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jvillavicencio: The body reminded me of something. Initially I thought Carvin. Later, I realized it was very much like a Westone Pantera. Overall, it looks like a pretty decent gig instrument. I'd be interested to hear the all teak sound. I'm not overly fond of a 3+3 headstock that's not tilted back, but that's just a personal preference, not a criticism.

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curtisa: I enjoy the two-tone minimalist color palate. It keeps things more simple, but that's not such a bad thing. The way you were able to pull it of it's very classy and refined. At first glance I thought the inlays were the same wood as the top & headplate. While I was disappointed that they're acrylic, you'd never notice the difference once you're a few feet away. Overall, it's a good visual balance between bling and functionality.

mefgames: I'm a sucker for the old oddball instruments, and the Vox Phantom fits the bill. Making it an electric mandolin was what gave it the edge over orgmorg's entry this month.

Menapia: You clearly put a lot of effort into this one as evidenced by the carve, bevels, and multi-scarf neck. But.... despite all of the effort, it is still fairly bland to look at. With the chambered mahogany and ash, I'm sure it sounds great. What pups did you use?

Diffidentia: I followed the progress through the build thread. I didn't comment because I didn't have anything productive to add. I really like the carves, angles, bevels, and recesses. Overall though, it's just not my taste. Take that with a grain of salt - my tastes are way off of what anyone else here likes.

Osorio: I love EVERYTHING about this except for the color of the top. Doing it anything other than some type of traditional mando/violin-like sunburst is just missing the whole point. BUT, I know this was made to the customer's specs, so there wasn't much you could do.

orgmorg: A VERY close #2 for me. I really love all of the oddball details you put into the instruments. Your style and flair really shines through your instruments.

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jvillavicencio - Like the simplicity of the build, reminds me of the no-frills immediacy of guitars like LP Juniors.

mefgames - Something about this tickles my fancy, if only for the quirkiness of the build. I'd love to hear what a hot-rodded mandolin sounds like at full tilt.

Menapia - Another straight-forward build that presents itself well overall. As much as I like visual decadence, I find I still always end up playing guitars that are functional over flashy. Nice work on this one.

Diffidentia - Obviously a lot of work has gone into such a left-of-field build. No doubt working with carbon/kevlar throws up a whole new set of challenges that many of us would have no idea how to work through. The final result looks super-smooth.

Osorio - Beautiful quality work as usual. No doubt your client will be thrilled to own such a unique and versatile instrument. A close 2nd for me.

orgmorg - Got my vote. Love the top, love the colour, love the steampunk influences scattered here and there throughout the build. Yum.

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jvillavicencio - D-classic

I'm not a fan of the body or headstock shapes.

None of the hardware or finishing jumps out either.

In a couple of the photos it looks like the paint is all scrathed up like an old second hand guitar? Maybe you need to look at laying down rubber mats on your workbench?

Just my personal tastes, but I'm a "metal" guy and the minority here, but I still have to judge by my tastes.

curtisa - Copperhead

Loving your carve and how tight your pickup cavities are. Very good work there.

I'm not a fan of the coloring - thats where the guitar totally looses me (my tastes, I'm sure others will love it)

I'm not a fan of the headstock shape, the body shape is great.

Otherwise, great guitar and looks like a great build standard you're setting for yourself.

mefgames - Phantom Mando V

The finish and build quality look great, but I hate it!

I've never liked travel guitar like things or mandolins and I have a hatred for strat style bridges.

You've bundled it all up and made this thing... It's getting lots of votes so please don't be offended by my opinion. People love it. Just not my thing.

Menapia - MLP

I can really appreciate all the work involved, but I hate oil finishes. To my eyes they look dull and stop a guitars potential way short of what it "could have been"

To my tastes, it just seems like theres something missing, looks too bland or something. Maybe its the top wood? Not sure. Workmanship looks outstanding though.

Diffidentia - AD UNDAS

I voted for your guitar. I really like how the white finish compliments this shape.

The Kevlar would have looked cool if it was 100% coverage but I disslike it how it is, however from the guitars posted I chose yours as it appealed to my tastes the most.

Osorio - F5 - Lester

I can't quite put my finger on it, I should love this guitar, but I don't. I love usually scrolly things, but something stops me from liking this one.

With that said, I'm glad you built it not me, the work involved is far beyond what my builds to date have involved and I commend you for taking on such a task.

Two things that really anoy me when I look and I'm not sure if it's a bad paint job or polish thats not wiped off, but inside the scroll looks like you haven't painted it. The reason I noticed this and it keep poking me in the eye is I tend to look at the "hard to paint" areas (usually on cars but also on guitars) and judge how much effort the person put in. My advice is if you had trouble painting this, hit the hard to reach tight spots with an airbrush prior to spraying so you have full color coverage without the risk of runs with the full sized gun. I've had to do this on some pretty hard to do paint jobs and it definitely makes a difference to the finished product.

The second is that the burst looks like over spray rather than a smooth fade. Theres a few ways you can solve this in future jobs. One is to spray a very fine layer of thinner over the burst edge after you spray it as it'll soften the harshness. You have to be real careful not to get runs though, might pay to do a practice run. Another way is to use an airbrush for the burst and blend it rather than a full sized gun. I've sprayed bursts with full sized gun and airbrush and the airbrush ones always look much better quality.

orgmorg - Redbird

Excellent workmanship but it is so far from my tastes.

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Phantom Mando~ This is just so freaking cool!! Love it!

I like the F5 LP, but I seem to remember it much more purple. I hope it's just the light that washed it out.

I really liked that purple burst.

BTW, I goofed~ the pickups in mine are not Fralins, they are Manalishis from CV Guitar, a Peter Green mod humbucker, hence the reversed neck pickup.

The middle knob is a blend pot which allows the middle out of phase position to be tweaked to taste.

I must have had a different guitar on my mind when I wrote it out.

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Even though I am not so fond of flamed tops, Redbird makes it for me... I guess that all the brass/steel - Art Deco hardware finally justified the "jewelry box" look of things made of highly figured wood. Tonewood porn most of the time goes TOO far for my taste.

Hats down for choosing THAT bridge to complement all the hardware. Otherwise I hate how it looks. :D

And also a hint> I've only decided to vote for Red after a jump to full top view. Details are nice, but the whole guitar view is better. :D

Also Loved Phantom Mando V for originality.

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Org- a couple of questions about your neckwood on this (beautiful) guitar.

Have you ever used that mulberry for a body wood? I was wondering how it is to work. I've got a few logs set aside for carving. That stuff has got some great reflective rays in it.

Also, have you ever made a neck using a greter amount of osage orange? I'm thinking the properties that make that a great longbow wood would also make it a great neck wood.

SR

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Never used mulberry for a full body, just a drop top, once. It works nicely, though the grain can be tricky (tends to interlock.)

I've done a couple necks with three strips of osage in them, never much more than that. It is pretty heavy stuff, and amazingly strong.

Bukoffsky~ Thanks, the figured cedar is indeed out of character for me, but every now and then I need to do something colorful.

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