September Guitar of the Month (for Guitars and Basses finished in August 2016)

[J.P]

Here is my STA-1 build! Finished in Wudtone Surfer Girl Green, neck in Wudtone Vintage Amber, upgrades were - white pearloid pickguard, black pearloid back plate, locking tuners and a Black Tusq Nut. Custom headstock decal and neck plate added too. Attached are some photos - hope you like it!

That looks really nice, gonna be hard to beat

[FredA]

Hey guys, here's my entry, IB5 build.

[FredA]

Continued:




Build diary is here: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=4648

Specifics:
* Std IB5 kit: ash body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard,
* Body and neck stained with Dingotone stain coats and intensifying coats - custom walnut kit, spiked up at home with black stump stain
* U Beaut Aussie Oil top coats for body and neck finish
* Headstock face sprayed black, top-coated with White Knight Acrylic Gloss
* Gold hardware upgrade (no brand chinese stuff from eBay)
* Custom made brass control plate
* Nut upgraded to bone nut (from DB)
* Standard kit pickups
* CTS pots: 1x master vol, 1x bridge / neck blend, 2x tone
* Orange Drop caps

It's been an awesome lot of fun, with some frustrating moment, but I'm very happy with the result.
Now I've got to learn to play the bass... :-)

[andrewdosborne]

A beautiful bass, well done

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[wazkelly]

Top job Fred.

[stan]

Wow Fred , these IB kits always look classy and you have done a lovely build, nice work

[vh2580]

Some great entries so far

[Fretworn]

Nice bass Fred

[Andy40]

Great build Fred, I've seen that custom DT Walnut once before i think. Its a great colour.

[Andy40]

Hi everyone. Might as well put her in for GOTM.

Its a Pitbull TLA-1R kit with the following upgrades:
1. Grover mini-locking rotomatics;
2. Tonerider hot classics;
3. Gotoh neck plate;
4. Roller string trees;
5. Wilkinson compensated 3 saddle ash tray bridge (but with PBG intonation screws)
6. 3 ply scratch plate;
7. Abalone inlay dots;
8. Gotoh 'String thru Body' Bushing Set ;
9. Switchcraft 1/4" Mono Jack, CRL 3 way switch, Gotoh 250k Linear and Audio Taper Pots and Orange Drop Cap;
10. Dingotone custom colour "Rosewood", finished in Truoil.

I think that's everything.