck, '59 Roundback, ivoroid bound ebony fingerboard, 6150 frets, sealed Gotoh tuners; Seymour Duncan 'vintage p-90' & 'antiquity' hmbkr...vintage-style trem.
June (joint winner #2) - davegardner0
Body - Alder Warmoth G4
Neck - Maple Warmoth SSB 30" Scale
Finish - French Polished Shellac over Aniline Dye Purple Burst
Headstock - Custom Designed Decals
Electronics - Bartolini Classic Bass Pickups with NTMB+ Preamp
Bridge - Gotoh 201 High Mass
Tuners - Hipshot Ultralight
Nut - White TUSQ XL
Strings - D'Addario Half Rounds
July - Fat Pete
Wilkinson Scimitar6
Neck:
Warmoth Roasted maple/Ziricote (unique choice) 21 fret (no overhang) Pro Arrow Head (custom build)
Azurite malachite dots
6150 frets
Hipshot Grip Lock enclosed locking tuners with 'Universal Mounting Plates'
Graph Tech nut
Wilkinson Scimitar6 '21st Century Schizoid, Man' name plate*
Body:
Warmoth alder Musiclander 3lbs 0oz (showcase - unfinished)
Routed by Warmoth for P90/Strat/P90 with front rout conversion and scratchplate screw threaded insert install by owner
Finished in ocean turquoise metallic nitro (greener than photos show) by retro169.co.uk (Paul Neild)
Wilkinson WVP6 tremolo bridge - hard-decked, springs damped, arm thrown away
Schaller strap lock buttons
Custom rear control and tremolo spring covers*
Electrics:
2x Swappable loaded scratchplates* with 'automatic' ground connection
Scratchplate 1:
Catswhisker Pickups custom tapped P90s with flush pole pieces and owner-customized covers
Generosity, fragility and veracity controls (2x volume, 1x tone)
Grunt and squeal pull switches bring in the full pickup windings
Warm/plaintive/misanthropic 3-way switch (neck/both/bridge)
Scratchplate 2:
The Creamery Sonic 6 pickups (alnico 5 versions)
Satisfaction and serendipity controls (1x volume, 1x tone)
Doctor pull switch switches on the middle pickup
Mild/wistful/vituperative 3-way switch (neck/both/bridge)
Metal hardware is chrome
*All plastic parts cut and printed by Tim at www.originalscratchplates.com to owner's designs
August - 2zee
The "Perfect Mirror"
Neck :
- modified Fender maple/rosewood
- 25 1/2" scale, standard thin profile, 7.25 radius, vintage construction
- TUSQ XL Nut 1 5/8"
- 6105 frets(nickle)
- Gotoh vintage Kluson type tuners
- perfect mirror decal
- clear gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Body :
- Warmoth alder 2P 3lbs,11oz
- Callaham Vintage S Model Bridge Assembly for lefty
- tremolo springs allocated with Raw Vintage and Callaham
- chrome plated brass 2mm neck plate
- stainless steel neck attachment screws
- Schaller straplocks
Color :
- hand painted on fiesta red
(all paint specially mixed in reference to remaining fragment of the original guitar)
Electronics :
- Lindy Fralin Woodstock69set pickups
- OAK 5Way switch
- 1 x vol, 2 x tone (front & mid, rear)
- CTS250K lefty vintage potentiometers
- Montreux Retrovibe Caps "F66"
- Switchcraft jack
- american cloth wire
- Kester44 solder
September - Ghotiphry
Warmoth showcase alder on alder '54 P body, finished in gloss alpine white with black binding
Warmoth showcase J bass neck with recut headstock, quartersawn maple, finished in satin nitro, black binding and blocks
Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickup
BadAss II bridge
Custom titanium knobs by Artistry in Titanium
Fender Deluxe F Stamp tuning machines
October - Swarfrat
Warmoth BK chambered strat
Warmoth Roast Maple Baritone Fatback with GD6150 frets, ebony fingerboard
Wilkinson VS100 tremolo
GFS Memphis humbuckers
Roland GK2 hex pickup / Graphtech HEXPANDER
November - Ronios
Ronios RV1
The Neck -
Style: Warmoth
Construction: Gibson® Scale (24-3/4") Conversion Tiltback
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Roasted Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Indian Rosewood
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Back Shape: Standard thin
Fret Size: 6150
Tuner Ream: Schaller (25/64" 11/32")
Radius: Straight 12"
Scale: 24-3/4" Conversion
Fret #: 22
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Pre-Cut Installed String Nut: GraphTech Black TUSQ XL - Standard Nut
Inlays: Mother Of Pearl Dots
Side Dots: White Side Dots
Schaller M6 machine heads
The Body
Custom shape carved out of a Warmoth solid mahogany body blank.
Professionally finished in Copper Pearl
Seymour Duncan Jazz @ neck.
Seymour Duncan '59 Custom/Hybrid at bridge.
Schaller Signum bridge.
CTS 500K volume
CTS 500K push/pull tone (coil tap)
Switchcraft gold 3-way toggle.
Switchcraft output jack.
Custom shape/custom cut pick guard.
Q-Parts Gold/MofPearl control knobs.
December - 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
