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Need another peek at this month's entries? Click HERE! Welcome to the ProjectGuitar.com Guitar Of The Month voting round! The winner of each month's Guitar Of The Month contest gets front page placement on the main ProjectGuitar.com website, privileged member status plus that (all-important) shiny member profile badge! Good luck to this month's entrants....as usual, discuss your voting choice and opinions about the entries this month in this thread....however don't let any discussion in this thread sway your vote. Polls will close automagically after a week - as always, this thread is for open for discussion on the month's entries during and after voting. -
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Welcome to the Guitar Of The Month entry for May 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! 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!
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The Tuxedo DESCRIPTION: This is build #6 for me. Frequently I look at other builder's amazing projects and think "how will I ever get there?" So with that goal in mind, and for each build, I do my best to add elements that will push me beyond my comfort zone. For this build, there were two such milestones for me - first time doing a radius top with a radius back, and first multi-piece neck. This guitar has a lot of similarities to my prior radius top Strats, so in some sense I feel a little disappointed that I didn't push far enough beyond that. On the bright side, I'm starting to see little glimpses of my own style when I look at it. That style is, of course, a reflection of all I have learned from folks here, so thank you all for that! MATERIALS: Body is two piece northern ash sourced from Peterman Lumber (local) Neck is three piece - flamed maple/wenge/flamed maple, also from Peterman Top and headstock overlay are quilted maple sourced from Elmwood Music on Etsy Fretboard is ebony sourced from Alleng Guitar (online) Inlays are from ebay user jnnpearlinlay HARDWARE: Frets Jescar wide / low Gotoh Auto Locking vintage tuners Trem King Tremolo Graphtech Nut SPECS: 10 deg headstock angle 24 3/4" scale length 1 11/16 Nut Width, .78" thick at the first, .81" at the 12th 12" Radius Fret board 30" Radius Top and Back, 1 1/2" body thickness with 2 1/8" overall thickness Body is semi hollow, 7lbs 2oz weight ELECTRONICS: Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack Bridge Bootstrap Pickups "Squeaky Clean" Neck Oak Grigsby 4-way switch Bourns pots Electrosocket jack Build thread: Video demo:
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Need another peek at this month's entries? Click HERE! Welcome to the ProjectGuitar.com Guitar Of The Month voting round! The winner of each month's Guitar Of The Month contest gets front page placement on the main ProjectGuitar.com website, privileged member status plus that (all-important) shiny member profile badge! Good luck to this month's entrants....as usual, discuss your voting choice and opinions about the entries this month in this thread....however don't let any discussion in this thread sway your vote. Polls will close automagically after a week - as always, this thread is for open for discussion on the month's entries during and after voting.
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Welcome to the Guitar Of The Month entry for April 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! 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!
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The Shiv Build thread: Specs: - African mahogany body - Curly maple top and headstock cap, natural curly maple binding throughout - 5 piece neck, curly maple and ebony strips - Pau ferro fingerboard and truss rod cover, solid MOP offset dot inlays - 25.5" scale, 24 Jescar jumbo stainless steel frets, partially scalloped - Bareknuckle Holy Diver pickups - Gotoh Tune-O-Matic bridge - Hipshot locking tuners, reverse headstock - 3-way toggle, volume, tone, and two coil spitting switches, one for each humbucker - Satin lacquer finish Pics:
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Need another peek at this month's entries? Click HERE! Welcome to the ProjectGuitar.com Guitar Of The Month voting round! The winner of each month's Guitar Of The Month contest gets front page placement on the main ProjectGuitar.com website, privileged member status plus that (all-important) shiny member profile badge! Good luck to this month's entrants....as usual, discuss your voting choice and opinions about the entries this month in this thread....however don't let any discussion in this thread sway your vote. Polls will close automagically after a week - as always, this thread is for open for discussion on the month's entries during and after voting.
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Welcome to the Guitar Of The Month entry for March 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! 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!
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Purple Haze This is my third working guitar, it’s definitely the best one so far. I would say it’s heavily based on a Jackson dinky with some inspiration from ESP. This build had a lot of firsts for me: First time Maple walnut laminate neck First time binding and my own laminate binding at that First time doing inlays First time adding a top First time staining anything Certainly a learning experience but very, very pleased with the results. Specs: Flamed maple top with limba body Flamed maple with walnut laminate neck Maple and walnut laminate bound ebony fretboard with abalone acrylic inlays 14” radius neck with jumbo frets Gotoh tuners Original Floyd Rose with some upgrades such as a brass trem claw (for looks not sound), fat brass block and turbo arm. Emg Het Set pickups And a couple of video clips put together very rushed to show the dirty and clean sounds. Please pass no remarks on the playing! Or the weird faces I make when playing ...didn’t realise I did that till now https://youtu.be/awuYWO38V1U https://youtu.be/ZHkQYJyWoW8
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Need another peek at this month's entries? Click HERE! Welcome to the ProjectGuitar.com Guitar Of The Month voting round! The winner of each month's Guitar Of The Month contest gets front page placement on the main ProjectGuitar.com website, privileged member status plus that (all-important) shiny member profile badge! Good luck to this month's entrants....as usual, discuss your voting choice and opinions about the entries this month in this thread....however don't let any discussion in this thread sway your vote. Polls will close automagically after a week - as always, this thread is for open for discussion on the month's entries during and after voting.
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Welcome to the Guitar Of The Month entry for February 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! 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!
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Ratesz - 'Dark Thunderbird' Hello! Some friends from otehr guitar builder groups motivated me to nominate my 2nd build to this competition. The build was completed some days ago, some stickers are still missing but I believe it is good enough to premiere. Because this is only my second build, I used relatively inexpensive hardware and wood. • Thunderbird design • Basswood body • Maple neck • Rosewood fingerboard • Black hardware • Paint: Crimson Guitar stains • Oil finish: Crimson Guitar High Build Guitar Oil Regards, Ratesz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mistermikev - 'The Broadchaser' WOODS: Two piece northern white ash body sourced locally from Peterman Lumber in Phoenix Flamed maple fretboard (thanks to JB Land @ 6_strings_plus on evilbay!) Flamed maple neck sourced locally from Peterman Lumber in Phoenix HARDWARE: Bridge - Gotoh BSTC1 compensated saddle Tuners - Gotoh SD91 Pickups - Rose Alba / Bourban + hidden rail humbucker Controls - CTS volume pot + Alpha 4 pole 3 throw rotary + Alpha 3 way selector Bone Nut PROFILE: a somewhat beefy 59 soft v with extremely rolled edges on the fretboard SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" RADIUS: 9.5" FRETS: 21 frets - jescar thin / tall WEIGHT: 7lbs 6.5oz MARKERS: Black dots FINISH: Body - mohawk blonde nitro + watco nitro clear - relic'd Neck - stew mac amber dye + watco nitro clear - relic'd As with all my builds... the motivation is to learn something, challenge myself a bit, and most importantly, have fun. This build was definitely not without it's struggles! I had never done a relic finish before and had my doubts of whether or not I'd ever get there, as I was trying to get the lacquer to check! I had uncertanty of how I would get the color I wanted with my limited abilities/resources. As usual., thanks to a little help from my friends, I survived! Thanks again to all who offered advice/resources/links/commiserations/responses to my threads! I have always wanted a solid body Tele in the classic 'butterscotch blonde' motif. The idea that came to mind was a relic that was impossibly well cared for. I have always loved the look of lacquer checking and wanted to use that more as a finish enhancement as opposed to implying that this was a really old guitar. I chose all flamed maple for the neck, knowing that you wouldn't really see that on a late 50s Tele (nor a two piece neck - no rules here!). Electronics that allow for classic operation, but offer some modern hum-canceling features via a hidden pickup. It is fitted with a dual action truss rod but with traditional heel access. A solid tele body, but with a smuggler's route for weight reduction. All in all a mix that I had hoped would be a nod to the past with a few modern flares. Thanks again to the forum for empowering/encouraging/enabling! BUILD THREAD: Click here to see my build thread for this guitar DEMO VIDEO:
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Guitar Of The Year 2019
ProjectGuitar.com posted a Guitar Of The Month winner in Guitar Of The Month
Scroll and Burl Body-- Black Limba Top and HS cap--Maple Burl Neck and cavity cover--East Indian Rosewood Fretboard--Cocobolo Tuners-- Gotoh locking Frets-- Jumbo SS Bridge --Babicz Switch-- 5 way blade Pickups--Klein high wind P-90s at the neck and bridge and a Klein high wind single coil middle wound and wired for a strat. Build thread:- 1 review
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Need another peek at this month's entries? Click HERE! Welcome to the ProjectGuitar.com Guitar Of The Month voting round! The winner of each month's Guitar Of The Month contest gets front page placement on the main ProjectGuitar.com website, privileged member status plus that (all-important) shiny member profile badge! Good luck to this month's entrants....as usual, discuss your voting choice and opinions about the entries this month in this thread....however don't let any discussion in this thread sway your vote. Polls will close automagically after a week - as always, this thread is for open for discussion on the month's entries during and after voting.
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Need another peek at 2019's winners? January 2019 (tied) - ZekeB, "Mako I" January 2019 (tied) - Komodo, "66 Korina Super Sport" February 2019 - ADFinlayson, "The Eye of Sauron" March 2019 - Andyjr1515, "Great Scott!" April 2019 - ScottR, "NQAT" May 2019 - mistermikev, "The Sweet Spot - Blue" June 2019 - ADFinlayson, "The Goblin" July 2019 - mistermikev, "The Sweet Spot - Blonde" August 2019 - ADFinlayson, "Ziricote Stoptail" September 2019 - MiloszM, "Hanar" October 2019 - Andyjr1515, "Phoenix Dreadnaught Acoustic" November 2019 - ScottR, "Scroll and Burl" December 2019 - scorpionscar, "Warrior Extreme Camo"
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Once again it's that time of the year! Heading into 2020 we've got a decision to make. Which of 2019's Guitar Of The Month winners will be crowned Guitar Of The Year? You decide! The vote is open until the end of January, so make your vote well-considered and moreover make it count! As an added bonus this year, we have a baker's dozen of entries, thanks to a tied victory back in January 2019!
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Welcome to the Guitar Of The Month entry for January 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! 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!
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Warrior Extreme Camo Specs: Body: Swamp ash, walnut, maple and ebony Top: Poplar burl Fingerboard: Exotic ebony Inlays: 6 mm mother of pearl dots Frets: 24 Jumbo Scale: 25.5" Peghead veneers: Front - poplar burl. Rear - walnut Joint type: Set neck construction Bridge: Schaller Lockmeister Floyd Rose system Tuning machines: Schaller Pickups: Tokaa (handmade in Spain) Pots: 1x Tone, 1x Volume by CTS Finish: Polyurethane Build thread:
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Need another peek at this month's entries? Click HERE! Welcome to the ProjectGuitar.com Guitar Of The Month voting round! The winner of each month's Guitar Of The Month contest gets front page placement on the main ProjectGuitar.com website, privileged member status plus that (all-important) shiny member profile badge! Good luck to this month's entrants....as usual, discuss your voting choice and opinions about the entries this month in this thread....however don't let any discussion in this thread sway your vote. Polls will close automagically after a week - as always, this thread is for open for discussion on the month's entries during and after voting.
