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Enter your finished guitar here to be judged for Pit Bull Guitars October Guitar of the Month.
Remember:
One guitar per member per month (if we have more than 8 entries)
It must be a Pit Bull Guitars kit (mods and upgrades acceptable)
We need 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)
Post your photos in this thread or email them to adam@pitbullguitars.com.
Competition for August closes 30 September 2014.
Winner will be judged by the Pit Bull Guitars Judging Panel, including the winner of the September GOTM.
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might as well sling my neck in on this one. no headstock close up sorry, but its just a standard tele one. can take one if it matters but having seen the caliber of entries from previous months i doubt ill score high anyway
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Looks stunning!
You should be proud of your result Ben.
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That body is nicely finished Ben and like the colour.The neck has that lovely aged look. What did you use for your finishes.
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cheers guys. body is wudtone mahogany on both sides (the colour is slightly deeper on the back, i guess it cos the front is capped and the slightly different cuts absorbed the colour differently), and the neck is vintage yellow wudtone - was gonna go with a more natural colour for the neck but it wasnt in stock at the time.
im happy with how it turned out, the warmth of the body colour goes with it well i reckon. the mahogany didnt come out how i planned either-i expected it to be darker and browner but i like how it turned out more i reckon
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Ben, it doesn't hurt your chances by posting a pic of the headstock. Can only improve them.
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Hey guys! This is my first Pitbull! (Hopefully there'll be more!)
SH-1 kit w/ DiMarzio AirZone bridge pickup, bright yellow body finish and the neck finish is done with many layers of gun stock oil.
Hope you likey!
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I like the look of that, really nicely done.
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That sir is a nice looking finish. Well done
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Wow 2 amazing entries already this month! Things are off to a great start. Ben the tele looks great dude! How does the Wudtone feel on the fretboard? I'm thinking of doing the same on my ash tele. Any chance of the sound demo? I bet she sounds awesome! Mikah, I can't say I've ever been a fan of this model, but you've brought it to life! I love what you've created here. The yellow finish is just flawless.
cheers,
Gav.
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plz excuse photo 3 some sort of filter was turned on in the camera and made the finish quite chunky lookin
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Points, swirly paint and pinch harmonics. Best start to a Monday. Well done mate.
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3 great looking entries already, well done Ben. Mikah and Barry. The bar is already set quite high !
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Ben, that tele is classic and timeless, very well done, looks sweet.
Lambert, that axe is outstanding - it could only ever have been yellow and black
Barry that MB kit looks and sounds awesome, it's a beast!
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yeah im loving the finish on the yellow one, come out so smooth. the swirls is wild as well, did you put many pictures of the process in the build log bit of the site?
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Yeah Ben. There is a few. Any questions glad to help out. Build diary is called day at the beach
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Hi guys,
Here is my entry for GOTM October. MK-2 done in Acrylic "Johnny Ramone" white and acrylic clear coats. All hardware is stock except for a DiMrzio FS-1 DP110 in the bridge position as used by the punk rock legend himself. Thanks for your consideration.
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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BeSWUKbjeHs[/embed]
I do so wish I could play like Dan, or any number of you out there ;) .
cheers,
Gav.
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Sounding great And looking the part.
Damn you got a nice shine on that one!
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awesome entry Gav and will be tough to top this. Love the video you nailed it bro and the stance is perfect.
what was the clear coat you used was it acrylic through the air gun ?
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Thanks Wokka - yeah it's acrylic clear through the gun as espoused by the prophet Jarrod.
cheers,
Gav.
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haha so nice, wokkas right the stance was perfect too hahaha
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Lovin' these builds so far, lads.
@Micah: What did you use for the yellow finish on your build? Looks sick, might have to check it some time. :)
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Hi fellow builders !
My entry for GOTM ........ Its a reproduction of one of my favorite artists guitars and probably the most iconic looking one ever built. FRANKENSTRAT !!! I have tried to replicate it as close to the original as possible right down to the wear marks and stripes , 1971 quarter as a tremolo block, cigarette burns on the head-stock, rusted selector switch in the middle cavity,re-positioned tone knob for a volume knob and loads of other quirky things that this guitar had done to it over the years.It was probably one of the most tedious builds I have done except for the Mirror Iceman..... and to look at the the original ( with a price tag of $25k) and my copy it would be pretty hard to tell them apart in my opinion - The crazy thing is it plays and sounds amazing !!!! I have a youtube clip of me building it plus a short clip of me giving it a demo that i will post on the other forum.
Cheers Guys !
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wow Trevor what an awesome tribute to EVH. The detail looks very close to the original. So with no pickup switch is the front single pup there for asthetics ?
So presume this was orignally an ST-1 kit ? can't wait to see the youtube vid of the build!
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Thats right Wokkaboy - Ed originally wanted a front pickup to work but didnt know how to wire it in so it just sat there , as for the pickup selector he placed it in there to basically throw people of the scent about how the guitar was set up ... in actual fact all he did was a Humbucker straight to Volume to input Jack !
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nice work on your research Trevor. I think I remember seeing a YT vid on this build a while ago ?
I reckon you could sell this on ebay for a heap. Problem is you need your papers proving it. Didn't they release a few Frankenstien replicas ?
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They only released 300 of them .... and the $$ was a bit............. no alot...... out of my budget ( plus the wife would have killed me !!!) Lol
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very cool, and I bet far more satisfying to create yourself, than pay a lot of money to have someone else bash one up for you
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wow you attention to detail is amazing Trevor, looks spot on the real thing. You got GOTM nailed if the judges are EVH fans !
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here is my entry, wokka said it couldn't be done, but I held my head high, may I present to you "red tiger" LPA-1 the 26 hour (including sleeping) pitbull build with EMG 81/85 and beautiful red top
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[quote]/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from BenWA on September 6, 2014, 11:39
might as well sling my neck in on this one. no headstock close up sorry, but its just a standard tele one. can take one if it matters but having seen the caliber of entries from previous months i doubt ill score high anyway
That's a slick effort there Ben, you can tell you've put some time into getting it right, I fricken love that colour.
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G'day guitar enthusiasts.
My first attempt at a custom guitar kit is this SG-1F.
The front is 2 wudtone colours blended. Azure Lagoon and Dark Onyx. There's slightly more of the Azure Lagoon with a 60-40 ratio in its favour. Finished with high gloss no ageing.
The rear is Dark onyx on its own and the neck and headstock are finished with a deep mapel stain and neck gloss finish.
Overall extremely pleased with the result and was a lot of fun building throughout the entire process.
Pete.
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Some really cool entries in already this month!
