June 2016 Guitar of the Month (for Guitars and Basses finished in May 2016)

[adam]

June 2016 GOTM

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

Please remember:

For Guitars or Basses finished in (or before) May 2016

One guitar/bass per member per month
It must be a Pit Bull Guitars kit (mods and upgrades acceptable)
Guitar or Bass must be finished and playable


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 adamboyle (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 June closes 31 May 2016.

[Joe Piler]

Verstuurd vanaf mijn D6603 met Tapatalk

[Joe Piler]

Verstuurd vanaf mijn D6603 met Tapatalk

[Joe Piler]

Figured I'd enter my LP1S

As you can see she has a maple fretboard with custom inlays I fashioned from Fender pearloid green guitar picks.

The truss rod cover isn't on yet because she still needs finetuning i will also be taking her to a luthier for a nut and fret job.

The finish is a transparant acrylic paint with Tru oil over the top I didn't go for an extremely glossy finish but it has some shine to it.

The pickups are the infamous Seymour duncan Jb/'59 Combo

Here's the build diary: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5549

[FrankenWashie]

He he, all those empty slots in your guitar rack......your LP looks a little lonely mate

[Joe Piler]

He he, all those empty slots in your guitar rack......your LP looks a little lonely mate

That rack is emty because i finally convinced the missus to ley me hang my guitars on the wall a while back but I'll fill it up soon enough got a bunch of kit ideas floating around up here.

Verstuurd vanaf mijn D6603 met Tapatalk

[Fretworn]

Was it a deliberate choice to put the bridge pickup in back to front from usual? Love the green colour

[Joe Piler]

Was it a deliberate choice to put the bridge pickup in back to front from usual? Love the green colour

It's actually the neck pickup that's back to front as the holes in the covers are over the magnets and not the screws i wasnt sure if i was supposed to unscruw the screws in the pockups for the cover so i didn't.

The neck pup ended up the other way round by accident, would it change the tone in any way?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn D6603 met Tapatalk

[Fretworn]

Usually the exposed polepieces are at the bridge end of the bridge pickup and the neck end of the neck pickup. To be honest I don't know if it makes a difference. If you Google it you find people who say it does matter and others that don't. The DiMarzio website says it depends on the design of the humbucker, but most pickups it makes no difference.

[wokkaboy]

cool looking build Joe and first LP I've seen with a maple fingerboard really suits the green with the green inlays.
I doubt whether the reversed bridge pup will make much difference to the sound, which side was the wire exiting the pickup, on the control cavity side or opposite ?