December 2015 Guitar of the MOnth Competition

[jp]

Thank you for the lovely comment

[jarrod]

Wow that RC 1 is dynamite.

[jp]

Thank you for the support, took some time but finally made it...

[Andy40]

I am going to throw the hat into the December ring. Here goes:

• Pitbull Guitars ST-1 Kit
• Tonerider Pure Vintage Pickups
• Pearloid Pickguard
• Parchment volume, tone knobs and switch
• Vintage Style Tuners
• Bourns 250k Mini Pots
• CLR 5 way switch
• Vintage style cloth wiring
• Lake Placid Blue Nitrocellulouse finish body
• Clear '60's tint Nitrocellulouse finish neck
• DB "F" Style Bone Nut
• Switchcraft jack
• the rest is Pitbull guitar standard

[Fretworn]

Two great axes already this month.

[nDR01d]

OK here I go again - 2 from 2. This months entry I call "The Boss". It's my tribute to Bruce Springsteens' guitar (see Born to Run). It has Mick Brierly flat wound late 50's pick ups and MUTSL or Man Under The Street Light. The version I used was the original, before Bruce upgraded his pickguard. His btw, is all black leather and carved and painted. I don't have that kind of $$ so I used a 1:1 scale sticker of it It has the usual swan headstock, so let see how divisive it is this month I honestly don't mind the 'love it' or 'hate it' thing. That tells me I'm doing something new and unique. And that's what I want to do. Otherwise I'd buy a factory made one. And it supposed to look a little bit used. see close up pic, top half.

[nDR01d]

Here is a colourised version of the guitar on the album "Born to Run" that I wanted to create a tribute of.

[wokkaboy]

nice tele Ndroid and a cool tribute to the boss. The swan headstock is original looks cool.

What colour stain have you used ?

[nDR01d]

Thanks Wokka. What I did was spray 3 light mists of lacquer over the raw top, then sand with 0000 steel wire. Then I used a dilution of Butterscotch and Metho. I just went with a light colour dilution and kept on rubbing it on till it looked right. Then I applied just over 12 coats of lacquer. Sanded down, but not buffed or polished. That way it went with a matt look, adding to the slightly used appeal of it.

[andrewdosborne]

Janet & nDro1d - 2x awesome entries. Like your work.