Thank you, Prostheta.
The company hosting the competition is a local place, and I'm actually good friends with one of the account managers. I do currently have a site up, and I've registered my domain name already, so the horror of losing the name shouldn't be a problem. Thank you for pointing that out, though.
A little about me... well, by day, I'm an event planner for a pretty large company. I'm in the 3rd year of owning my guitar business which started after a couple years of building. I got a few under my belt and then I had people start commissioning me to build for them. It wasn't long before I figured I needed to get the business set up. I only do electrics, and primarily T styles. I specialize in using barn wood and other unique materials (like concrete and baseball bats ). I feel like I've found my niche in this market, and I've got loads of ideas in the works, but with a full-time job and a family, I just don't currently have the time or resources to implement them all.
Here are a few of the guitars I've done. I usually build at least 2 or 3 a year for charity, and most of these were all donations:
This one was raffled off to raise money for on-the-grounds needs in Haiti and Honduras
This one was built from a local 100 year old barn and was raffled off by the local high school music program for new band uniforms.
This was my first and only bass so far; a 5 string fretless based off a Fender Starcaster
And these 2 were both for charity as well.
This one was made from Matt Holliday signature baseball bats and sold at auction for $45k. 100% of the money was split between 3 different charities. A few cool details: I hand-stitched the strap with baseball stitching, inlaid Matt's number (7) on the fret board, and I simulated an old, pine tar covered bat on the back of the neck.