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  1. September 6th, 2011, 09:58 AM #1
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    Having a guitar carved for me (from an Ibanez model):



    The carver's name is Gig Goldstein.
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  2. September 6th, 2011, 10:04 AM #2
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    Holy crap! I'd be afraid to play that guitar, because an alien baby might explode outta my gut. (LOL)

    Seriously, it looks great! Can't wait to see what the finished product looks like.
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    Wow, an excellent artist with some serious carving skills.

    One of these days, I'll finish carving my cedar mailbox post, but it is nowhere near this level.
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    Oh, that is awesome!
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  5. September 6th, 2011, 11:17 AM #5
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    He only charges $400 and you tell him what you want. You have to supply the guitar, but he found an Ibanez for me at a local shop where he lives.
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    Dang, that IS pretty awesome! I don't much care for the usual florals and such and extreme carving, but I'd hit that alien any day - great choice for carving!

    What's the finish gonna be? Hopefully not some dull brown...that would scream for some black and gray staining applied very carefully so the details show...but, you know, alien color scheme as well...but, even in just brown that's gotta be the coolest carved body I've seen!
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  7. September 6th, 2011, 01:10 PM #7
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    He's using a bronze finish... a paint with actual bronzing in it so it will look somewhat metalic from what I can gather. It will be dark in the recesses and polished to be lighter on the raised surfaces, to give it a nice 3D look.
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    Quote Originally Posted by deeaa View Post
    but I'd hit that alien any day
    I know it gets cold up there, Dee, but I'm sure you could do better on even the coldest of nights! Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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    I have but a pair of words to express myself at this point. "WOW" and "WANT". That's just about the coolest thing ever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bcdon View Post
    I know it gets cold up there, Dee, but I'm sure you could do better on even the coldest of nights! Not that there's anything wrong with that.
    I guess I just have a thing for reptilians...they do it in cold blood :-)

    Bronze will look amazing I'm sure!
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  11. October 29th, 2011, 09:04 AM #11
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    Here are the latest photos... expecting delivery in the next week or so.




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    Holy crap dude! That's ridiculously freakin cool!
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    Love the face-hugger eggs for knobs!
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    I wasn't expecting those knobs... he thought it would help finish off the look and he hand-caved them.
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    Amazing, Brian! The amount of detail work is stunning.
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    Those knobs are the freakin' bomb. Awesome coup de grace.
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    Looks like your guitar made it to GuitarSquid.com!
    http://guitarsquid.com/newsletter/sq...any-moment/46/
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