March Guitar of the Month

[Cliff Rogers]

Would be nice to hear how it was finished.

[Eric67]

Finish on this guitar was a homemade wipe-on poly. Pickups upgraded with Warman Deadly Sinners set, direct mounted into the modified cavity. All pots and wiring upgraded. Neck heel modified to better fit the neck pocket.

[Eric67]

a few others...

[kman42]

This is my ATL-1SB kit, and it's my first Pitbull build. It features a stained neck & headstock, and custom plywood pickguard that I made. The finish is a thin satin polyurethane, which is thin enough that you can still feel plenty of grain.
The guitar is built for live gigs, and includes the following upgrades:
- Tonerider Hot Classic pickups
- bone nut
- Grover locking tuners
- converted to string-through setup
- fully shielded internals
- full size Alpha pots, Switchcraft jack and Fender-style selector switch
- shielded pickup wire feed tube for easy maintenance

[arie_shapira]

i wanted a hard rock guitar for a while now, and i really love the mockingburd shape
i did an arm contour before grain filling, my 4 year old helped with that..
after 3 times grain filling with black (ash body requires a lot of work, apparently) i used a tinted shellac as the finish and the paint itself for a blue-green burst
afterwards i did some clear coats with shellac and worked with steel wool for a matte finish
the neck was done with tung oil
pickups are warman zebras

this was my first (hope full out of many!) build

[jonwhitear]

Here's my DTL-1, finished in transparent blue nitro.

Upgrades are:

• Grover looking tuners
• Bone nut
• Tonerider Hot Classic pickups
• Wilkinson bridge w/ string through
• Pearloid pick guard
• Strap locks
• Oak Grigsby 4-way switch, 0.022uF Orage drop tone cap
• Electrosocket

[Brendan]

OK all - comp closed - opening a new one shortly!