New Guitar of the Month Entry Conditions

[adam]

Our Pit Bull Guitars Guitar of the Month Competition has really exploded this month. I've just sent our June guest judge, Phil Manning, 14 entries to the comp. That means a total of around 50 photos to look at closely and 14 guitars to comment on. As Phil said in a very quick response, "Holy Sheet, there's a bit to look at!". It's a lot to ask of a busy muso who has volunteered his time.

So, in fairness to everyone, we need to tighten our entry conditions for the GOTM Competition.

1. The guitar must be made from a Pit Bull Guitars Kit (any upgrades or mods are allowed, as long as the body and the neck are from the kit).
2. Only one guitar per person per month. (Sorry Gav and Wokka but you guys comprise almost 50% of the Comp this month)
3. Photos must show: full frontal shot (whole guitar), close up on body finish, back of the guitar and close up of the headstock.
4. Photos must be emailed to me (adam@pitbullguitars.com) by midnight on the last day of the month preceding (eg 30 June for the July Comp).

That's it! Nothing unreasonable. If anyone has any suggestions for improving the comp please share your thoughts.

[Gavin1393]

I think the limit might discourage some of the folk who would like to enter more than one guitar and get a feel for what the community likes and dislikes? Might be an idea to have the community vote and select the top five guitars which then go forward to the guest judge?

[adam]

Ok, well, I'm happy to go with the community's preference. I'm not sure having the community vote would be a good idea, might put a few people offside. You could use Facebook though and post all entries to pick the Top 5 or 6 based on "Likes". Happy to hear any other ideas.

[keloooe]

Yer Adam, maybe top 5 based on likes sounds noice, or use a survey (if you hit 400 likes in June!!!)???

[Bass Guy]

I like the one-per-month idea. If you have say three guitars eligible (as I will come the next comp) it shouldn't deter one from completing them, and you can always gauge the response from the Build Diary comments as to which of the three is worth submitting.

Alternatively, I could choose my own favourite. Plus the one-per-month rule would leave me with three months worth of entries good to go!

[adam]

Pest, we hit 401 likes earlier today. Still waiting for my letter from Mark Zuckerberg.

[keloooe]

Yay!!!! Damn, you have come a long way Adam, but this is only getting better and better!!!! i didn't see the 400 likes because I was resting my legs after running 5km NON STOP at 9:05am!!!!!

[rhay]

One entry per month would be my preference.

I'm with Bass Guy; multiple projects then become multiple opportunities to win - provided you can cache guitars to be submitted at a later stage.

It seems to me that if we allow faster builders to submit multiple entries this may disadvantage others. Particularly if this field is then reduced to 5 or 6 and contains multiple entries from some builders.

[Brendan]

How about a lag between winning entries? You win this month, can't enter next?

i think the rules are fair to all , level playing for all .