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by Cris Rogers
Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:29 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: First Build Complete (Chambered Ash & Mahogany Electric)
Replies: 6
Views: 4722

Re: First Build Complete (Chambered Ash & Mahogany Electric)

Great work - it looks like it might almost 'feel' raw; I like guitars that show off wood (so naturally beautiful)
Cheers Toby!
by Cris Rogers
Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:57 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Introduction - Crazy Carvin' Cris
Replies: 8
Views: 5326

Re: Introduction - Crazy Carvin' Cris

Markku Nyytäjä wrote:When do you sleep? :o
Plenty! '-) I just carve really fast (lol)
by Cris Rogers
Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:53 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Predator themed Carved Guitar
Replies: 6
Views: 4194

Re: Predator themed Carved Guitar

It's funny that you mention it Jason _ I have a Alien (1979 circa) Explorer underway that I started before the predator build :D Funny how those thoughts run together
by Cris Rogers
Thu Aug 08, 2013 1:19 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Predator themed Carved Guitar
Replies: 6
Views: 4194

Re: Predator themed Carved Guitar

Thanks Rodger! I checked out Andy's guitars - pretty cool stuff!
Fingers crossed this one hits that 'magic spot' in people's minds that says "OOHHHH! Gotta have! :) :lol:
by Cris Rogers
Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:54 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Predator themed Carved Guitar
Replies: 6
Views: 4194

Re: Predator themed Carved Guitar

Started carving by smoothing the bay out (from the savagery of the forstner bits)
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Then started on the mandibles of the Predator
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After about an hour
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And here is where I ended up last night. More to come soon...
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by Cris Rogers
Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:51 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Predator themed Carved Guitar
Replies: 6
Views: 4194

Predator themed Carved Guitar

Hola all - I'm marshalling my carving tools on creating the killing machine that nearly beat Arnold.... One tough motha Predator-Build_web.png One of the biggest challenges that I face in the design process is matching up ideas that I see in the temporal world into images that are a good fit with th...
by Cris Rogers
Tue Aug 06, 2013 1:34 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Introduction - Crazy Carvin' Cris
Replies: 8
Views: 5326

Re: Introduction - Crazy Carvin' Cris

Ian, it is ironic that you mention that - Jeffrey is a HUGE influence and his stylzed smoothed approach is a style I love (it's just not my style) and I've replicated a variation of the mermaid guitar called Galatea (mahogany; carved headstock, etc) and his simplicity in design creates a powerful in...
by Cris Rogers
Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:00 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Introduction - Crazy Carvin' Cris
Replies: 8
Views: 5326

Re: Introduction - Crazy Carvin' Cris

It's a fantastic question Steve - an old woodcarving joke is "Finished is when you're sick of looking at it". In the case of the Kraken - that guitar could have still been in the white with me dorking on the details. For that one, when the major elements were clear enough to be detailed un...
by Cris Rogers
Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:08 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Introduction - Crazy Carvin' Cris
Replies: 8
Views: 5326

Introduction - Crazy Carvin' Cris

Hi there gents and ladies - I wanted to say hello and introduce myself. Crazy Cris, CohibaCris, CarvinCris - I have multiple interest psychosis. Located in north central North Carolina, I'm a middle age (shudder) wood carving fool that has a crazy dream of etching art into musical instruments and pr...

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