ProjectGuitar.com Posted October 5, 2020 Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 Welcome to the Guitar Of The Month entry for October 2020! ProjectGuitar.com's Guitar Of The Month contest is a showcase for members to exhibit their creations and to vote on their favourites. The contest is open entry for any and all members, new or old. Winner(s) receive a featured article at the head of the ProjectGuitar.com homepage and elevated member status. ProjectGuitar.com receives tens of thousands of unique visitors monthly; Guitar Of The Month is a great way to showcase your creations to the world! Submissions are open throughout the month with public voting open in the last week. Polls close on the first weekend of each month. Lastly, if you didn't win a previous month's Guitar Of The Month contest, you are encouraged to enter your build again the next month for a maximum of three consecutive months. Sometimes one entry just hits it out of the park and eclipses everything! Tips and Guidelines Upload a maximum of eight photos for the instrument in your post Ensure that your guitar has a name otherwise we'll make one up 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 own background as a builder helps give context to your build. 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? Posting a link to your guitar-building website, Photobucket, Facebook, etc. is fine, even if it is your business. In the spirit of fairness towards less experienced builders, we encourage professional builders to consider whether their entries constitute being "fair". Commercial "standard" models are not a valid entry, guys....Guitar Of The Month is about unique and characterful builds, not rubber-stamped production units! We reserve the right to pull entries that are thinly-guised adverts; ProjectGuitar.com is about community, sharing build processes and the exchange of ideas - not a vehicle for adverts by members that don't engage with the community. If you documented your build in the forums, post a link to the thread; instruments with a build thread shared tend to attract more votes from the general community. In our experience this is the biggest attractor of votes. ProTip: Voters vote with their ears as well as their eyes....if you have any soundclips of the instrument or even a YouTube video, do post it! Everybody loves to look at beautiful instruments, but hearing them demo'ed is 10x as important. ----==---- Unsure what to write? Have a look around the entry archives for suggestions! ----==---- If you have any questions about the contest, either PM the moderator team or ask forum members; we're a helpful bunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mistermikev Posted October 5, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 5, 2020 "The Les Flaus" - Lucky scratch build #7 for me! FINISHED WEIGHT: 8lbs 6.9oz BODY MATERIAL: QUILTED MAPLE(CORE), 3/4" 4A QTR SAWN CURLY MAPLE CARVED TOP BODY CONSTRUCTION: FULL LENGTH HOLLOW CHAMBER ON EACH SIDE, SOLID CTR BLOCK BINDING: SINGLE PLY CREAM NECK MATERIAL: CURLY MAPLE/WENGE/CURLY MAPLE NECK JOINT: 4DEG ANGLE SET NECK NUT: BONE SCALE LENGTH: 27.5" FRETBOARD: 24 FRET FRETBOARD RADIUS: 16" FRETBOARD MATERIAL: GRANADILLO FRETBOARD FRETS: EVO GOLD MED LOW FRETBOARD INLAY: GOLD MOTHER OF PEARL TRUS ROD: AT HEAL THRU 21ST FRET (ALLIED LUTHEIR) HEADSTOCK MATERIAL: INDIAN ROSEWOOD HEADSTOCK ANGLE: 14DEG HEADSTOCK INLAY: GOLD MOTHER OF PEARL + IMITATION GOLD LEAF TUNING MACHINES: GOTOH SD90 3X3 VINTAGE AUTO LOCKING 1:15 RATIO BRIDGE: GOTOH GE101/103 TUNE-O-MATIC PICKUPS: SEYMOUR DUNCAN SENTIENT BRIDGE/NAZGUL NECK 3-WAY TOGGLE (ALLPARTS), 2 MASTER VOLUMES (BOURNES)... 4P4T (ALPHA) ROTARY(1:PARALLEL/PARA, 2:PARA X-PATTERN, 3:SERIES X-PAT, 4:SER/SER) PUSH/PULL (BOURNES) ACTIVE DIRTY-BOOSTER ELECTROSOCKET JACK (NEUTRIC 3 CONDUCTOR) BUILD ORIGINS: Was planning on doing a series of teles... as I thought I'd save effort by using a common set of templates more than once. While I was busy thinking about plans for the first two, I came across a craigslist add for a tele body. It had a cedar top that was meh, but a quilted maple body that caught my eye. That was the random start to this build and so the "Les Flaus" was born! I wanted something that was going to be equally apt to play sphagetti western to more modern rock... and I figured the two humbucker format would be best for that. I settled on a design to turn the guitar into something resembling a les paul, but with a tele shape and a baritone scale length. Why "Les Flaus"? Well, mostly - I just thought it was funny! It needed to be 'less something' to pay homage to it's origin, and "flaus' is a little less obvious then 'flaws' but means "imperfections' in german. I thought a lot about how one might improve on the les paul format, and a common complaint about them is the typical neck break. By moving the truss access to the 22nd fret and away from the headstock/neck transition - I strengthened that transition. I also added a valute, and a spline going down the headstock as well. I like to set milestones for myself - to try and raise my skills beyond myself. This guitar would represent a number of challenges for me: first time doing a carved body, first time doing a headstock with such delicate curves. First time doing a multi laminate neck. First time doing an traditional angled les paul neck joint. As usual, it is only through the examples set by the luthiers here on projectguitar, the encouragement, wisdom and friendship, that I arrived at the end of this journey with the following guitar... so thank you to the many members who made this possible! VIDEO DEMO: MY BUILD THREAD FOR THIS GUITAR CAN BE FOUND HERE: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andyjr1515 Posted October 27, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Well we can't have Mike going unchallenged I present to you "African Bass Fula" made for my friend and gauntlet thrower, Tom. ("Fula" is the Mandinkan word, the local language in The Gambia, for 'Two') In short, Tom does a lot of work in The Gambia and knows one of the leading drum makers there. A few years ago, they unexpectedly presented him with a 'bass body' made from traditional African drum wood. Against all odds I built a playable bass from it. Everyone was delighted. So delighted that they presented him with another one at his last visit... As a post-script, the build and strength challenges with the original one taught me enormous amounts about what matters and what doesn't with guitar and bass design and led to my series of slim-bodied and lightweight builds Spec: Body wood: Unknown species African drum wood Neck: Maple with Panga panga fretboard Headstock plate/Pickup rings: Wenge Scale length: Multi-scale 33" to 31" Pickups: Artec Humbuckers in series, direct wired to jack Bridge blocks and Tuners: Hipshot Jack socket: Rear mounted, carved walnut Finish: Osmo 1101 Weight: 7lbs 11oz The build thread is here: And here it is: And I'm no bass player, but here's a soundclip: Thanks for looking! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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