ProjectGuitar.com Posted December 6, 2021 Report Share Posted December 6, 2021 Welcome to the Guitar Of The Month entry for December 2021! 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! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MiKro Posted December 14, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 The RepTelean Another I found I did not enter in GOTM years ago. I could only find some of the photos since the HD crash. But here goes. Converted a Carvin 25" scale necktrough neck to a long tenon setneck, 1 piece mahogany body ( courtesy of Big D Guitars) Bookmatched Flame Maple top. Carvin and Hipshot gold hardware and Gibson Pickups. Finish is a shellac base, poly tinted clear for color and Poly Clear coat. One of my early builds MK 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nakedzen Posted December 16, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 16, 2021 Since I never entered this guitar in it's original form, here's the "Remake - Revengeance of the Telecasters pt. 2". 25.5" scale, medium jumbo frets, maple and spanish cedar (dried 10+ years) sandwich neck, zebrano board, ash body, flame maple top. SD Custom/Jazz w/coil split. Schaller locking tuners, Gotoh 510UB bridge. Oil finish on everything except the top which is Britetone. This was originally my third build (started building guitars March this year), but I refinished it and made a new neck. So build 5.5 I guess? Build thread Top isn't perfect but at least it's shiny. First try with Britetone gloss! Distressed back like suggested in the build thread. I wanted the back to look like something abandoned in a train yard. Decal from Rothko & Frost, highly recommend. Had to do B&W fret dots to match the zebrano figure. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andyjr1515 Posted December 19, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 I would like to present what I feared, when I started out with this project, would be my 'Nemesis'. "Could you build me a tribute to Trini Lopez's Deluxe 335-style guitar?" Jack asked. "Yes, probably!" was my answer. "In ebony." Jack continued. "Ebony? Ebony?? EBONY???" I think you can see why I thought I may well be meeting my nemesis... In terms of my background: this is a hobby for me; first mods around 11 years ago; first build around 10 years ago; since then I've built basses, guitars, acoustics - some for me, some for fellow band members, some commissioned builds." Started this around 6 months ago. Spec is: - Trini Lopez Deluxe styling - 24.75" scale - ES335 dimensions - Ebony top; ebony fingerboard; walnut back and sides; mahogany/maple/walnut neck - Mojo Wide range humbuckers - Maestro vibrator and tonerider roller bridge - Tru-oil slurry and buff finish (back sides and neck); micro-mesh sanding and buffing then food grade mineral oil (ebony top & fretboard) - 8lbs 5oz playing weight There's a full build thread here: And here are a few photos: Thanks for looking 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpionscar Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Hi guys, this is my last built, my first seven string guitar which I finished a week ago. Her name is "LUCIFER" and the specs are as follows: Body: Swamp ash with a walnut central block Top: Poplar burl Neck: Mulitlaminated alternating maple-wengue-walnut Fingerboard: Ebony Scale: 25.5" Joint type: Set neck glued on Bridge: Kahler black Tuners: Gotoh black PUPS: Seymour black winter in the bridge and Jazz in the neck Number of frets: 24 Jumbo Number of strings: 7 Electronics: 1 Volume, CTS pot and 3 way toggle switch Finish: Satin polyurethane on the back and high glos on the top and headstock Hope you like. Best regards from Spain and happy new year!!! Scorpionscar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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