June 2015 Guitar of the Month

Enter your finished guitar here to be judged for Pit Bull Guitars May 2015 Guitar of the Month.

Remember:

One guitar per member per month (if we have more than 6 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.

Please note: From the outset, this competition has always been exclusively for amateur and hobby guitar kit builders. If you are making and successfully selling finished guitars (from scratch or from kits), for a profit, then please do not enter this competition. Making guitars for friends or selling a finished guitar or two for charity does NOT disqualify you.

Competition for June closes 31 May 2015

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

Ok, lets get the ball rolling for June 2015 GOTM.

Finally got this finished...

JR-1M, bone nut, Kluson tuners, Epiphone truss rod cover, GFS P90 & bridge, CTS pots (full sized 500K vol & 250K tone) w/orange drop cap. Switchcraft jack. Colour was a home brew Colortone orange mix. Finish is 4 very thin coats of TruOil. I've kept this finish matte and non-grain filled. The grain came up very nice with no special technique, just the dye and TruOil.

I may upload some better pics once my real camera has charged up. Only have a phone available so limited angle lens..

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It's a stunner Andrew. Well done. You have set the bar high

so clean, Andrew, very nice. Great to see a nice custom headstock logo: it looks pro

Nice start to June GOTM Andrew, stunner build!

Wow Andrew, she's a stunner. Would kill to have this on my wall. Fantastic build! Any chance of a sound demo?

cheers,
Gav.

Cheers everyone. I'll try and get sound demo uploaded tomorrow

Hey Andrew, is this the one where we were worried about the neck pocket? Would you say that our concerns were unwarranted?

Looks like a pretty sexy JR to me.

How does the neck feel to play? Is there any movement?

Sorry if you addressed this already.

Adam, yes this is the model with neck pocket concerns. No issue with the join and the neck feels great. I did have to sand a bit off the neck heel to level things out but it was only a minor fix.

As you can see it's now made its home under my reading lamp hence now primary axe ☺

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Looks amazing Andrew, well done.


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Hello, first time entry here.
My first build the JM-1, fully stock with a rattlecan matte finish.
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few dings and scratches in the paint from being used already. probably should have sanded a lot more as well.

Sweet entries so far

Nice JM Drui!

Nice one xDru looks fantastic and nice colouring esp pickguard contrasting with the body.

thanks guys, i probably should have taken the plastic protector layer of the pickguard for the photos haha

a very nice looking jazzmaster there!

Two very nice guitars to start with.

great first build xDruichii, seen this colour done on a Jazzmaster before and it looks very cool with the red pearloid pickguard.
I'd remove the plastic off the pickguard and post another photo of the close up

Good idea wokka. Will do if I get some time in the sunlight.

This is my RC-4 (ash) build.
Mostly standard kit with Fender Fideli'tron and Entwistle JBXN pups, Allparts Ric bridge, modified pickguard and truss rod cover, chrome switch and knobs, bone nut, finished with water based dyes and Tru-oil.
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Grant

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I've already said it in your build diary Grant this is a stunner and will win hands down.

Awesome work Grant, I'm on verge of a lower octave purchase and you've now made my choice that little bit harder on style of kit. If I could knock one up only half as good as this I'd be over the moon!

Thanks again Wokks, a bit optimistic and there could be more entries yet to come.
Thanks Andrew, whatever your choice ends up being I'm sure it will turn out at least as well.

Hi this is my entry just for fun, got no chance but wanted to show off Pablo's awesome clear blue pickguard and tremelo cover.
I've still got about 4 axes to enter so what the hell. This was another Dingotone beta test so have finished all of the colours I have tested now.
It has the standard blackheart sassafras headstock veneer. I've been waiting for a blue stain to use Pablo's awesome clear pickguard and tremelo cover lets you see all the electrics and parts. First time I've had to clean the inside of the covers !

here's pics of the back and another front close pic

here's pics of the headstock, the back has some beautiful grain, neck done in clear. Also a close up of the tremelo cover got to sneak two more 4D Guitars logos in haha

Love the guards. Reminds me a lot of transparent gameboys. Can't say I could get the wiring looking that presentable though lol. How many coats DT was that?

Andrew - you did a fantastic job with the headstock decal.

Neverwas - your spray work is insanely good on this beauty. The ability to pull off that reverse burst makes it a front runner amongst any collection of axes here, IMHO.

Was about 5 coats of clear

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Stunning, that is all :-)

Woks, that ST is refreshingly different. Love the colour scheme, transparency and pick guard.

Wokka, that guitar just makes me think of Picasso's "blue" period. It has those sort of washed out blue and grey hues.

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Thanks to all those who entered, we'll get the judges onto judging tonight. Hopefully have the results by mid week.

Some amazing entries again! Wokka, I like the faded denim look on the ST :)

that is sweet Wokka, love the idea of the clear blue, nice change

cheers Stan and TC.
I'm keen to get Pablo to cut me more clear pickguards of different colours
@ Stan you are now over halfway to GAStronomist !

Nice work Wokks (and Pabs) the finish looks already worn in - in a good way. Is there a scratchie with full perspex body on the horizon?

Hi Grant cheers mate. Not a bad idea to use the clear covers on a scratchie, sure there will be one planned in the near future

I've always loved the clear Dan Armstrong guitars, my mate had one for a while and I got to play it once. Way too heavy.

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I've always loved the clear Dan Armstrong guitars, my mate had one for a while and I got to play it once. Way too heavy.

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Back in the early to mid 70s I had a couple of Dan Armstrong amps, 30w combo and then a 100w head with an 18" JBL the old Fender VI sounded great through that one.

Back on topic, some very nice work this month sees the bar going up yet again well done guys