December 2014 Guitar of the Month

Enter your finished guitar here to be judged for Pit Bull Guitars December 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.

Competition for December closes 30 November 2014.

Winner will be judged by the Pit Bull Guitars Judging Panel, including the winner of the November GOTM, Bargeloobs.

Ash wasn't quiet finished for entry last month so may as well be the first for December.

Finished in "Golden Oak" stain (on an ash body and top), with 3 coats of shellac and two coats of polyurethane. The guitar is heavier that I expected it to be. Weighing in at 9 pounds14 once, I have no interested in having a guitar that is heavier than this.

The electrics were a bit of trouble to get correct, but, all working now, a little amplifier hum, but not enough to worry about.

PS>Just discovered the hum, the Black ice, in off position and tone in the centre position. I will add an earth to the switch body, that may be the answer for that.

Could only down load two photos' in the last post so here are the other two.

nice one Rick, might as well kick off the month

Here's my first ever GOTM entry

100% stock LP-1M kit
Wudtone mahogany neck and back with extra gloss top coat/neck finish.
Headstock front Colourtone black dye with wipe on poly.
Front Wudtone 'Goldenrod' with 4x coats wipe on poly.Back control covers sprayed with black gloss enamel.

Wow, 2 amazing LPs to start the month! Rick and Andrew, you've both done an amazing job.

cheers,
Gav.

well done Andrew, wow 2 very cool LP's to start the month off. Good idea painting the covers black - saved buying a hardware upgrade or cutting new covers. Thats come up a treat love the colours you have chosen

Bit scary to see December :p year has gone incredibly quick.

Nice LPs mates.

Cheers guys.

Yes with Xmas around the corner time to intensify the gift hint dropping campaign with the CFO (if only she knew what a P90 was... .) ☺

Tonys ES1-GT

Bone nut ( Courtesy of DB)
GFS Hot Liverpool pickups and gold surrounds
Upgraded gold switch
Fidelity upgrade and Sprague tone caps
Ernie Ball Straplocks
Every thing else standard Pitbull

Back and finish

And photo of front in sun to show colour ( need to take a photography class I think)

superb Tony, you really nailed this build, what's the sound like and hows it play ?
3 'G' type entries already, looks like a Gibbo month and all are a very high standard

What a stunner!

Wokka Sounds pretty good through the Blackstar Ht but still some setup needed ( touch of string buzz) really suprised how good the pickups are and absolutely no noise .Really like the way it feels. Was gonna see how it sounds on my old Princeton Chorus tonight.
Im gonna have to have a crack at another for myself now with same setup.

good stuff Tony, your last comment so this axe isn't for you, you going to build another for yourself ?

Tony that ES is a stunner, well done!

Thanks Guys
Yeah Wokka one of me mates is a fitness trainer (psycho) and I traded a guitar build for a gut reduction. On reflection not a great tradeoff as I will be doing all the work in both instances.

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Thanks Guys
Yeah Wokka one of me mates is a fitness trainer (psycho) and I traded a guitar build for a gut reduction. On reflection not a great tradeoff as I will be doing all the work in both instances.

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good on you Tony, you might be doing all the work but it will pay off for you, lose weight AND get a trial build of an ES before yours. Sure you have learnt better ways/methods so the next build should be even better

Ok, time to ruin the all Gibbo show. Here's my Ash Telecaster 'The Shoegazer'. It's finished in black Colortone and Tru-Oil. The grain has intentionally not been filled to allow the texture to be visible. The pickguard is red tortoiseshell. The pickups are Tonerider, the cap is Orange Sprague and the pots are Bournes. The nut is a bone job filed by yours truly.

Thanks for your consideration.

cheers,
Gav.

and some more photos..

one more...

BTW, Tony that's an amazing entry. I would kill for that beastie of yours. Great job.

cheers,
Gav.

awesome work Gav, you are brave entering Gibbo month haha. Nah tele's get a bonus point before they judge. Best of luck everyone another tough month and its not even halfway through November!

AaaGgg Gav! why try to spoil a nice Gibson month?

Looking good though.

Rick

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AaaGgg Gav! why try to spoil a nice Gibson month?

Looking good though.

Rick

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classic comment Rick thats what I thought. Just hope no one enters a bass - only if its a FVB (waiting for a reaction) haha

Another stunning build Gav, nice Tele

How about an ESB-4 Wokkks? Unfortunately don't have one nearly ready to rush through for the end of the month. Maybe Jan.

Wow guys, what a month December is going to be.

@ Andrew and Rocky, two classic LP's both beautiful.

@ Tony, Stunning, and you are trading it off!!! I hope your gut was REALLY big!!!

@ Gav, The Gibbo party pooper lol. Another awesome guitar, but I would expect nothing less from you mate.

Well done guys. A really high standard has already been set. Good luck to all.

rob

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How about an ESB-4 Wokkks? Unfortunately don't have one nearly ready to rush through for the end of the month. Maybe Jan.

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good point Bman, I forgot the ESB was a Gibbo bass !

OK here it is... my first build, the LP-1M. Tryed my hand at doing a sort of blue burst on the top of the guitar with a nice mahogany dye on the back. Used Minwax timber dyes for both the blue and mahogany colour. Finished off the guitar with a good 15 coats of Tru-oil. Finish came up so well I didn't bother with cut and polish.

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Looks ace. Nice job.

nice one Dave, keeping the Gibbo month happening. Looks Like Gav's tele still the only non Gibbo entry !
For a first build you got to he happy with it. Is it all stock hardware ? Hows it play and sound ?

Killer flame job, nice one.

Looks amazing Dave, great job man. That flame maple top is really nice, and you've done a really great job popping the figure! The hardware suits the blue colour perfectly.

cheers,
Gav.

Another awesome 'G' entry, love the blue burst great matching colour scheme all round.

hey I'm Ben from Melbourne I'm 14 and this was my FVB-4 kit that was my first build. I Was worried about how difficult it would be but there was great videos online that really helped. it turned out really well and was great quality and was a great alternative to buying a bass from the music store and I'm looking forward to the next build. hope i can be considered for guitar of the month.

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That's awesome Ben you should be really happy with that. Can we please get a close up of the headstock and the back of the body.


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Ben
Nice colour finish and looks great. For a first build that is an impressive job.