June 2016 Guitar of the Month (for Guitars and Basses finished in May 2016)

[Dedman]

Ded comes sliding in at the last possible moment............
GD-1
Entwhistle Dark Stars (sound great)
push pulls on volume and tone for coil splitting, 3 way switch added
Ebay Gibson tuners
shotgun volume and tone knobs, 9mm case on 3 way switch, 38 Special case as a truss rod cover.
Snake is a casting of a vintage Japanese menuki (charm that goes under the handle wrap on a katana)
Copper covers aged in cold gun blue on trem and electrics.

Thanks to everyone who gave advice and ideas, much appreciated.

[wokkaboy]

cool build Dedman, you achieved the look you were after. What have you wrapped the pickups in looks like stocking material ?

[Dedman]

Cheesecloth that I stained using the same wash as the body

[FrankenWashie]

Hey Wokka, yes she's wrapped. She whipped it out today for the first time at school band practice and passed her 2nd semester test. \m/

That is uber-awesome! Well done on the axe and the test!

[Fuzzbeard]

That is awesome Dedman! It has been great watching it all come together.

[Fretworn]

Great job Dedman! How does it play? I imagine it might be difficult play sitting down and unbalanced when playing standing up.

[Dedman]

Sitting down is much better than I thought it would be, in fact its very comfortable. I haven't put the strap buttons on as yet because I never play standing up anyway :P

[adam]

Another 6 awesome builds, thanks guys.

I will get the judges on the job and aim for an announcement Monday night.

[andrewdosborne]

Just had a skim through this thread, great builds everyone and good luck!

[adam]

Still waiting on a few of the Judges so we will announce the Winner tomorrow (Tuesday) night.