ProjectGuitar.com Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 The Project Guitar.com "Guitar of the Month" contest is a showcase for all the members, so show us your axe in this thread! This contest is open to any and all members that enter and will be continued each month for a place showing your creation on the homepage! The winner(s) of course will have his/her guitar featured on the homepage of Project Guitar.com and if you have a website the picture will link directly to it if you so choose (even commercial site's). If your a forum member you will also be upgraded to a Featured member which allows you to see the Advanced Chat section and download area. So show us your creation in this thread! You've got till sometime around the 24th of April then this thread gets locked and the voting starts! Any Post that is not an entry will be deleted, feel free to start a new thread to discuss any guitar entered this month There may be more then one poll to determine winners in different catagorys at the end of this contest! Please post a maximum of your 4 best pictures per guitar entered Make sure Your Guitar has a Name or Nick Name as well Side note, if you are unable to post a picture you can e-mail one to Brian and it will be posted for you, or ask forum members how to post pictures, they are very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 (edited) well, why the heck not right? this was dubbed the "Kaye Kustom" by my family my first real build, from scratch. with no previous woodworking experience, done almost entierly by hand, except the joining and planing of the neck laminations (that was done by a jointer ) Specs 25.5" scale length Maple/Bubinga/maple Thru neck construction Ebony Fingerboard w/ phoenix MOP inlay Bubinga body liberon oil finish, w/ blackbison wax buffed to a dull shine the "Kustom" has a partial fretless section 17-24 fret, for those krazy arabian style sounds i love doing, she plays beautifully, has a really nice thick, full, crisp distorted tone. , she looks best from behind , but has a pretty face aswell <3 Brand new sound clips i did for this contest, thru an Engl Fireball, relitivly ok quality from my webcam! Thanks for considering me! Edited March 28, 2008 by Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Sure why not I'll try again I'll call this one ROB because thats the name of the current owner. Redeemer Five String Scroll 34" Scale fretted set neck 3 piece body streaked poplar bottom, Purpleheart center and Sappy Walnut top 3 piece neck bubinga, jatoba Single truss marado fingerboard Wilkinson hardware Self built/wound stacked humbuckers matching covers walnut and bubinga knobs Aguilar two band preamp 18volt A slap and pop monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Hi All, Here is my third entry, no my fourth I think anyway. This guitar is called the Revelation. This is the prototype for this model and has been in the works for several years and I finished it in Dec.07 The guitar was scheduled to go to winter NAMM in the AxeTrak booth. As I was doing the final set up on the guitar I noticed some small cracks in the ebony finger board not what a person wants to see three days before departure. I tried to salvage the neck but the glue joint would have nothing to do with that notion which left me one option. New neck. Luckily I had some blanks already glued up, and was able to finish everything up the day before I flew out. The finish is a three color burst starting with lemon yellow, vintage amber, and finally the cherry red. I hope you guys like her. Mike Revelation Specs. are as follows 5 piece curly maple/bubinga stripes Black headstock Ebony fingerboard 13 degree headstock angle 25" scale fingerboard 12" radius neck RSG logo inlay at 12th fret/MOP White side dot markers Jumbo frets Bone nut Sperzel standard tuners/ Satin Chrome Dual action truss rod Chrome Neck Mounting Ferrules /With stainless steel screws Mahogany Body with Curly maple cap Three color Cherry Burst / Nitro Finish Invader Seymour Duncan in the bridge /with chrome PU ring SH-2 Seymour Duncan in the Neck /with chrome PU ring TOM Bridge/ Chrome String through body design/ Chrome Shielded electronics cavity 1 Volume, 1 Tone Chrome Metal dome knobs Three way selector switch/ Chrome 9-46 gauge strings Here is a picture of Paul Gilbert the Revelation and Me Picture 5 Carrina Alfie Revelation and Me Picture 6 John "JD" Deservio bass player for Black Label Society Picture 7 Finally the link to the Revelation Page on my site http://www.rocksmithguitars.com/revelation2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msherman Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 (edited) I just finished this one this week. I call it "Orion" 30" scale Black Limba body Curly Maple/Wenge/Purple Heart set neck Macassar Ebony F/B Lundgren M-8 pickup Matching wood pup cover, and control plate Strung with .010-.080 Edited April 12, 2008 by msherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Name: Jimbo's Dobro (named for my chum Jim Frets for whom this was a gift) Shopping on the hardware isle I got a drawer pull, a few brass bolts, and some eye screws. Oh, and a galvanized deck screw for the single "bolt on" screw. http://home.hiwaay.net/~jehle/photos/jimbro4.jpg http://home.hiwaay.net/~jehle/photos/jimbro5.jpg Stats: Somewhere around a 22" string length, 4-string, resonator cone attached to a tamborine in a mid-1950's western cedar cigar box. Brass hardware, Corian nut borrowed from Home Depot sample drawer, poplar neck. Sound clip (not bad for a $25 guitar): http://home.hiwaay.net/~jehle/guitar-MP3/jimbro-dobro.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Name: Dixie Maid Factory Throw Outs - Cigar Box Bass. Note the black drywall screws and dress washers for the bolt on. Door stopper added to the butt end for "stand up" playing. More eye screws! I love these little babies. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/jeh...ss/P1030831.jpg Stats: It's a P-Bass made from a bunch of parts from eBay. Everything on this bass was broken. Neck, cheap second or third rate work. Lots of chip outs on the side that were filled with a epoxy/sawdust mix. Strings, used, another eBay find. Rusty squire bridge. Pickup, probably an active pickup, or just a really bad passive one. There's very little output from this thing. Dixie Maid Factory Throw Outs box dates from 1936, badly cracked on the back, and another cheap eBay find. Surprisingly snappy sound fit for Primus or early Rush. Plays the bass part in this clip... Band Of Nixies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Is there a rule about how many guitars I can enter? On we go... Name: Quintero Esquire Tele (a.k.a. Boobs) All dressed up with a set of nickel corners. Converted hex nut for the volume knob. And, the output jack cup is a finger pull cabinet door thingy. Poplar has some ugly grain, but this will be painted over with white epoxy enamel and the "Gloria Estafan with breast enhancements" paper will be put on as an overlay. Truss rod cover made from a peach packing crate and a thin slice of cedar taken from a cigar box. Nothing too surprising on the back. Black felt paper added. More deck screws and dress washers for the bolt on and ferrules. Stats: Short scale (about 23") single coil Tele, Old style 3 barrel bridge, hidden Piezo electric pickup switch hidden in the input jack (stereo plug). Still needs a finish coat and the "boobs" overlay put on the headstock. Sound clip... She's is dead on for Funk 49 by the James Gang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Another one?! Yes, these were all part of my 10 guitars in 10 days project. You could have been subjected to MORE! This is the last one, I swear. Name: The Hoyo Cannon (for radio DJ, AJ Cannon) Oooh, antique brass corners on this one! More drywall screws and dress washers. AJ wanted to have his airname "Cannon" on the guitar somewhere. I found a small metal tobacco tag from a Cannon tobacco company. Attached to the headstock with a little epoxy and covered with a clear enamel. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/jeh...on/P1030860.jpg Stats: 24.75" Gibbo scale, reused neck from some LP copy. A nearly matched pair of old strat single coils with aged white (now cream) covers, wired in series as a humbucker. Gold hardware everywhere. Locking tuners (on a CBG?!?!). Output jack cup is reused cabinet hardware, similar to the Quintero Tele. String through ferrules are some surplus press-in screw anchors. Sound: Oh, yes. Paul Kossoff, and Carlos Santana for that wicked vibrato. Also (cringe) Yngwie J Malmsteen if you rip through the harmonic minor scale. Listen back to the Band Of Nixies clip up in the Dixie Maid Cigar Box Bass... This is the guitar playing the "Shave and a Haircut" riff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Lol Jehle, you spammed this month! Shoot my birthdays is may 1 so I guess I'll enter. I only have a few photos of this guitar, the customer picked it up just a few days after we finished it. It's a lefty Mahogany back/sides/neck Spruce top Fishman pickup Schaller tuners with ebony buttons Ebony fingerboard with MOP dot inlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msherman Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) Here is another 8 string I built for Chris letchford of Scale the Summit. 25.5" scale Tuned low B to high G Curly maple Droptop over African Mahogany body. African Mahogany/maple neck Bokote Fretboard Custom wound Nordstrand pups Hipshot bridge Planet waves tuners Fiber optic side dots with 4 position rotary switch for multi colored fiber optics (off/red/ blue/green) The burst was shot directly on the wood using aniline dye with an airbrush. Edited April 18, 2008 by msherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 hmm, well, i finished another one, it about as un-flashy as you can get but it sounds and plays incredibly. Swamp ash body, indian rosewood neck, ebony board. grover tuners, hipshot hardtail, stainless steel jumbo frets. tonerider H-90's tung-oil finish body is a bit thicker than a standard tele, neck is like a Nocaster but with a light V to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 looks like a fun month... so here is my entry!!! http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/d15.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/d16.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/d1.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/d10.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/d13.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/d4.jpg http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/d8.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyrki Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 (edited) This is my first participation to the GOTM vote. The guitar has following specs: Spruce top Maple bottom, sides and center block Mahongy neck with rosewood fingerboard SD Phat-cat pickups. I will change the bridge PU to SD custom 5 when I get it EDIT: I forgot to give a name to it. Let the name be "Punakone". Some pictures during building process: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Edited April 23, 2008 by Jyrki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barth_guitars Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hi, I´m 15 and I want to present my second bass. Specs: Body: 1 piece Padouk(the form is from a german bassbuilder) Neck:1Piece Curly/birdseye neck with Wengé Skunkstripe Hardware:Schaller Bridge 3 D 4, 1 SD Basslines Jazz-PU and 1 SD Basslines Precision PU Electronic:State Variable Filter Inlays:The Dots and sidedots are made out of Wengé Knobs:Wengé Finish:Danish Oil;the Fingerboard is stabilized with epoxy I´ve tried to make as much as I can by my own.So only the Pu´s,Bridge and electronicparts are not made by myself. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 (edited) Well I wanted to take some better pics but the card reader is acting up so these will have to do. I'll call it "First born Sun" since it's my first build and well it's kinda orange. Mahogany neck and body with a figured maple top(obviously). Bookmatched headstock overlay and truss rod cover. Ebony board 25" scale Schaller mini's Rio Grande Texas/BBQ pup set, push/pull tone knobs for splitting 1 2 3 4 Edited April 23, 2008 by lowrider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted April 23, 2008 Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Well, why not! I've named this The Temmp. It stands for TElecaster in Maple, Mahogany, & Padauk. SPECS Body: maple core mahogany wings with spalted maple tops and a padauk dividing layer padauk stringers between core & wings Neck: maple neck padauk fretboard padauk "J' inlay in headstock M.O.P. dot inlays Hardware: Steinberger gearless tuners Bigsby vibrato roller T.O.M. bridge electrosocket input cup custom padauk pickguard custom maple bridge pickup ring custom padauk knobs & switch tip Electronics: Bill Lawrence noiseless telecaster pickups 1 volume w/ trebel bleed mod 1 tone 4-way blade pickup switch: neck, both paralell, both series, bridge Finish: sanding sealer rattle-can lacquer on body, pickguard, and pup ring brush-on lacquer on neck wet-sanded to 3000 grit Maguires swirl remover The tone of the guitar is a nice mix of bite & warmth. It has all the twang and attack of a typical telecaster, but a lot of warm tone thanks to the mahogany. The sacrifice for that warm tone is a LOT of weight. It about as heavy as a Les Paul. In the pics, the padauk layer running between the spalted cap & mahogany wings doesn't show up very well. On the back, you'll notice one lonely, out of place spot of flame. You can't see it on the front - it's right under the bridge. This has been an extremely valuable learning experience for me. Thank you to everyone who chimed in with help or advice. Build Thread full front shot full back shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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