Combine Newsletter - May 2025
April's Guitar of the Month Winner!
We’re pleased to announce that Elijah G. is the latest winner of our Guitar of the Month contest!
Curious about his process? Here is his story:
"This is my 4th kit build, so it went quite smoothly.
I dyed the body black with trans tint dye, and then sanded it back to get the black grain lines. I then mixed green and yellow, I believe in a 2/1 ratio, to get the olive ish color. I then sealed it with green tinted shellac (tinted shellac hurts the color less in my experience). After I used varathane water based brush on polyurethane, 8 coats I believe.
The neck was dyed using denatured alcohol instead of water, with the green yellow dye. It was then coated with green tinted shellac, and then try oiled over the shellac. The neck looks amazing but is a bit sticky feeling, for anyone wanting to replicate this. Bare wood with a few coats of tru oil feels the best to me. This looks amazing though."
"I swapped the nut for a graphtech pre cut Dingwall nut which needed minor sanding to fit. The spacing is a hair different but is close enough. I also added black strap locks." - Elijah G.
Elijah's win has earned him up to 50% off the base price of his next DIY Guitar Kit, and his build has been shared on our website and social media!
His guitar is built using our Multiscale Headless 5-String Bass Kit.
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May's Guitar of the Month Contest
We know you're all busy working away on your builds, and we expect some of you will complete them in time to enter May's Guitar of the Month contest! The winner will receive up to 50% off the base price of their next DIY Guitar Kit, and their build will be shared on our website and social media.