January 2015 Guitar of the Month Competition

Enter your finished guitar here to be judged for Pit Bull Guitars January 2015 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 January closes 31 December 2014.

Winner will be judged by the Pit Bull Guitars Judging Panel, including the winner of the December GOTM, VH2580.

well I will be the first cab of the rank.
JB-4 HELLBOY
Defretted
Stone inlay
Black oil dye on fretboard
New black hardware
Tuning machines
Control panel
Control knobs
Bridge
Schaller strap buttons
Made a new pick guard
Bone nut
Rotosound Steve Harris Flatwound strings
Karijini Red stain to the body and head stock
Vitamin Q Cap
All other electrics are standard

That is so good Tim. So understated, but so sophisticated. I think this would really appeal to the "old school" JB players.

well done Tim you didn't waste any time entering and why would you, going to be bloody hard to beat this stunner ! I'd advise hiding it from DB !

Nice, smooth fretless bass. Out of the starting blocks with a stunner.

... and we have our winner.

Tim - you've outdone yourself! That is a cool bass.

Love it. That inlay is worldclass mate.

Tim, I think you might have just scared off anyone else from entering this month! :D ... superb piece of workmanship!

OK, wrap it up folks, we're done here. See you all next month. :)

Awesome stuff, Tim.

Yep, there goes the neighbourhood. What an amazing bass mate.

That's looking great. Im guessing DB had a great time removing the speed humps.

No I removed my own speed humps. I can now understand the joy it brings to DB

Hellboy rocks, Tim. That is a nice bass, sir

Here is a brave second entry. My daughters ST-1. I managed to prize it out of her fingers (was practicing Voodoo Child ;) )

Plays and sounds awesome, all stock. I was surprised how nice the basswood came up. This was finished in azure sky Wudtone mixed with 50 % white base. We had to rewire the jack today (dodgy soldering..) and peeled off the pick guard protector to officially finish this axe.

Only thing I had to do was move the strap button around a bit to stop strap coming off as the guitar is bottom heavy on a small person.

ST1A in Colourtone green.
Standard Pitbull kit
no upgrades except black hardware kit.

And more headstock and body.

Three amazing entries this month so far! Well done guys. That's the podium filled already, but in what order I wonder? Great work!

cheers,
Gav.

nice ST and STA entries Andrew and Tony, looks like the bar is set high again, and with Hellboy, another tough month ahead

Andrew that is a very clean strat, your daughter must be very happy with it.

Tony that green and black combo is something else, outstanding combo, nice job

Hi guys,

First time builder here, had a lot of fun with this.

Model is the JM-1 'JagMaster'.
Steve Vai/DNA inspired inlay was bought from some online store and I think it goes well with the white paint.

The Poly I applied did give the white finish a few faint yellow streaks that can only be seen in the right light, but apart from that, it's perfect in my eyes.

Special mention to Adam for sending me a replacement bridge saddle due to one of mine being mangled to the point where no allen key would fit into it.

Anyway here is my entry for GOTM, hope you like it!

Attachment 941
Attachment 942
Attachment 943
Attachment 944
Attachment 945

Really great first build AR ... there's not much like a good Jag and you've certainly got a nice one there! ... good luck in the GOTM

Hey ARusso, glad you got the bridge worked out. I was just saying to Dingobass the other day that his JM-1 build, which I have at my place, is one of the nicest guitars to play. Yours looks very cool. Love what you've done with the inlay.

nice one Arusso, the inlay does suit the build nicely, you got to be happy for a first build, another tough month ahead !

Nice Jag, and love the inlay along the neck

Thanks guys, really appreciate the kind words!

It really sounds great Adam, clear and clean tone to it and fun to play

Can't wait to build another one, thinking a TL-1TH once it's back in stock :)

Hi, Wayne from 4D, here's my entry for January GOTM. This was a xmas present built for a family friend's daughter who has been bullied at school, just got it finished in time.
Its an ST-1 kit finished in pearl purple and black back/sides. Headstock veneer is camphor. Neck is a very thinned down yellow stain.
Here are front, front close and headstock pics

here is the back photo, top photo and a close up of the engraved neck plate. We saw a video of Karlee playing it on xmas day and the smile and joy it brought to her was priceless.

Nice one Wayne.

I don't care if it wins GOTM or not, you made a Karlee very happy, so that makes it a winner in my books.

Karlee is very lucky to have someone like you on her side.

God Bless you mate.
rob

Love the colour on this Wayne and the thought behind it.

nice work ARusso

Great Strat and sentiment Wayne, cool axe!

Wow great job ARusso, first time build? Man you look like a seasoned pro, I'd love to build one of these one day. Nicely done.

Damn Tony, how good does that green look with the black hardware, I love it!

Amazing job Tim, it's gonna take something pretty special to top this one, simply beautiful!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 4D Guitars

here is the back photo, top photo and a close up of the engraved neck plate. We saw a video of Karlee playing it on xmas day and the smile and joy it brought to her was priceless.

---

So much more than just a build, commendable effort man!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bargeloobs

Wow great job ARusso, first time build? Man you look like a seasoned pro, I'd love to build one of these one day. Nicely done.

---

Wow, thanks Barge! I am quite meticulous when it comes to doing anything in my life, so that may be why this came out so well haha

Definitely looking forward to making the next one and hopefully doing an even better job with what I've manage to learn so far :)

G'day, here is my entry for January GOTM, its an ash TL kit, done in FW jarrah and Dingotone outback sunset burst. Neck is DT orange as well. Headstock veneer is something new red myrtle, didn't need much staining that is almost the natural colour !
Upgraded to the gold hardware and put Bourns pots in and the 4 way switch. Sounds good on the in series setting.
I also found a new spot to photograph the axe, and what better than mini orb in front of the 4D bar !
These kits come with a white pickguard so had a spare black guard from an alder TL kit so the black suited the dark ash grain better than the white

here's photos of the back, and neck

here's some pics that Ads took while he was taking pics of sample Dingtone colours.
This is the amazing part I managed to leave PBG HQ with this axe, I know not many of the forum will believe me.
DB saw it first hand at the 4D xmas party a week ago

Wokka, a mighty fine tele if I do say so myself. Simply stunning.