Great Guitar Build Off

Great Guitar Build Off The Great Guitar Build Off exists to help less fortunate guitar builders with free or subsidised tools, Guitar Kits or even Luthiery Courses.

Congratulations Posted • My 3rd build won 3rd place in GGBO 23 kit category.Amazing competition with fantastic builds...
24/01/2024

Congratulations
Posted • My 3rd build won 3rd place in GGBO 23 kit category.
Amazing competition with fantastic builds from amateurs and professional luthiers all over the world.

I want to thank everyone that honoured me with their vote. Congratulations to all participants.

So my first gift from Arrived and i am super excited to use them.

Special thanks to Triton. They make fantastic tools and i have to say it is always my first choice.

I also have to thank Ben , mrs Dale and everyone in Family for their efforts and support to our beautiful community.....


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Mathew Tye Tyler / “I am a husband and father first, but when I have ANY free time, I am building guitars.”Guitar Specs...
19/12/2023

Mathew Tye Tyler /

“I am a husband and father first, but when I have ANY free time, I am building guitars.”

Guitar Specs:
•Body Wood – reclaimed million mile boxcar flooring (and acrylic)
•Neck wood – reclaimed million mile boxcar flooring
•Fretboard – richlite
•Scale Length – 25” (635 mm) – 24 frets
•Fretboard radius – 12”
•Type of frets – nickel
•Inlays – crazy fiber micarta
•Finish – iron acetate aging, light epoxy grain fill, hand-rubbed Walrus Oil furniture butter

“I am a guitarist from Spain who built his first guitar 14 years ago and enjoyed the process so much that he couldn’t ...
19/12/2023

“I am a guitarist from Spain who built his first guitar 14 years ago and enjoyed the process so much that he couldn’t stop until now.”

Guitar Specs:
•Body Wood/s: Mysterious figured very resonant recycled pallet wood
•Neck wood/s: African Mahogany
•Fretboard: Exotic ebony
•Scale Length: 24.75″
•Fretboard radius: 12″
•Type of frets: Nickel Silver (the ones from )
•Inlays: Red and Blue pearlescent epoxy reisn
•Finish: 2 coats of Rubio Monocoat + 1 of Rubio maintenance oil

Neil Paskin – “I’ve always been excited about making and creating and in 2016 I was lucky enough to become a full time ...
19/12/2023

Neil Paskin – “I’ve always been excited about making and creating and in 2016 I was lucky enough to become a full time maker.”

Guitar Specs:
•Body Wood/s- Silky Oak and Brushbox
•Neck wood/s- Rosewood
•Fretboard – Ebony
•Scale Length- 25 1/2 inch
•Fretboard radius – 12 inch
•Type of frets – unsure
Inlays – mother of pearl
•Finish – acrylic lacquer

Matt Jordan – – “An engineer by trade and amateur Guitar player, I’ve never actually got round to building a Guitar, it...
19/12/2023

Matt Jordan – –
“An engineer by trade and amateur Guitar player, I’ve never actually got round to building a Guitar, it’s always been on the ideas list so really looking forward to this!”

Guitar Specs:
•Body Wood/s – Main body is Greenheart with a Cherry Plum top
•Neck wood/s – Presumed Maple and Adrican Rosewood
•Fretboard – Ebony
•Scale Length – 25.5″
•Fretboard radius 11″
•Type of frets – as supplied by
•Inlays – Maple and African Rosewood
•Finish – Neck finished in Danish Oil, body finished in a satin varnish

Mark Gutierrez – “I’m a guitar player, producer, musician and tinkerer.Guitar Specs:•Body Wood: Bamboo – recycled•Neck w...
19/12/2023

Mark Gutierrez – “I’m a guitar player, producer, musician and tinkerer.

Guitar Specs:

•Body Wood: Bamboo – recycled
•Neck wood: NONE – Carbon fiber rods
•Fretboard: Richlite
•Scale Length: 25.5
•Fretboard radius:16
•Type of frets: Jescar Jumbo/Wide
•Inlays: Epoxy
•Finish: Oil & Wax


Posted • Some more pictures of Zephyr for you
15/12/2023

Posted • Some more pictures of Zephyr for you


Posted • Cupid’s Bow 12 string.Here is my entry for the great guitar build off scratch build 2023, my first guitar.It’...
15/12/2023

Posted • Cupid’s Bow 12 string.

Here is my entry for the great guitar build off scratch build 2023, my first guitar.

It’s a neck through semi hollow telecaster thinline style 12 string with P90 pickups.

Specs:

Woods:

- Ammonia Fumed pear wings
- Flamed ash capped top
- 5 piece multi lam neck (flamed maple/walnut/maple/walnut/flamed maple)
-AAA grade African ebony fingerboard
-flamed ash veneered headstock
-natural pear ctrl cavity plate

Body:

-telecaster thinline style with hand carved f-hole

Neck

- 5 piece multi lam neck through
- 12”-20” compound radius fretboard
- 25 1/2” scale length
- 22 frets
- vintage fretwire
- 460mm spoke wheel truss rod
- nut width : 44mm
- nut material : mother of pearl
- end of board width: 56mm
- 6mm mother of pearl dots
- 2mm mother of pearl side dots

Hardware:

- Gotoh GTC-12 chrome bridge
- Chrome ferrules
- Sperzel locking tuners
- gotoh worn chrome k***s
- chrome strat style input jack

Electronics

- Warman soapy joe p90’s
- CTS pots
- switchcraft 3 way switch
- pure tone input jack
- 1950s style Gibson wiring

Finish

- French polished to satin sheen with de-waxed shellac

Glued together with hide glue.

Check out the great guitar buildoff. com and you’ll find my entry as Tyreman guitars for more info, build in progress photos and videos on how I made it, I’ll be releasing my final video soon and will go into a lot more detail and show you a video/audio demo of it,

It’s been a long time since posting here, let me know what you think!

Thanks to and for organising it.

Posted • Hardware comes today, got the shape done, next up is round overs and a bit of carving.
05/12/2023

Posted • Hardware comes today, got the shape done, next up is round overs and a bit of carving.

Posted • The term is now open to enter in the GGB02023 raffle at Daily guitar Draw, the collected money is fot charita...
05/12/2023

Posted • The term is now open to enter in the GGB02023 raffle at Daily guitar Draw, the collected money is fot charitable purpose, yo can buy tickets for this guitar and many more awesome ones, link In my profile



Posted • Half & Half | GGBO2023this year’s project for finally done. I had trouble figuring out what this build wante...
05/12/2023

Posted • Half & Half | GGBO2023

this year’s project for finally done. I had trouble figuring out what this build wanted to be but I’m glad I kept working on it despite all the times I wanted to give up on this one. You can watch the full build video link in bio. Follow us on YouTube !


05/12/2023

Demo video for Matthew Dworman's entry into the Freestyle competition.

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