ProjectGuitar.com Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Summer is well under way and plenty of chance to get spending time out with your guitars in the sun!ProjectGuitar.com's Guitar Of The Month contest is a showcase for all members to exhibit their creations and to vote on whose is this month's favourite. The contest is open entry for any and all members. The winner(s) receive a featured article placement at the top of the ProjectGuitar.com homepage, default site background wallpaper and privileged member perks across the site (plus a shiny member badge in the forums!). The main ProjectGuitar.com site sees thousands of unique visitors from around the Internet so show off your work for the world to see! Submissions are open throughout the month until about the last week when public voting open. Polls automatically close at the tick of midnight on the 1st of each month.Tips and Guidelines Post a maximum of four eight of your best photos for each guitar entered. Ensure that your guitar has a name otherwise one will be given to it. List additional descriptive information specific to the build; for example.... The woods and materials used, especially if there is something unusual in there! Scale length(s) and other specific configuration details Electronics, pickups, etc. Is this your first build, fifth or five-hundredth? A bit of information on your background as a builder helps give context to your build. Knowing whose build is a "first-timer" and those of highly experienced builders can change a voter's mind in the contest. Was it built in the garage, at school, work or in your own shop? A summary of the build's history. Was it built for yourself, friend/family or a client? Did you design the instrument and its specifications or was it built to spec? What were the inspirations behind the instrument and why were various build aspects chosen? Any background on what makes it special, etc. Tell us more about the instrument! Posting a link to your guitar-building website, Photobucket, Facebook, etc. is fine, even if it is your business. In the spirit of fairness we encourage instruments made by seasoned builders to have that disclosure made so there is a more even balance between weekend warriors and grizzled veterans. If you documented your build in the forums, post a link to the thread! Instruments with a build thread tend to attract more votes from the general community. Unsure what to write? Have a look around the entry archives for suggestions.If you are unable to link/post photographs or have any other questions about the GOTM contest, either PM me or ask forum members; we're a helpful bunch! In general it is recommended to upload your photos into ProjectGuitar.com Gallery and inserting them using the "My Media" button in the post editor.This thread is exclusively for entry posts only - any post that is not an entry will be deleted. We love to hear your discussions and opinions on the month's entries whilst the polls are open. Alternatively, head over to that instrument's build thread if one has been made in the entry post.Good luck to all entrants! :croudwaits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu. Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) "Faded Blue Jeans" One-piece wenge body with zebrano top Three-piece wenge neck with flamed maple veneers Ebony fingerboard, 24 frets, 25.5" scale, 12" radius Cream binding Gold MOP dot inlays EMG 81/60 combo Tru-Oil finish I'm not sure what else to say. This is the second guitar I've finished and hopefully not the last. I built it for myself and started it as a way to keep myself occupied after being made redundant. Link: Pictures: Edited July 5, 2014 by Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 "Justin's Guitar" Body--Black Limba Top--Quilted Maple Neck--Black Limba-East Indian Rosewood-Black Limba - long tenon Fretboard--Macassar Ebony Headstock cap--East Indian Rosewood Scale--25" Tuners--Gotoh 510 Deltas 21:1 Bridge--Gotoh Tele Pick-ups--Klein Epic Series 1950 BroadcasterControls--Volume, Tone, 3-way- neck- both- bridge Build link: SR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretman_2 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 (edited) "SatinSapele" I've probably built about 5 or 6 guitars...mostly Tele's...mostly for friends and family members. This one's for myself and represents my take on one of my favorite guitars. It's a little bit of this and that. My garage is my workshop and I have to do a lot of the fabricating outside. I'd like to advance to the point where I can sell one or two every now and then. Otherwise I'd keep them all!! This guitar was built to be a rocking workhorse. Simple slab sided body and bolt on snake head style neck. It's heavy at nearly 10 pounds but I couldn't bring myself to carve into this beautiful piece of wood to do any weight reduction. The finish on the neck and body is Minwax wipe-on satin polyurethane with no grain fill. I wanted to keep the character of the wood intact. Here are some specs... Body - Sapele Neck - Oak/Rosewood Pickguard - Frosted ABS plastic Tuners - Wilkinson open back Waverly style Scale - 25", 21 jumbo frets Strings - Ernie Ball 10's Bridge - LPJR Style Intonated Wrap Around Volume - 250K Audio Tone - 500K Log Nut - Corian Pickup - GFS Classic II Humbucker ...and the pictures... Edited July 18, 2014 by fretman_2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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