May 2016 Guitar of the Month (for Guitars and Basses finished in April 2016)

[Andy40]

Yum BMB! It looks like a gold tiger!

[stan]

some awesome entries again this month, some excellent builds from first timers too

[DMorrison]

I forgot to put my TLA-1 in here. It's pretty plain compared to others this month. Has Tonerider Vintage pickups, Kluson tuners, Wilkinson bridge and Ashtray, bone nut, 3 ply pick guard and I rewired it all from scratch with upgraded pots and switch.
My first build so I'm happy with it.

Wow - nice job!

[DMorrison]

Ok Guys,

Here goes my second ever entry in to GOTM competition.....This one is an LP1-MQ with gold bits and bobs.....

Started by cutting the headstock and very cautiously sanding the quoted maple as to not sand through.....

Then (Sorry DB) i used Feast and Watson's Golden Teak and Red Jarrah stains.....Naughty Oil finished....

Upgrades include Graphite Nut, Vintage Tonerider Pups, Gold Grover Tuners, Cream Treble switch and Pup surrounds.....and some strap locks.....

Really enjoyed the build and the confidence is growing with every bit.....

Anyway, can i say some fantastic efforts this month and i am glad to be in the mix....

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Still looking for a gold bolt on neck plate

Beautiful finish!

[adam]

Dedman, a sumptuous white and black Tele AND a Triumph (Thruxton?)... clearly you are trying to sway this Judge. I may have to abstain from judging this month as you have clearly already won at life.

Actually, confession time, it's been over a year since I've judged a GOTM.

Very nice effort mate, the Tele looks sensational and the bike even better.

Is the Ashtray a Wilkinson? I looked everywhere for those for our TL-51 kit and could not find anything that was reasonable priced. If you could please send me a link for that ashtray, I'll check it out for including with our kit.

[Bluesmartyboy]

Thx guys for the comments.....and good luck to all the participants this month.....

Adam,

do you do a gold Back plate for the neck?

[wokkaboy]

excellent entries again this month, I'm still getting over judging 12 entries last month !

Bluesmartyboy don't think the gold neck plate is sold separately, comes in a ST-1 and TL gold hardware upgrade and on FV-1 kits.
I suggest you have a look on ebay or the Realparts online store

here it is
http://www.realparts.com.au/hardware...late-gold.html

don't forget you will need to order the 4 gold screws as well

[GenX Dave]

Ah what the hell, here's my JBA-4 kit finished, Ash body and all stock except for the Entwistle pups (which sound great BTW). Rubbed in black stamp pad ink a half dozen times then 5 coats of clear gloss over the top to let the ash grain come through, Dingo wax for the fretboard. It's my second build and certainly won't be the last.

[wazkelly]

EX-1 finally done.

Been a long time getting this one finished and below I have listed all the mods and upgrades:

5 Coats Dingo Tone Coolangatta Gold Base Stain
5 Coast Dingo Tone Coolangatta Intensifier Coat
20 + (maybe even more) coats of Tru Oil
Dingobass Bone Nut and Neck Setup - best investment anyone can make. Awesome job and many thanks DB.
2 x Bourns 500k Audio Taper Push Pull Pots - one used to split neck PUP to slugs and the other to split bridge PUP to screws
Set of Tonerider Alnico IV Classic Vintage Voiced Humbuckers
1 x Sprague 0.022 Orange Drop Tone Capacitor
1 x Fidelity resistor & capacitor volume control upgrade
1 x Gotoh 3 position switch
1 set of Grover Locking Tuners
1 x Rosewood Truss Rod Cover
Dingo Tone Wax used on Rosewood Fret Board & Truss Rod Cover
Cat music Conductive Shielding Paint
Epiphone genuine Explorer Hard Case

Only standard parts used were the Bridge, Tail Stop, Strap Buttons & end jack plate and 1/4" socket as too hard finding a black retaining nut for a switchcraft one as threads differ.


http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...164#post105164

[Fretworn]

That is a wicked black there GenX Dave. And I'm quite fond of Waz's stripped back EX.

Lots of entries this month and still 5 days to go.