goat Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 I am officially entering. I have a design and my fiddleback maple for the top.I have this beautiful dark wood a friend gave me,but I don`t know what it is.It weighs A TON!!!!!!I know we have a year,I will search for the time.I have a baby on the way and I am in the middle of building an amplifier but I will try my best. OK! It's Jan. 3rd. I've got the Maple. I've got the Mahogony. I just finalized and finished the plans an hour ago. Done. This will a very different type of guitar than I've built in the past. Which is what I wanted to do in the first place, use the competition to push myself past my normal 'Oh, guess I'll just do another Tele' limits. ...and you? Everybody armed yet? You`re going to finally do that archtop,aren`t you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 'Oh, guess I'll just do another Tele' limits. Nope, a Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quito195 Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Count me in for the 'ol carriburst comp. now lets see here what do I have.......oh yea nothing but some leopardwood good start good thing I got a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Moved this over to the Finishing section since well thats what it is all about Prize's will be as follows and both determined by a vote in the poll's (as usual) Best Completed to die for and drool looking wins Guitar of the Month for Jan 2005 and a free custom pickup. Best Tutorial on how the finish was done gets a pair of custom pickups. If any other companys decide to donate to the contest I'll be sure to post it here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 I am officially entering. I have a design and my fiddleback maple for the top.I have this beautiful dark wood a friend gave me,but I don`t know what it is.It weighs A TON!!!!!!I know we have a year,I will search for the time.I have a baby on the way and I am in the middle of building an amplifier but I will try my best. I got a baby comin too. When are you & your wife due? We are due July 30th. hey how bout some pics of that darl wood... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goat Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Baby is due May 12th. I`ll try to take some shots of the wood and post it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Tomorrow is the last official day to join in the fun. Just a reminder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo328 Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 I'll be counted in I guess. Although my project is going to be a complete refinish from old beat-up TV yellow to Carriburst. I'm making it in just under the wire I guess since Jan. 8 is almost over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 OK, it's official, the Carriburst entry time is now over, the participants are an even dozen. Cool....I actually didn't expect so many! I hope everyone makes it to Jan. '05 with a Carriburst and a tutorial in tow, I'd love to see a dozen of 'em all at once, it's gonna be a colorful January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 OK, so I need a job. I got bored and did some rough simulation. Wes: http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/...25_124_full.jpg Snork: http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/...25_125_full.jpg Dan: http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/...25_126_full.jpg Me: http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/...25_127_full.jpg And would this count, like if Zakk wylde was entering? http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/...25_128_full.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 haha...i hope mine will be a bit more colored than that....dark green and baby blue rather than yellow and whatever that blue is. i am also making it a 3 color burst,but i am not telling you about that yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Yeah, I hear ya. I was pretty simplistic here, just to show it, but not to show too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 My only hint is....................... Explore This!! hee, hee, hee........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 I now have my top. Well, several tops because this is 22 x 7-1/2 x 2-1/8. I have to get rid of my 9" bandsaw soon and buy an 18" so I can start bookmatching my own wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 omg nice top. www.jeppsonguitars.com nice figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 umm...youare going to carriburst that?man that color is amazing i wouldn't change it.....maple is cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 nice figure! ummmm, gee thanks! Oh, you mean the maple!! Yeah, I just won it on ebay from buzzsaw. I hope it's as purdy in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 you can buy a 14" bandsaw with a riser and it will resaw that. that's maple?i figured it was redwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Yeah, I'm going to burst one of them. I'm planning on getting 4 tops out of it since it's 2-1/8" thick. I'll have plenty to use natural. I looked at the 14" saws but the 18" jet (about $1000) goes to 10-1/4" without a riser. The 14" is just about the same price with the add on. I know someone is going to post a link to harbor freight now with a 14 or 18" for $500! westhemann Posted on Jan 11 2004, 09:22 PM that's maple?i figured it was redwood Good old USofA type maple. It looks nice and red, that's one of the reasons I bought it. I know buzzsaw usually wets his wood for pic's (most people do) but it didn't say anything in the ad about it. I'm sure it was wet. That will look nice with a clear on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 I got my Carri-Maple from Buzzsaw too. He does sell nice stuff, this is my 3rd purchase from him, very happy. He's not quite up there with the 'best of the best of the best', but it is nice stuff if you wait for the right piece. I got that piece in that I posted a picture of in the old carriburst thread, right before it shut down, (right after the hooter-girls) and that piece is really pro-luthier wood, and you can see the difference between that wood and Buzzsaw-wood. Not knocking Buzzsaw any, I like his stuff a lot. That wood is a perfect AAAAA quilt, not because it has great quilt, I mean, it does, (some of buzzsaw's has better, btw) but the wood really meets the criteria for AAAAA which is kinda rare. That term gets abused a lot. The wood is 100% perfectly white Maple, no splits, checks, cracks, imperfections, weirdness in figure, tiny black spots, or anything like that, it is a perfect piece of booked Maple, with very evenly spaced quilt figure, whereas Buzzsaw's pieces have lots of odd-ball things about them, the figuring is uneven a lot, but most of the time I prefer oddball anyway. Buzzsaw's stuff has a lot of 'character' to it, I like that, and he's a nice guy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Love this burst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 yeah i like the one of the right. i'm going to model mine after a sunset because i feel they are a little bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 So...how far along are we. I have nothing. Not a thing. Working on it tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 i really am still trying to find the perfect top. i think that carvin looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 I like it 2, its just that its only 2 colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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