August 2015 Guitar of the Month

[Fretworn]

The TL-1 looks great Aridas. Is that one of those bizarre travel guitars hanging on the wall?

[Swinging Beef]

Were the pics taken from inside a caravan ?

Great looking guitar! Lovely colours

My vote is that the pics are from inside a converted bus.

[Jeff Sheridan]

The AlohaMatic
Here is my build of a Gr-1sf in flat black with satin finish. Stock parts except one balance pot and shielded wire, with WierdBits custom wiring schematic: pickup selector, master tone, pickup balance pot, and master volume. It plays great and is almost as loud as a regular acoustic guitar. Thankfully the wiring is perfectly quiet with no hum. My one finish complaint was not having the exact shade of off white to match the binding (mine is slightly more white as seen on the truss rod cover) but overall it was the guitar I set out to make. Thanks to the forum for advice and encouragement!
Aloha, Jeff

[wokkaboy]

nice one Jeff you really finished this build nicely. Well done with the setup and wiring as well ! Very strong contender for sure

[zeromick]

dude! that GR-1sf is stunning, give that man the medal right now!

[WeirdBits]

Very nice! Great result Jeff, it screams 'play me'.

[Rozza68]

Hello, this is my first post and entry into the GOTM. I have been building this strat in between beers on Friday nights with the boys at 4D Guitars ! Thanks Wokkaboy and Wayne. Its a standard kit with Tarkine Green stain. Ive gone for a relic worn look inspired by Francis Rossi from Status Quo who has a 50's telecaster with a strat pick up configuration. It also features Francis Rossi's trademark hole drilled straight thru the body ( which he apparently did back in the day to help prevent his guitar lead from pulling out of the jack) The boys at 4D have got me hooked into this guitar building thing and im on my second build but have lost track of the beers !

[wokkaboy]

well done Rozza for a first build you really excelled and learnt so much. Was good fun guiding you through the build. You got the most out of the kit. Many more great builds to come from you no doubt

[gavinturner]

Looks great Rozza! That tarkine green looks awesome with the black in the grain. Love the headstock shape too. Well done!

cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

This is my entry STA-1M tobacco burst. Finished this build March 2014 but haven't had a chance to enter it. It looks a bit similar to GOTM July 2014 but this one has a maple neck.
Gold hardware upgrade and the standard camphor veneer on the headstock. Stained in FW jarrah and Dingotone Outback Sunset.
Was going to enter the Tarkine green STA-1 but didn't want two green strats entered !