June GOTM

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I'd hate to be one of the judges this month....oh wait. Must rush to finish my current build so i can exclude myself.

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Originally Posted by Spychocyco

Man, it looks like I picked the wrong month to finish my first guitar. Tough competition. :)

Here she is, though, my JK-1 project that was almost firewood a few months back when I thought the finish would never come out right. It's a loud and obnoxious tribute to my 1980s upbringing, finished in a blue-purple flip paint, all rattlecan. I upgraded it with Dragonfire Screamer pickups, CTS pots, Switchcraft switch and jack, Hipshot locking tuners and a Randy Rhoads tribute neckplate (bought, not made by me). The back of the neck is sanded to 2000 grit and then rubbed with a Birchwood-Casey oil and wax blend to try to emulate my favorite Music Man necks, and it's slick as glass. I think I did pretty well. The blue strings will go away after photos and never come back. They sound a bit dull and feel weird, but I thought they completed the loud and obnoxious part of the ensemble. :)

In hindsight, I probably would have gone with covered pickups in chrome to match the hardware instead of the purple ones, but there's always time to change that.

It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but way better than I thought it would be a few months ago when I almost gave up on it. I'm happy with it and proud of it. Here's the build diary for more: http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=7895.

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Smick job mate, love the colour and also admire anyone who has done a painted face on their headstock. Thumbs up

Some nice upgrades there Spycho. Nice job with the flip paint job as well, love the sparkle, it’s very 80’s “glam rock”.
Wayno.

Here's my TL-A kit just about done, a strat Tele hybrid with a blend for the centre pickup. It has tonerider hot classics Tele pickups and an Entwistle centre strat pickup, all from Pitbull. The strat fixed bridge was from eBay as was the blank strat scratchplate I cut for the different pickups.
The finish is Cabots Poly clear gloss on the neck, 8 coats or so, and a feast Watson 4 colour sunburst stain airbrushed with a thin coat of Cabots satin poly to protect it. I polished it before this photo and then left some of the polish in the grain contours on the back, I'll leave them here so you can laugh at my mistake. I'll get it out with a rub of turps later...
The strat pickup is wired as a blend parallel for the Tele, so it can be added to any Tele setting
Moved the Tele control plate about 15mm back to allow the strat pickguard to fit
The headstock is a double rout, 1970s strat under telecaster shapes
Machine heads are Grover mini rotomatics from Pitbull
Bone nut and roller string trees
Only finish gripes are the chrome on the Tele control plate and the bridge is a bit ropey, looks ok here but up close is pitted and rough so will be replacing them both at some point.
Also very slightly off with one of the through mounting ferrules on the back, it is a little high which you can see in the photo, but not too bad as I did them by hand with my Bosch electric drill, no drill press!
There's a horrid sound demo here...
https://youtu.be/mOYkqmA6mxc
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Awsome job Andy, very nice looking guitar

This is a crazy month. Great work Andy, really tasteful smooshing together of the two models.

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Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain

This is a crazy month. Great work Andy, really tasteful smooshing together of the two models.

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This is Pitbull, we don't "smoosh" here Schtaker!

I'm not really sure what 'smooching' is, but I'll take it as a compliment!
Thanks Sonic and Guvna!

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Originally Posted by Andyxlh

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You should be proud of this one, a very unique blend.

Really top notch guitars all around this month. I'm glad I got in early or I would have been too intimidated by the competition to even enter!! Great stuff everyone.

Christ on the cross!!! I didn't expect the competition to be this tough! All these builds are amazing!

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Originally Posted by nitroburner1000

You should be proud of this one, a very unique blend.

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Thank you Nitro, high praise indeed looking at your guitar this month 😊😊😊

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Originally Posted by SamMoor

Christ on the cross!!! I didn't expect the competition to be this tough! All these builds are amazing!

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...and they just keep getting better Sam. It seems every month there are guys raising the bar, and guys like me and the average humans shaking our heads in amazement and envy.

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Originally Posted by Andyxlh

Thank you Nitro, high praise indeed looking at your guitar this month 😊😊😊

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Thanks mate but what youve got to remember is that every guitar posted on this forum is unique, no one else could build it exactly the same, and i have to confess with your guitar i never would of thought of that combination, the best of both worlds. Truly unique.

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Originally Posted by ChefBrianNYC

Really top notch guitars all around this month. I'm glad I got in early or I would have been too intimidated by the competition to even enter!! Great stuff everyone.

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I hope you wouldn't have been! That's a great job, and it sounds nice too.

And the competition gets tougher. That double headstock is super cool, and all the options. Yow.

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Originally Posted by ChefBrianNYC

Really top notch guitars all around this month. I'm glad I got in early or I would have been too intimidated by the competition to even enter!! Great stuff everyone.

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I honestly almost didn't post mine after looking at some of the previous entries. Lots of talent and creativity on this forum.

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Originally Posted by Spychocyco

And the competition gets tougher. That double headstock is super cool, and all the options. Yow.

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Thanks! I got the idea of the headstock from the 'Relecaster' from the Fender custom shop I saw whilst trawling the internet one day - it used a similar idea on a strat body which I liked the look of.

TIL there was already a guitar called the Relecaster.....

Always worth entering you never know for sure what the judges will pick and besides its great to get some feed back in this context for improving your next build.

Ha! Yes there was of course!
I can't find the relicaster I was referring to. It had a double headstock a bit like mine and was based on a strat body with a Tele bridge pickup

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Vex : verb: vex; 3rd person present: vexes; past tense: vexed; past participle: vexed; gerund or present participle: vexing
:.make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters."the memory of the conversation still vexed him"

I was vexed when these showed up in store because I had long wanted a Vox Teardrop guitar however these had quite a few differences especially the fact that it was heart shaped rather than tear drop shaped. There had to be a workaround that didn't involve pulling the binding off and reshaping. The the holy goth mother ( Siouxsie Sioux) presented me with an idea! Hide the dip with a Bigsby!, and so it was done.
Specs:
Grover Mini tuners, tru-oil on the neck and head stock.
Tone Rider Rebel 90 humbucker sized P90's in chrome rings.
Goto roller bridge.
tail peice holes filled with dowel and a Licensed Bigsby B30 installed.
Paint is auto acrylic custom mixed to match a Bic lighter :D
Pots are a mix of full size and mini CTS as after liberating the loom from a LP where the pickups had resided I found the full size pots didn't fit in the lower positions as there were too close to the edge.
the words 'Sin in my heart" are the title of the only song I know of that Siouxsie played on. And kind of fits with the heart shaped rear of the guitar
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Here's a TBJ-5 Fenderbird that was finished and assembled by Tim Reede at Tim Reede Guitars in Minneapolis.

The jazz pickups were custom wound by Ted Vig at Vig Guitar Shop in St. Paul.

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I was not going to enter into this as there is no chance I'm gonna win it...
Then I realised I couldn't care less, so here's my one and only entry.
Edit: Oh Yeah it's a hard tail STA.
Non pitbull scratch plate and knobs/pickup cover.
Vintage tuners. No-name string ferrule.
ToneRider Hot Classic bridge pickup.

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cheers, Mark.

Gee Mark don’t write yourself off - that’s a gorgeous guitar. Very tasteful. What are the chances of two Tele strats in the one month???

Also top work on the vex Deddy. The judges will need counselling- even these two entires are so awesome yet completely different to each other, I have no idea how you’d split them from an objective perspective.

Thankyou Sonic. Yes it aint who wins or loses but how you play the game.
cheers, Mark.

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Originally Posted by king casey

I was not going to enter into this as there is no chance I'm gonna win it...
Then I realised I couldn't care less, so here's my one and only entry.
Edit: Oh Yeah it's a hard tail STA.
Non pitbull scratch plate and knobs/pickup cover.
Vintage tuners. No-name string ferrule.
ToneRider Hot Classic bridge pickup.

cheers, Mark.

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That's great! I love it, add it to mine, mix and seperate and you would get a stock Tele and strat! We probably could have saved ourselves a fortune in parts if we had shared...
Nice finish, good colour and the colour of the neck is great.
Good headstock decal
Wonder what they would sound like next to each other???
You should be really pleased with this one.

I think we all know who will win this month, but that doesn't matter, I entered mine for the same reason you did...

Very nice Mark, don’t write yourself of mate, it’s a great addition to the Pitbull family album and I bet you had great pleasure building and sharing your build on the site. It’s like a great journey.
Wayno.

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Originally Posted by Dedman

Sliding in sideways to scrape in......
Vex : verb: vex; 3rd person present: vexes; past tense: vexed; past participle: vexed; gerund or present participle: vexing
:.make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters."the memory of the conversation still vexed him"

I was vexed when these showed up in store because I had long wanted a Vox Teardrop guitar however these had quite a few differences especially the fact that it was heart shaped rather than tear drop shaped. There had to be a workaround that didn't involve pulling the binding off and reshaping. The the holy goth mother ( Siouxsie Sioux) presented me with an idea! Hide the dip with a Bigsby!, and so it was done.

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I love this. The lettering down the neck looks cool, I have never seen a guitar like this and have no idea the Vox you reference, but it is a great look. Wow you would really notice this if you walked into a pub and someone was playing it! Fantastic job.

Thanks andy and Wayne. I did indeed have some pleasurable times building it.
Good luck to the other 7 excellent entries (yes even you Dedman).

cheers, Mark.

The only reason i can see not to enter GOTM is the danger that you might win and then have to judge next month!
So many beautiful guitars being shown on these pages, makes me wish i got into it years ago. :)

Well, one of our usual judges has an entry in this month so that burden falls on fewer shoulders. There will be some very close scores when it comes to final tallying. Well done to all entrants.

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Originally Posted by Dedman

Sliding in sideways to scrape in......
Vex : verb: vex; 3rd person present: vexes; past tense: vexed; past participle: vexed; gerund or present participle: vexing
:.make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters."the memory of the conversation still vexed him"

I was vexed when these showed up in store because I had long wanted a Vox Teardrop guitar however these had quite a few differences especially the fact that it was heart shaped rather than tear drop shaped. There had to be a workaround that didn't involve pulling the binding off and reshaping. The the holy goth mother ( Siouxsie Sioux) presented me with an idea! Hide the dip with a Bigsby!, and so it was done.
Specs:
Grover Mini tuners, tru-oil on the neck and head stock.
Tone Rider Rebel 90 humbucker sized P90's in chrome rings.
Goto roller bridge.
tail peice holes filled with dowel and a Licensed Bigsby B30 installed.
Paint is auto acrylic custom mixed to match a Bic lighter :D
Pots are a mix of full size and mini CTS as after liberating the loom from a LP where the pickups had resided I found the full size pots didn't fit in the lower positions as there were too close to the edge.
the words 'Sin in my heart" are the title of the only song I know of that Siouxsie played on. And kind of fits with the heart shaped rear of the guitar
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Lovely job mate, another speccy.

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Originally Posted by king casey

I was not going to enter into this as there is no chance I'm gonna win it...
Then I realised I couldn't care less, so here's my one and only entry.
Edit: Oh Yeah it's a hard tail STA.
Non pitbull scratch plate and knobs/pickup cover.
Vintage tuners. No-name string ferrule.
ToneRider Hot Classic bridge pickup.

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cheers, Mark.

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Wow, so pristine and uncomplicated, great job casey

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Originally Posted by blinddrew

The only reason i can see not to enter GOTM is the danger that you might win and then have to judge next month!
So many beautiful guitars being shown on these pages, makes me wish i got into it years ago. :)

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Haha, yeah, no doubt... oh wait :p

Alright lads and lasses - comp is closed - will open the next one soon!

great job guys well done, i haft to give nittro a shout out as i know how much work he had do to get that level of finish its simply beautiful

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Originally Posted by phrozin

great job guys well done, i haft to give nittro a shout out as i know how much work he had do to get that level of finish its simply beautiful

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Thanks again Phrosin, great compliment coming from the guru of finishes

Sheesh! There is some very fine builds in this GOTM.