December 2015 Guitar of the MOnth Competition

[adam]

Enter your finished guitar here to be judged for Pit Bull Guitars December 2015 Guitar of the Month.

Please remember:

• One guitar per member per month
• It must be a Pit Bull Guitars kit (mods and upgrades acceptable)

We need at least 4 photos:

1. full guitar shot from the front;
2. close up of the body finish;
3. shot of the back of the guitar; and
4. 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 adam (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.

Competition for December closes 30 November 2015.

Winner will be judged by the Pit Bull Guitars Judging Panel, including the winner of the November GOTM.

[Arzi]

Hi

Might as well throw this in here...

The name of the bass is "Medic Man" named after my job

The kit is PBG MMB-4 with following specs:

Neck and headstock:
- custom order for the maple fretboard
- golden ferrules for the stock tuners
- golden screws for the tuners
- binding on the headstock done by routing the channel freehand with a dremel and made a paste by melting pearl white binding in acetone - applying it in the channel and sanding it.
- bone nut filed to liking
- trussrod cover from scratchplate sheet, shaped with Dremel, ekg-decor done by engraving with a dremel until the middle layer of three-ply plate came visible. Golden screws.
- headstock finish done with Tru Oil and polished with car products ( poilishing compound and wax)

Body:
- color on the body done by mixing Bolger´s basic red water based stain and hint of Keda Dye "cole black". Same on the top of headstock. 3 coats total with slight sanding between coats.
- Binding done by freehanding the channel with Dremel (can´t recommend to anyone...) to hight of 9mm. Then putting a 6mm pearl white binding in by heating it in form first with a hair dryer, glued and rounding the top edges so that it gives a "fat" look on the top. Few visible minor cracks between binding and the wood filled with a paste done by melting bits of binding to acetone and then sanded smooth.
- color on the back and sides done with water based stain "victorian walnut" by a dealer in ebay UK - can´t find the label anymore. 3 coats total.
- Pearl white scratchplate
- Golden screws
- Stock bridge with golden saddles
- finish done with Tru Oil and polished with car products (polishing compound and wax)

Electronics:
- Artec SE-2A 2-band EQ preamp with concentric bass/treble pot and blend+volume controls
- added another humbucker (chinese). Stock humbucker was hotter than the one I ordered so ordered another one to match. These are both 6,34 Ohms per coil - totalling to some over 12 Ohms Humbucking. Cost about 13 AUS$ each
- added a on/on/on miniswitch for both humbuckers splitting the coils front/parallel/rear. Might try some other configuration later on but these are quite versatile at the moment.
- stereo jack for the "wake up" current whent plugging in
- had to make the stock cavity about 1mm wider in the jack end to fit the electronics
- pickup cavities and electronics cavity shielded with conducting aluminium tape

Intonates great. The G-string saddle is at the far most location at the moment but I have longer screws if necessary - still spot on at this point. Leveled the frets using a G&W notched fret ruler and self made leveling beam with sanding paper, crowned with a fret file and polished with wet sanding paper + polishing rubber.

String hight is at 2,5mm at the 12:th fret with the E-string and lower with the others.

Put on D´Addario´s 50-105 half rounds which are pretty nice to play after round wounds on my other basses and still give some more clarity than basic flats.

Here are some pics for you:











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[Arzi]

Some more from the back:

[wokkaboy]

beautiful build Arzi, well done you had some issues to sort out along the way and got them sorted. The colours you chose and upgrades really set this build apart

[andrewdosborne]

I love everything about this bass, awesome work!

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[vh2580]

Arzi Stunning bass, love the features you've added to this.

[adam]

This entry from Janet, who was having issues uploading pics. Janet, if you see this, your images were way too big. You need to get them down to under 1000px on the longest edge.

Here's what Janet says about this build:

"Hi everyone
Have finished my RC-1 and my homage to John Lennon.
I finished my Pitbull RC-1 in Black Burst with custom made Truss Rod Cover.
Replaced the nut for a lower action and replaced the switch with a Gibson switch and it plays really well.
Did the set-up and sounds great with a Capo now. It has a lot of scope in the sound.
A special mention to my hubby Glenn who taught me to solder... was a lot of fun...

I think I'll be doing another guitar at some stage...
Ciao Janet"

[wokkaboy]

well done Janet this is a cool looking RC-1, I'm sure Lennon would have been more than happy to play it
@ Ads you finally updated your avatar !

[Arzi]

Beautiful job Janet! Classy looking RC-1.

[jarrod]

Wow that RC 1 is dynamite.