March 2016 Guitar of the Month

[adam]

March 2016 GOTM

Enter your finished guitar here to be judged for Pit Bull Guitars March 2016 Guitar of the Month.

Please remember:

One guitar per member per month
It must be a Pit Bull Guitars kit (mods and upgrades acceptable)


We need at least 4 photos:

• full guitar shot from the front;
• close up of the body finish;
• shot of the back of the guitar; and
• close up of the headstock (please, no brand name logos)

Please post your photos in this thread. If you are having issues posting photos on the forum, please email them to adam (at) pitbullguitars (dot) com

Please note: This competition is open to amateur guitar builders only. If you are making and selling guitars for profit, you are ineligible.

Competition for March closes Monday 29 February 2016.

Winner will be judged by the Pit Bull Guitars Judging Panel, including the winner of the February 2016 GOTM.

[Dajavoodoo]

I will start proceedings with my recently completed Flame Maple TL-1TB . The mods I have installed are the following:

Hipshot staggered locking Tuners
A pair of Railhammer Chisel Pickups
Graphtech Resomax Bridge
Emerson Pre Wired Electrics
Xtrem Vintage Vibrato

I used Keda Dyes to get my Aqua burst effect and used a combination of Feast Watson Scandinavian Oil and Polyurethane for the top coats.

I had the idea to wrap black Kangaroo leather around the sides and give it a matching leather pickguard for that luxurious feel!

How does it sound? Absolutely amazing. I will upload a video demo ASAP.

I am not completely satisfied with these images that my crappy phone made. If and when I get better images I will upload them. The headstock photo will be in the next post.

Simon

[Dajavoodoo]

Here is an image of the Headstock



Simon

[pablopepper]

Holy crap. That thing is KILLER! Love it!

[wokkaboy]

well done Simon. very nice entry to start the month.
Looks like you are missing the top hat switch tip !

[pablopepper]

Oh look, my tele just ran in to some issues and won't be ready until next month....

[wokkaboy]

haha good one Pabs, you know the favourite building motto "don't rush your build"

[pablopepper]

Well, I might be cursing myself a bit. I am actually having troubles with my tru oil gumming up like crazy. Gonna try thinning it out with shellite and see how that goes.

[wokkaboy]

Pabs sounds like your TO is just about past it's use by date. Happens to ours after a while and we get 32 ounce bottles.

I was at PBG HQ on Tuesday night and saw the nice stash of TO bottles waiting to be shipped hahah

Ads wasn't too concerned about being dropped off DB's xmas card list haha

[Fretworn]

That's a beautiful guitar Simon.