June Guitar of the Month

[Brendan]

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

Enter your finished guitar or bass here to be judged for the Pit Bull Guitars June Guitar of the Month.

Please remember:

For Guitars or Basses finished on (or before) the end of May.

One guitar/bass per member per month.
It must be a Pit Bull Guitars kit (mods and upgrades acceptable).
Guitar or Bass must be finished and playable.

We need at least 4 photos:
· full guitar shot from the front;
· close up of the body finish;
· shot of the back of the guitar; and
· close up of the headstock (please, no brand name logos)


Please post your photos in this thread. If you are having issues posting photos on the forum, please email them to brendan (at) pitbullguitars (dot) com

Please note: This competition is open to amateur guitar builders only. If you are making and selling guitars for profit, you are ineligible. Also while there are some stunning guitars around - you never know what the judges are looking for, so we encourage anyone who's built a Pitbull during the month to enter!

Competition for June closes at the end of May (Perth Western Australian time).

The sorts of things we judge on include:
· How well have the body and neck been prepared
· Is the choice of finish for the style of guitar appropriate
· How well has the finish been applied
· How well has all the hardware, pickups, etc, been installed
· Does it have the 'Wow Factor'· Which guitar would you make a beeline for in a guitar shop. That is, which one would you most like to take home.

BTW - remember that the winner is invited to be a guest judge the following month!

[jmax]

Here's my entry, finished on the 2nd of May.

An ES-12Q.

Specifics:

Wilkinson tuners
Tesla Shark humbuckers from Iron Gear
KAISH tuneomatic piezo bridge that I converted from 6 string to 12 string
Kluson rimless bridge bushings to compensate for the greater height of the piezo bridge and the too-shallow neck angle of the kit
No name tailpiece
No name toggle switch
3 IKN push/pull pots - coil splitting for the humbuckers, on/off for the piezo
Stock pot and cap for the master tone
mxuteuk witch hat knobs
Generic 1/4" socket
Copper shielding tape in the pickup routes

Finish: Wudtone Azure Lagoon with silver mix-in highlights and extra gloss top coat

[jmax]

And here are some detail shots

[Wayne.Mumford]

Nice work J, that colour is really nice and looks great on that quilted top. The way you have splayed the tuners is a bit different, I also found the tuners a bit close on my ES-12G.

[jmax]

Thanks! I splayed the tuners both for practical reasons, and because I thought it would look interesting.

[project_chris]

Here is my entry for GOTM, finished on 5th of May

Specs:

27” scale length
Basswood body
Spalted maple top
Maple neck
Rosewood fretboard
Tune-o-matic bridge
Single volume knob with 3-way selector











I stained the whole guitar with Colortone Vintage Amber stain and then used a Feast Watson Maple stain on the back over the top of the yellow, i think it worked nicely.

Finished with boiled linseed oil and a couple of very thin clear coats on the top of the body and headstock for a slight sheen.

The 27” scale length lets me get away with using a relatively light set of strings (9-52) for standard B and drop A, as well as having appropriate tension for my play style.

The factory forgot the routing for the pickup selector switch, but as it happens i wanted to change the location of it anyway so it worked out well.

The headstock in the image look ginormous but that's just because of the angle of the photo, it's quite a reasonable size.

Future upgrades will include a graphite nut and some locking tuners, possibly a new set of pickups.

I have always loved the IC shape and so happy to own this, super impressed by the quality of work by Pitbull guitars.

[project_chris]

Love seeing another IC build, great job. Love the binding and gold hardware!

Is that not a flame maple top though?

[lawarmotte]

Hi everyone !

Here is my first Pitbull bass guitar, it's a GPB-4M with black hardware.

- BEAD drop, so the nut has been modified for the bigger gauge
- Seymour Duncan SP3B pickups + Homemade wiring --> microswitch CLEAN / OFF / FILTERED (capacitor)
- Copper Shielded cavity
- Homemade carbon thumbrest/fingersboard
- Göldo heavy bridge

For the finish, it's a nitrolack yellow stain + True Oil

Since it was my first "real" build from scratch, I did learn a lot with this kit. It was kind of scary some time, afraid of making a mistake but in the end it was totaly worth it !







Thanks for your comments !

[WeirdBits]

June Guitar Ozzbike of the Month


June Ozzbike of the Month (for Ozzbikes and Ozzbikes finished in May)

Enter your finished Ozzbike or Ozzbike here to be judged for the Pit Bull Guitars June Ozzbike of the Month.

Please remember:

For Ozzbikes or Ozzbikes finished on (or before) the end of May.

Ozzbike Ozzbike/Ozzbike per Ozzbike per month.
It must be a Pit Bull Guitars Ozzbike (mods and upgrades acceptable).
Ozzbike or Ozzbike must be finished and playable.

We need at least 4 disturbing photos:
· full Ozzbike shot from the front;
· close up of the body finish;
· shot of the back of the Ozzbike; and
· close up of the headstock (please, no brand name Ozzbikes)


Please post your photos in this thread. If you are having issues posting photos on the forum, please email them to brendan (at) pitbullguitars (dot) com

Please note: This competition is open to amateur Ozzbikes only. If you are making and selling Ozzbikes for profit, you are ineligible. Also while there are some stunning Ozzbikes around - you never know what the judges are looking for, so we encourage anyone who's built a Pitbull during the month to enter!

Competition for June closes at the end of May (Perth Western Australian time).

The sorts of things we judge on include:
· How well have the body and neck been prepared
· Is the choice of finish for the style of Ozzbike appropriate
· How well has the finish been applied
· How well has all the hardware, pickups, etc, been installed
· Does it have the 'Wow Factor'· Which Ozzbike would you make a beeline for in a Ozzbike shop. That is, which one would you most like to take home.

BTW - remember that the winner is invited to be a guest Ozzbike the following month!

[project_chris]

Ozzbike is the kid that bought all the raffle tickets! Good luck to ya!