OSG March Madness II: Final

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OSG March Madness II: Final

Poll ended at Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:22 am

smjenkins' blue Jaguar
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75%
gishuk's purple Jazzmaster
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25%
 
Total votes: 40

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OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by Stephen_42 » Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:21 am

The round you've all been waiting for, and this time I've managed to at least start it in March. As with previous finals, I'll keep the voting open for a full week to allow as many people as possible to vote.

We've got a great final lined up, and I'm really struggling to choose my own favourite. Both finalists are very OSG guitars: both custom colour Fender offsets with matching headstocks. It's a battle of Jaguar v Jazzmaster, LPB v BMM, dots v blocks, tort v white pickguard. I have a feeling this will be a close one.

As it's the final, let's have a look back at how they got here:

Neither of our finalists received byes, so both entered in round one. smjenkins' Jaguar was pitted against MayTheFuzzBeWithYou's silver Jazzmaster, prevailing 19-11 in a matchup that would have made a worthy final in its own right.
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Not to be outdone by smjenkins' Jazzmaster slaying, gishuk's Jazzmaster dispatched ThePearDream's white Jaguar by a 21-8 margin.
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It's worth noting that our finalists were the two highest scoring entries in round one, perhaps hinting at what was to come later.


On to round two, where they found themselves in separate polls against new entrants. The Jaguar chalked up a commanding 27-7 win over enricosonic's black Rickenbacker.
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In the other poll, the Jazzmaster managed a similarly impressive 22-7 win against sal paradise's Tele. Image
Once again, these were the two biggest wins in their respective halves of the draw.

The quarter finals continued this trend, with anim's competition red Mustang and GreenKnee's Jaguar dispatched 26-6 and 23-11 respectively - for the third time in a row the two biggest wins of the round - despite the cool cat memorabilia in both opponents photos:
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Then, in the round that just finished, both of our finalists surged into and held onto strong leads; 28-10 against tribi9's Guyatone for smjenkins
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and 24-14 against caples' Mustang for gishuk.
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You know what our finalists look like by now, but for one last time:

In the blue corner, smjenkins' Jaguar:
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and in the burgundy corner, gishuk's Jazzmaster:
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Good luck to both!

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by sal paradise » Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:58 am

Probably the most perfect final to date for me :-*

Can they both win?
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by gishuk » Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:25 am

Theres been so many awesome guitars in this, I'm still really partial to that blue Guyatone, its made a big impression on me!

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by marqueemoon » Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:48 am

I was also rooting for the Guyatone. Two excellent choices in the final though.

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by smjenkins » Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:10 pm

I'm very biased and I still had a hard time choosing. I freaking love that JM. Those clay dots make me swoon.

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by Fiddy » Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:42 pm

gishuk wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:25 am
Theres been so many awesome guitars in this, I'm still really partial to that blue Guyatone, its made a big impression on me!
marqueemoon wrote:
Thu Mar 30, 2023 10:48 am
I was also rooting for the Guyatone. Two excellent choices in the final though.

I was selling it and then came back to my senses. So i took the ad down. Since, It has moved to my # 1 spot. I love the pickups, the super low action, colour and everything about it. I think it's even cooler than any of the Yamaha SG- 2's and 3 variations.

Anyhow, imgbb compresses pictures, but Reverb doesn't so if you want to see some really good, or better pictures i guess..Check this old Reverb listing and no it's not for sale for anyone wondering

Congrats to the two finalists. Awesome guitars. Hard to pick a winner.

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Congratulations smjenkins: OSG March Madness II Champion

Post by Stephen_42 » Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:09 am

Sorry for taking a while to get around to posting this, I've been a bit whacked out by COVID.

Congratulations to smjenkins' Jaguar! A 30-10 victory in the end makes it our second OSG champion! Commiserations to gishuk, but well done on a great run to the final.

As usual I've had great fun running this, and either of our eventual finalists (plus quite a few others) would have made worthy winners.

I'll organise another of these in a few months. I'm thinking perhaps an acoustic competition?

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by gishuk » Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:41 am

Congrats smjenkins! Your Jag is a worthy winner for sure

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by michel v » Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:33 pm

Congratulations smjenkins!

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by windmill » Fri Apr 07, 2023 2:55 pm

Thanks again for running this.

It brought some very good photos of some very nice guitars.

:)

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Re: Congratulations smjenkins: OSG March Madness II Champion

Post by enricosonic » Fri Apr 07, 2023 3:05 pm

Stephen_42 wrote:
Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:09 am
I'll organise another of these in a few months. I'm thinking perhaps an acoustic competition?
A well run contest, look forward to another.

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by Fiddy » Fri Apr 07, 2023 3:39 pm

a round of applause for Stephen_42..

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by windmill » Fri Apr 07, 2023 5:19 pm

hear hear !

:)

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by smjenkins » Fri Apr 07, 2023 5:33 pm

Congrats to gishuk on a well earned silver medal. I have great respect for the first Pumpkins album too. Excellent choice of a handle. :)

Thank you for running this Stephen. These brackets have been some of the most fun threads on the site in the last year.

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Re: OSG March Madness II: Final

Post by Stephen_42 » Sat Apr 08, 2023 3:12 am

Thank you all very much! This has really made me smile!

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