Rocktober!!! Gotm

[Fretworn]

bugger no beer for a week that's going to be tough DB, you are a harsh man !

DB's taken away your superpower......

[Dedman]

That is an awesome colour combo

[wokkaboy]

beautiful ESB-4 Andy, love the colour and finish.
@ Klegacy I can appreciate what work you have put into your build. As DB has suggested I will be scoring your entry on all the other aspects of the build. And I won't be deducting points.

[mallynoshow]

IB-5. First attempt at a build. Oak stain with Satin poly finish. Sheared a few screw heads on cover plate, which was annoying.

[wokkaboy]

looks great Mally, I love my IB-5 I converted to fretless

[DarkMark]

Great looking build Jmax! I'm yet to start my own (and first) guitar build and I like your timber finish very much. Am I correct in understanding that you have only sanded the surface of the guitar and applied try oil? Nice work!

[wazkelly]

"This is a really cool ESB-4 Bass in Black/Red burst, painted by my drummer John Stubblefield.
I think it's a very original color, Adam will explain the custom bridge saddles*.
Thank you
Andy"
*Andy had a lot of trouble getting the right height on his bridge. If you look closely, you can see he's had someone engineer some custom brass saddles to get more height on the strings. An incredible workaround.

With all the debate about professional paint finishing this one looks exceptionally good. Would have preferred a build diary so that we have a bit of a back story behind the finished product when it comes time to judging.

[jmax]

Thanks! Yes - the approach I took was to do a lot of sanding to get the wood nice and smooth, and then four coats of Tru Oil. I wanted the grain to show, and to allow the body to breath to really get the hollow body resonance. Originally, I only did three coats of Tru Oil on the neck because the maple is so dense, but I recent added a fourth. I think I'll be adding a fifth coat to the body the next time I replace the strings. It's been amazing to experience the process of this guitar "settling in" over a couple months after I finished the build.

[FrankenWashie]

IB-5. First attempt at a build. Oak stain with Satin poly finish. Sheared a few screw heads on cover plate, which was annoying.

Lovely work, well done!

[PeterSik]

gday all..

here's my entry for the Rocktober GOTM
finally a day bright enough to take the final pics though it's been ready for about a week now.. i am going to swap out the pickups and pots at some point.. but that may take a while so for now i'm calling it good.. been playing it quite a lot lately.. she does sound good to me.





taking pics is not my forte.. but i do like the way the colour changes with the lighting

for more info on my build http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=7702