ProjectGuitar.com Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 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 May 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...
Boggs Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 (edited) Here is my entry for June. It is my RockBeach CamelBack 35" scale length Bass. It is an extended horn design for balance as it is a chambered body made from crotch Cuban mahogany with bookmatched figured purpleheart top, rear cover, and truss rod cover. The neck is a Warmoth Gecko bubinga/purpleheart laminate with ebony fingerboard and SS frets. Pickup is Bartolini MM series wired for series/paralell/bridge for three distinct tones. Tuning machines are Hipshot as are the Tripleloc bridges. These are the new shots of it... I haven't received shipment yet of the XXL strings I need for it to string through the body, but my band's bass player tried it out Wednesday and said it had a teriffic variety of tones available and the string articulation with it was incredible with a real feel of power behind the notes... I was there when he played it and I couldn't be any more proud of any instrument I have built to date even including the original CamelBack that started this whole journey! Update: I have received the DR Strings and she is now strung through the body... Rings like a piano and with power to spare!! I don't even play bass, and it is going to kill me to give this one up! At least I know it is going to someone who will really appreciate and play the living hell out of it! That is what it is meant for, after all... Boggs Edited May 16, 2008 by Boggs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Gotta play to win! I will call this one Chris from Cali Four string Redeemer Scroll bass 34" Scale Set neck construction Maple lined ebony fingerboard with abalone side markers 5 Laminate neck of maple and wenge Crotch walnut top Mahogany core Sappy walnut bottom Wenge accents all around Matching headstock (Mahogany core, walnut top and bottom) Matching cavity cover Hip Shot Ultralight Tuners Hip Shot A style Bridge Self Wound Neo Mag single coils (wound mighty hot too I might add!) Walnut pickup covers with exposed poles Audere Classic preamp 4 band EQ 18volt Fully shielded Semi gloss poly finish, open pores Some nice wood in this one, I wish I could find some more walnut like that! My next entry will have much better pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 (edited) OK, so here she is, quite while in the making: my first acoustic. She has quite a story behind her. I finished her over a month ago and played her for a week, then brought her back to my friend's shop where I work to do some last fret job touch-ups. I pulled the strings from the bridge and balled them up at the tuners so as not to waste a perfectly good set of strings by taking them off. Needless to say, in my week of intense playing I had put a scratch in it and my friend goes "well since you have it back in the shop, I'll buff that out real quick" (I was working on another guitar that's why he said he would). There was a USELESS piece of metal on one or the buffing arbor arms (it has since been removed) and as he was buffing out the scratch a string caught and my guitar's neck ended up wound up in strings. The strings dug into the neck in some places, the headstock was quite mangled, etc. I ended up having to reshape the neck to get rid of some of the gouges from the strings, and we had to totally re-headplate it because the old one was destroyed. The body only had some finish dings and chips from hitting the wall (never hit the floor) that had to be refinished. So without further adieu, I present the 2.0 version of her! -She's an OM size acoustic with a little extra depth. -Redwood top from Fryovanni (amazing!) -Honduran mahogany back/sides and neck. -Ziricote headplate, binding, wedge, bridge, backstripe, and rosette. -Ebony with abalone unslotted bridge pins. -Red abalone rosette ring. -3 part pickup the world pickup system (under-saddle and dual soundboard transducer as well as a magnetic pickup on the soundhole). -Nitro finish done by your's truly, the neck is tru-oiled. Here's the whole front and back. Here's the backstripe and the two-layer headplate (that's flamed redwood in the step-down, also, the "medallion" inlay was salvaged from the old headplate): Although I LOVE to do complex inlay work, on my personal guitar I like something subtle and classy. Here's my moon and reflection (red abalone moon and rippled green abalone water/reflection): Here's the tail wedge: Bridge and pickup: Here's one of the main unifying themes of the build, asymmetry!! The rosette's ziricote is asymmetric, the cut-away makes the body asymmetric, the use of both .060" and .040" b/w/b purfling in the rosette is as well, etc. Word to the wise... shell besides paua does NOT hide joints as well. Lastly, here is the ONLY picture of her before the mishap... when she still had her headplate with the flamed maple drop-down instead of flamed redwood. I think that about covers it... Oh, and she sounds AMAZING. She's very loud and the ballace created by the tonal characteristics associated with redwood and hondo mahogany are awesome. The one comment that most people make about it (was at a luthier convention with her yesterday) is the amazing amount of definition between strings it has. Chris Edited May 4, 2008 by verhoevenc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mailman Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 I guess it's about time this finally entered the GOTM, but its finally completed, so here it goes: First off, though I designed this top to bottom I gotta give credit to luthier Vadim Pashin and the rest of the Shamray staff for the work that went into this. The binding was a real pain but hey, it got done. Name: "Sentinel V" on here and through the design process / officially "CS#1986 Babiak Custom" Construction Method: Neck-thru Neck: Maple (hard rock maple) Neck features: Standard 3-piece (with slightly angled headstock) Fretboard: Ebony, compound radius Frets: 24 – Sintoms "6100" (medium tall, AKA "Jumbo") Nut: Derlin – 43 mm Fret markers: Split parallelograms - half in white pearl, half in black pearl Fretboard binding: Single layer fretboard, 7 layer headstock Body wood: Mahogany Body binding: 7-layer Scale Length: 25.5 inches Strings: Ernie Ball Hybrid-Slinky Machine heads: Sperzel locking (black) Bridge: Kahler Pickup: Bill Lawrence L-500XL (zebra) Electronics: Switchcraft mono jack, 1 volume, thats it! http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y290/Mat_...home/?start=all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyonsdream Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 This is the EVX II Dominator It's a redesign of my EVX model with a slimmer body and sharper lines. Wood: Solid Maple Neck: Maple with Rosewood board 25.5" scale 12" radius 24 Dunlop Jumbo frets Pearl Dots Schaller Tuners Dual action truss rod ZDG Bat Wing reverse headstock!!!! Electronics: Guitarheads active pickup flat mount jack Battery box Orange drop cap 1 tone, no volume Cover plate is smoked Lexan so you can see the electronics Bridge: Leo Quan Bass Ass bridge with Schallar fine tuner attachment This is why I used the locking nut. I wanted the ultimate in tuning stability and thought this would be a cool idea to try. Finish: Textured stone with a matte hardcoat On to the fun! http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/100_3874.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_06.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_03.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_02.jpg http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/ZDG...le/Stone_04.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andronico Posted May 6, 2008 Report Share Posted May 6, 2008 Well, here is my contribution to the GOTM concourse. She is a headless travel guitar with full scale neck and built in effect. The body has the controls in a centered and simetrical position because I´m righty but my older child is lefty and in this way the guitar can be easily changed to be played for him in the future. The complete project include the guitar, a little DIY clone of the Marshall MS-2 Amp, the battery charger and the DIY custom case. I finished this little baby last month and I was not sure about participate with her but my older child convinced me. He named her ¨Little Rocker¨, the specifications are : - Body : Mahogany with a jacaranda strip in the middle. - Neck : bolt on headless maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. - Fret markers : dots. - Scale : full 25.5 inches scale with 24 frets. - DIY Headpiece. - HardTail bridge. - DIY Tuners. - Pickups : Two GFS Hex humbuckers. - Electronics : built in DIY SansAmp GT2 pedal with rechargeable 9V Battery and DIY charger circuit. - Controls in the front : one toggle switch to select pickups, two volumes and effect ON/OFF switch. - Controls In the back : GT2 pots and switches with mahogany/jacaranda cover. She´s extremely quiet, and plays really well. The balance is very good if you play standing and is very confortable to play seated too. I´m very satisfied with the results, hope you like her. More indoor pics : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...velGuitar02.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...velGuitar03.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...velGuitar04.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...velGuitar07.jpg More outdoor pics : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...velGuitar15.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...velGuitar17.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...velGuitar18.jpg The DIY Headpiece and Tuner : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...Headpiece15.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...Headpiece16.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...tar/Tuner23.jpg The complete project (guitar + Amp + Battery Charger + Custom Case) : http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...ar/Funda058.jpg http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii186/a...ar/Funda060.jpg For those of you interested in step by step pics here is the completed thread : http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=34299 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boner Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 'pinky' built by tbone @ boner guitars 27.5 baritone scale 29 jumbo frets 2 piece maple neck maple body w/ alder wings 'ohms law' logo on 12th fret kahler pro trem w/ mixed chrome/black parts dimarzio pink x2n mini grover tuners 1 volume & 1 on/off mini switch custom glitter pink finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Introducing...the F3nder Stratobastard This is a modification of a modification I made to a factory-built guitar. The original guitar was alder, I added a maple top (and faux binding), the carve, the swimming pool route, the trem route. I prepared the logo using Photoshop and ALPS-compatible decal paper. The (very nice) neck is made by Goldo (Germany), has a 7.25" radius that I really like. I wanted a chimey Strat-like sound in a Tele body, and I got it. The Trem King works really well, the killswitch less so (clicks a lot, but it's fun anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyrki Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 (edited) Here is my second entry to GOTM. I have made this guitar for four years ago. The reason I did not participate ealier with this guitar is simple, I found the forum recently. The guitar is ash body Tele. Thinline construction. Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. Edited May 15, 2008 by Jyrki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitone Posted May 16, 2008 Report Share Posted May 16, 2008 Here's my version of a reverse V with a twist. I worked with a marketing firm to design a Mavericks styled guitar for their catalog. This is very closed to the actual logo with a few updates to make it playable. And it is very playable. Check out the video that I have showing build images as well as a few friends jamming on it. The guitar is a solid body poplar with a maple neck and fretboard. Humbucker and two single coils off a vintage Japanese guitar that I bought on eBay. I did all the painting using colored lacquer and a bunch of masks. I was even able to add white be flecked with some pearl additives I bought at a local hobby shop. I have donated this guy to an art guitar auction and it will be sold during a 3 day concert event in Richardson Texas call the Wildflower Festival. The proceeds benefit our local ISD art programs. I got to see the other builds and I have to say that as wild looking at this Mavs guitar looks all the others are just as incredible this year. However mine is the only totally hand made instrument. Hopefully that will show in the bids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukkasil Posted May 18, 2008 Report Share Posted May 18, 2008 Here is my third entry to GOTM. It's hollowbody Les Paul-type of guitar. The body is totally hollow, not semi-hollow with center part. Some info about it: Body: Front and back Finnish birch, sides Finnish pine. F-holes are my own design. Neck: thermo-handled aspen with rosewood fingerboard and block inlays. 25" scale Flax oil finishing with black/blue/red color combination. Pickups de Armond-type of ones designed by Keith Amstrong. Wilkinsson lock-type of tuners. Bibsgy-clone vibra with roll-bridge. You can find some sound samples from this link: http://www.tuulikumpu.fi/?p=p_78&sName...tit:-Hollowbody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Ormsby Multiscale Custom Body: Light weight Alder (carved top) Neck: One piece Wenge (set neck) 43mm nut width, 21.5 >> 22.5mm thick D shape Fretboard: Ebony with "Splayed Scallops" Inlay: Mother of Pearl Pickup Neck: Wenge topped handmade single coil Pickup Bridge: Solid Wenge bobbins, handmade Alnico 5 humbucker Electronics: Volume and Tone, with push/pull on tone control to coil split bridge pickup Machineheads: Gotoh Bridge: ABM Mueller Individual string bridges Total build time: 19 days Total video footage available: Total photos available: Lots Full detail thread here Video footage: Fretboard inlay and machining Fretwork and scalloping Timber machining Neck shaping Body carving Cavity routing Routing and setting the neck Neck joint and lacquer work Making the pickups Assembly and setup/intonation, play test http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3wqZ0JovqU The client rocks up, first time being played http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfEGdTtSUE The client rocks up, first time being played part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6nbyCuEXpA Live gig test (Montage) at the U.T.I. band Album Launch three days after picking up the guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__tM6btbuis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 (edited) Here's another one of my rustic themed guitars, We'll call this one "crusty" Like the "privycaster" I did a while back, this one has a weathered cypress top on a sassafrass back. The neck on this one is Hard maple, with a persimmon fretboard. Position markers are slices of #6 copper wire The pickguard, control cover, and jack plate are hammered copper which I subjected to a mixture of ammonia and salt to create the cool blue/green patina. All the hardware is nickel, and I used a commercial antiquing solution on it to blacken it. Bridge is a Gotoh tuneamatic, tuners are from Guitarfetish. Tailpiece is a part of a iron strap hinge, like on others I have done. Pickups are generic p-90 soapbars. I coated the covers with shellac, using a sponge, gives a wierd antiquey look that doesn't show up so well in these pics. Knobs are bakelite, from some unknown ancient audio equipment. Big and clunky, but man, they feel good! Neck is glued in, with a full width tenon running under the pickup. Headstock Front and Back And Full Frontal shot Vote for it, and I promise I will get a better camera Edited May 23, 2008 by orgmorg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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