New Guitar of the Month Entry Conditions

[phloggy]

I'd say one per per person per month, and it has to be in the month (+ 1 week for the builds that finish late in the month) that it was finished in. No banking up entries for the next 4 months.

Obviously the honour system will have to come into play a bit here, but as long as there are no fabulous cash prizes and 'round the world cruises on the line nothing will be gained by gaming the system.

Maybe even require a build diary thread if you want to limit it further.

[Bass Guy]

Ooooh, not sure about putting a time limit on the completion of the kits. We've seen some kits come in from the factory that require a helluva lot of work to get them up to scratch...it also flies in the face of the logical "don't rush, take it slowly" approach that is counselled throughout the forum.

[Bass Guy]

To continue, for instance I have a project onboard which I have for nearly a month but I am awaiting the arrival of a particular finish. As this is out of my hands, should it be that I can't enter the completed guitar if it falls outside a certain time period?

[dingobass]

Both Mike and Rhay do have some good points and ideas.

one of the reasons I am not so keen on us Pit Bull staff judging is the conflict of interest involved.
I am Mates with both Gavin and Wokka, and I would be very uncomfortable judging their work.

I do like the group system idea, but there is only one Wokka and I would be surprised if we get to many builders with his level of addiction ..

So, how does an age based system sound?
Under 25's
25- 50's
50 and up

[keloooe]

Hmmmm.... Yes, that system could work DB, maybe even have a finale where the finalists get the ultimate GOTM award???

[adam]

Thanks for all the feedback guys.

I'd prefer not to get into categories or otherwise complicate a competition that is just meant to be a bit of fun, so let's keep it how it is for the moment. I'd just ask those who are building multiple guitars a month to maybe consider just entering one or two, to lighten the load on the judge.

If it does get out of control and we end up with 20+ guitars per month, I'll look at forming a Panel of anonymous judges from the Forum (who do not have an entry in that month's comp) to pick the Top 10.

Hope everyone is happy with this.

[pablopepper]

Guitar of the year?

[keloooe]

GOTY would be neat!

[pablopepper]

Adam, that is a top idea. I don't like the idea of tallying Facebook likes, while you'll probably get more likes for the page, it could lead to vote farming which could be unfair.

Impartial and anonymous forum members seems like it could work well.

[Gavin1393]

GOTYE awards!

Guitar of the year excellence awards!

Wonder if he'd agree to judge them???