May Guitar of the Month

[FrankenWashie]

Finish on the Tele is next level.

isn’t it just? I’m in awe of what guys are able to do with these, So much envy.

[trv]

Seriously though, the guitars/bass posted are all amazing. Wish there were build diaries for all of them!

[deepeejay]

Here is my HB4 Build, (in the correct month). I'm really please with how it looks, but even more pleased with how it plays and sounds. Took me about 10 months with lots of help from my friend Brian. My build diary has lots more photos. The tuning pegs are on an angle to allow it to fit into the case.

[Gshowell64]

Hey Guys. So this is my first build and it took me a long time because I was so busy and just chipped away at it a little at a time, but finally it's playable and I must say I'm really happy with how it plays - probably the best action of the dozen guitars that I have. I went through many practice blanks to get the color blending the way I wanted it. Because the spalted maple had such a nice pattern, I wanted to make it look like the dragon inlay was flying out of the flames of the body. So I was looking to create the coloring of flames in the body. If I were to do it all over again I would realize the poly darkens up the color a little and I would have left it a little brighter. I thought it was a little bright at one point and I blended in a little brown to tone it down a little and that was probably not necessary but that's what we learn right? Anyway, other mods were as follows: the truss rod cover I found online, The pickups are Dragonfire quad rails and duo rail because that seemed appropriate, and the electronics are kinda special. Both pots are push-pull. Volume down is humbucker, up splits both the bridge and neck into single coil. With the tone pot down, the configuration is like a Les Paul with only the bridge and neck selectable - the 3 middle positions of the 5way switch have both the bridge and neck selected. With the tone pot up, it's like a Strat configuration - regular 5way switch selections. My middle pickup is a humbucker and not splitable unless I add another switch so I left it. So with both pots up it is a SHS configuration and with the volume down and tone up, it is HHH. The body is hand-rubbed poly but I didn't put too many layers on the top as I wanted to keep the depth of the grain for effect. The back of the neck is TruOil and I'm really happy with how it feels. Hope you guys enjoy it.

[jugglindan]

I love the spalted maple, the colours (reminds me of the tobacco burst on my G&L), and the fantastic inlay.

[Eldarknessness]

Built this for the lead singer of my favorite band, Night Moves. Did ivory inlay in Ebony veneer on headstock. Had to cut new holes for stacked P90's to fit. He really wanted the chrome dog ear covers. Airbrushed the finish. Had a great time building. Learned a lot about how to build and fine woodworking in general. Link to the video if you wanna see. Cheers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zrVgP5Dewg

[jugglindan]

It looks stunning! I love the tobacco burst (or whatever you want to call it).

[Eldarknessness]

It looks stunning! I love the tobacco burst (or whatever you want to call it).

Thanks, would recommend to anyone to buy an airbrush. It really opens up a whole new world of fading colors.

[Jomasgaard]

Looks amazing!

[phrozin]

Built this for the lead singer of my favorite band, Night Moves. Did ivory inlay in Ebony veneer on headstock. Had to cut new holes for stacked P90's to fit. He really wanted the chrome dog ear covers. Airbrushed the finish. Had a great time building. Learned a lot about how to build and fine woodworking in general. Link to the video if you wanna see. Cheers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zrVgP5Dewg

That's beautiful and that's got some work in it well done sir👍