August GOTM

[wazkelly]

The Swampcaster

Body, neck and some components were offered up as a give away by Tony aka VH2580 late last year. Initially I was going to use up all my old spare parts to complete the build but was short a set of tuners and ended up being gifted a set from both Andy40 & Dedman with the spare set re-gifted on to Alkay for a build he was working on. Gotta love this forum community.

As the build progressed and few extra coins became available invested in a bone nut, metallic fret board stickers, skinny metallic neck PUP mounting ring, Real Parts 6 saddle bridge, Oak Grigsby 4 way switch, and a pair of Tonerider Vintage Classics. Already had some spare Bourns 250k pots, treble bleed and an Orange drop cap.

Finished in a custom Chemical Wash with inspiration drawn from Kenfu's LP where he used the same process. If not for an accidental face plant of the body 10 weeks ago it would have consumed a mere 20 - 25 coats of TO. Lost count how many more coats and final estimate is well past 40.



http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...t=6792&page=16

[wazkelly]

And a few more.....

[Chuck]

Wow. That finish is incredible - it looks so "wet" I half expect to see drops on the floor beneath it!!! Outstanding job.

[Brendan]

Last bids for entries this month! Couple of hours to get entries in...

[JB RETRO]

Very nice Waz. Are you sure you let the coats dry,it still looks wet!

[Simon Barden]

Very nice Waz. Are you sure you let the coats dry,it still looks wet!

Well it is a Swampcaster

[Sonic Mountain]

Really like the surround on the neck pick up. My first PB kit hasn't even arrived and I'm already thinking about a second tele based one.

Maybe this was silly to get into before finishing all my other projects.

[wazkelly]

With possibly 40 or more coats of TO spread all over it does have that glassy look, almost wet as some of you have mentioned. Some of the sunrise shots looked good but had other background things in the reflection and ended up picking the one above so you could see some of the timber colour.

@ Sonic Mountain - I reckon this may have been an old kit or special order as the neck PUP rout was skinny, how a Tele should be when compared to the standard ones that look like they would take a humbucker or maybe a P90.

@ Simon - I was in a rush to get photos done before work and really wanted to get some shots around the lake at a nearby park 1 km from where I live. Would have been great as there was a bit of fog about at that time of day too. Pity that work gets in the way of having fun.

[JB RETRO]

Which one are you going to enter. They both look great

[Fretworn]

KLegacy, unfortunately August is now closed. You will need to pick one of the guitars and enter it in September. There is nothing stopping you entering the other one in October once that opens.

(Brendan, you might need to start putting the closing date in the thread title)