May GOTM

You Guys are Cruel.
The judges must be pulling out whatever hair they might have left trying to pick a winner from this lot will be a real headache.....
There will be absolutely no shame in not winning this month.....

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Originally Posted by Dedman

Finally My ES-2V is finished ! I built this inspired by Gretsch Duo Jets as much as LP's
Mods are : filled the holes for the normal LP style tail piece and added the reversed pattern Finger Style tail piece, changed the bridge to an adjustable style with a ebony base to match the ebony neck I ordered with the kit. Duesenburg tuners and pot knobs, Guitar Fetish Retrotron Vintage Liverpool voiced pick ups( no fancy wiring, basic LP style), Hell Guitars switch surround and tuner washers. Stainless steel headstock inlay by me, never again! LOL
Paint is basic black acrylic, lots of binding scraping....

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Nice job Deddy, those bits from Hell guitars are great aren't they - do you like their tuner washers? I've used the switch surrounds and they are way better than plastic

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Originally Posted by Hobastard

You Guys are Cruel.
The judges must be pulling out whatever hair they might have left trying to pick a winner from this lot will be a real headache.....
There will be absolutely no shame in not winning this month.....

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So true, I'm having palpitations already....
and there is never shame in not winning - every single builder should be proud of what they have done and learnt every month.
But yeah - very high quality this month

I have a question to all you guitar builders this month. @sjdavis75 @ThreeBbass, @DJP, @Fuzzbeard, @Gee-Gal, @kawaokie, @Nekogen, @steve from tassie and Dedman....and its this, are you sure none of you are professional Luthiers, because they are so good this month that im starting to doubt that any of you are amateurs! WELL DONE GUYS.

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Originally Posted by stan

So true, I'm having palpitations already....
and there is never shame in not winning - every single builder should be proud of what they have done and learnt every month.
But yeah - very high quality this month

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Nice comment Stan.

Definitely not @nitroburner, thanks for the nice comments. Im not the best photographer, I would love to take better photos and swap them.

Thanks Nitro I am still very much amateur but I think the quality of these guitars comes down to the great advice that is given and can be found on this forum.

That's a beautiful bass Toshi. Love the colour!

That is a beautiful colour and finish Toshi.

That was my first build, definitely not a luthier, professional or otherwise. The whole project wandered between so excited and so frustrated and in the end I feel myself considering whether I should do another on, if only to find out whether it gets easier... but really more important to spend more time practicing, to see if I can actually turn myself into a real guitarist.
Steve from Triabunna