GOTM September 2010 - Darren's Decibel Javelin

[noodles]

Congratulations to Darren, for winning Guitar of the Month for September 2010! It's not every day that one of our own members builds his own guitar from raw wood and parts, but that's exactly what Darren did.



































Quick specs:

• Body: 1-piece curly walnut
• Neck: 3-piece east Indian rosewood; scarf-jointed rosewood headstock (11° tilt)
• Fretboard: east Indian rosewood, 27" scale; 24 medium-tall frets; 16" radius
• Bridge: ABM Wilkinson-style fixed
• Tuners: Sperzel Trim-Lok
• Nut: Earvana Compensated Tuning System 48 mm shelf nut
• Truss Rod: Stewart-MacDonald Hot Rod dual-expanding, wheel style, adjustment at heel
• Neck Attachment: Connector bolts into threaded T-nuts under fretboard
• Pickups: Nordstrand Custom
• Electronics: Free-Way 6-way toggle; master volume; master tone; Neutrik locking output jack
• Strap Locks: Schaller
• Strings: Elixir, 10-56
• Inlay: No face dots; side dots are Luminlay 3 mm luminescent dots
• Finish: Hand-rubbed polymerized tung oil (body) and lemon oil (neck)

[brian]

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[playstopause]

Well deserved.

[Leon]

I got to play this, but it didn't have any strings on it yet

[White Cluster]

Rosewood necks
Amazing work.Congrats Darren

[Josh]

Originally Posted by Leon

I got to play this, but it didn't have any strings on it yet

This. I need to remedy that.

Congrats Darren!

[Soopahmahn]

Darren!

[stealthtastic]

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Mouth watering..

[Durero]

Very beautiful guitar!

Love all the curves and love the curly walnut.

Well done and well deserved

[darren]

Aw... thanks, guys!