September 2015 Guitar of the Month

[Arzi]

Hi

Thanks to all. Tom's and Rabbitz's builds are awesome - really wish I could play the 6-string myself so I could get my hands on likes of those beautiful pieces... Maybe I'll try to build one and start learning...

Just made an order for MMB-4 with maple neck. Gonna keep it fairly simple (we'll see) but gonna try something like the Reflex-series with binding. Scary stuff... Will have to wait a couple of months though for the custom order to arrive... It's hard as...

Arzi

[Gavin1393]

Some really good entries already this month.

[andrewdosborne]

Hi all,

Here's my first entry for Guitar of the Month, its my second build, but I'm still tinkering on the first...

It's a standard TL-1A kit, with a bone nut and the added Bigsby B5. First time trying a sunburst, which was a combination of the Dingotone Outback Sunset and Blackstump finishes. Went with a matte finish, which I'm super pleased with.

Very happy with how it's turned out, and sounds great. Will eventually upgrade the pickups, but need to do a bit of saving first...


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Great Tele Tom, you've got to be happy with that. Love the burst

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[Rabbitz]

Hey Tom,

I reckon that's knocked me right out of the running - well done!

[Gavin1393]

To all GOTM entrants

One of the things we Judges look at (only because we never get to actually hear the guitars is to see if the guitar has been intonated. You might want to attend to this on your entries since if you have a really nice looking ax and it would be a shame to lose 'points' for this.

Don't forget the headstock logo too.

Good luck with the GOTM

[wokkaboy]

and Gavmiester recommends truss rod covers too haha

[Gavin1393]

and Gavmiester recommends truss rod covers too haha

Looks like the next 12 months is going to be a dry spell for 4D after that comment hey Woks!

[wokkaboy]

Looks like the next 12 months is going to be a dry spell for 4D after that comment hey Woks!

bwhahahha you should be in comedy Gavmeister !

[andrewdosborne]

Finally got this one completed. TLA-1 kit neck, body & pickguard.

From top to bottom: Gotoh SG381 tuners, Gotoh string tree, bone nut, frets levelled & crowned. 3x coats of TO on neck/fretboard. Neck has a very slim shim at at the head stock end of pocket (about 1/2 credit card depth). 'Fifth' logo - this was my 5th build....

Body: Dyed with Dylon 'Goldfish Orange'. Grainfilled with a light Timbermate (I think maple?) with 4 coats of TO. Pup bridge: Tonerider hotclassic. Bridge pup from a F*r standard Tele. Bridge: Wilkinson compensated. Input jack - modern US style. US Tele spec electrics with tone bleed mod. Neck plate from Realparts. Used good chrome quality screws.

Body has a tummy and arm cut.

Hard to capture this in a photo in light and with low-resolution upload. There are a lot of gold highlights that do not show up face on.

[andrewdosborne]

And some sunny/close-ups of the body.