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Also, please mark you schedule for an event on The Yard hosted by Stonewood Cabins. This will be Saturday evening September 19. In years past this has been a very fun event with Barbecue catered and live music.

Randi and I have decided to return to our Shrimp Boil this year. We plan to do this on Wednesday evening September 16. All are welcome. We will also have grilled chicken for any that might be allergic to seafood.

It is customary (but not required) during Carverfest for different Cabins to host Dinners for the entire group. It is not necessary to communicate this in advance but if you would like you can use this thread to make your plans known.

@Kurt Your BC merch store is a noteworthy tribute to theCarversite, to the Carverfest phenomenon and to our audio 'friend-in-chief' Bob Carver himself! Thank you my friend for such a worthy effort to continue this deserving and important audio legacy.

Folks, the store I promised you all is finally ready. So, check out some Carverfest Merch, and other fun t-shirts at the link below. The gear is decent and price friendly. T-shirts are $15, an embroidered polo shirt is $34 and I even put a mug out there for $10. Other than the trial shirt I modeled a few posts back, I can't say too much about the quality of the gear or printing. But, "Printify" the 3rd party store I used (like "Etsy" for printed stuff) is highly ranked and I chose the gear on the site that is also highly ranked. https://carverfest-and-other-stuff.printify.me/ As I said, the items are price friendly. There's shipping and tax added, all managed by Printify, not me. In fact, once you purchase, you're dealing with a 3rd party company. A perk, because I'm not all that great at customer service :). Note that each item is priced to make a small profit (ranging from $1 to $3, depending on size and color). I will donate all profits received to the Carversite administrative fund to help keep this site working. I'm not trying to get rich here or become a t-shirt baron and I'll gladly share the books on the store if anyone is interested. All of the t-shirt designs are of my own doing, though I'm not really all that great of an artist. I had some help from AI. And, I used internet images of logos wherever I could. If you have a strong desire to see something else (Carver related, please) on a t-shirt, I'm open to it. But, I don't have a lot of skills or time to design it for you. So, send me a .png or .jpg file and tell me what type of product you'd like it on (colors, too), and I'll try to get it added to the store. Try to make it something you think others may enjoy...(not that one polaroid of you and Bob taken back in 1978). Remember that images on t-shirts will be exact to what you send... and since many pictures are rectangular in nature with a white or solid background, you'll probably want to do some editing such that your pic has a "transparent" background color. Otherwise you'll end up with a very rectangular looking t-shirt pic. Enjoy Everyone! And, I look forward to seeing a few of these shirts at Carverfest in September. Special thanks to @straylight, @sea, and @AndrewJohn for tips, artistic ideas, and encouragement.

WOW!

WOW! Not too shabby...the quality is so good you can see the 'mad professor' smile on Bob's face! Like the preamp this is REFERENCE LEVEL work Kurt!

Sample Carverfest t-shirt has arrived, and it's not too shabby....(pay no attention to the elderly man modeling it...he's kind of an attention hog from what I understand). I'm working on a few other options for Carverfest, too. Thanks to those of you who have given me more ideas. An online 'store' will be provided soon where you can order yours .....along with a lot of other "fun" Carver and Audio related merch I've imagined. I'm using a 3rd party ("Printify.com") to handle all the making, selling, distributing of the shirts. Costs will be low. Any proceeds above the store costs will all go toward supporting the operating costs of the Carver Site. Stay tuned :).

Please take the poll to show interest if you'd like a project to build.

Okay, folks, Carverfest 20 is coming up around the corner and I committed to coordination of some t-shirts. I've been trying to come up with a design that works. I've gotten input from a few of you. @straylight Thank you so much for your ideas. This is the latest concept pic I've generated. But, I really need some feedback. I am confident that we can get this design printed accurately on t-shirts. And, we can also make polo shirts with just the logo at the top, as I proposed in a prior post. I will commit to setting all that up with a vendor such that all of you can go buy the shirts directly from the vendor (and I don't have to be in the payment collecting/shipping business). Also... and I mean this sincerely, if anyone else would like to take on this challenge, I would be more than willing to defer. I'm not one of the OG Carverfest participants. And, my creativity is limited (I'm an engineer after all). So, you can't hurt my feelings and I certainly don't want to step on anyone's toes! I'm just a guy who likes to fool around with AI to make images, lol. So, here's my proposal/ask: Let's do 1 more week of input from all of you, I'll generate a couple more concepts, you all can vote on those concepts the following week, then I'll get on with setting up the vendor around mid May. Thanks everyone! @sea Do you think I should socialize this in another forum besides this site?... let me know. Thanks.

Kurt, Really appreciate the work you've done for the new CF logo and having Bob in the frame makes it that much better. Looking forward to the final design. In addition to adding Bob's image how about adding a couple of Mr. Carver's major contributions to the audio world like... The Carver Ref Vacuum Tube amp (what James S. used to call the Silver-1 preamp) that Bob had on his test bench in the 1980s and the Siver-7 Tube amps too that he developed at the same time! Both are important historically and are pinnacles of his audio design work over the years. We all know how much he loves the sound of tubes. I have some good pics of Bob's Ref preamp that I can send you and there should be ample pics of the Silver-7 Tube amps all over the internet! You might also consider putting the larger logo on the back of shirt with a very simple CF logo on the front. Might be more acceptable to all that way. Two versions of the shirt might also also work well to satisfy those interested in purchasing one or the other style. The AI tools of today are a double edged sword in many ways but seeing how you are using them here to our benefit gives me inspiration for the future!

CF2026 is coming fast. We are less than 6 months away. This will be our 20th get together. You will not want to miss it. As of now there are still several cabin options. There is at least one TreeHouse and all of the lofts are open. In addition, Cabin 2 is available.

2026 Carverfest Rate Calculator.xlsx It is getting closer every day. It is time to start getting reservations made with deposits. The rate calculator for this year is above for download. There is about a 4% increase from last year. When you make your reservation, please let me know if the amount differs significantly. Our contact is Candace Moore, her cell is 828-371-1257. You my also call the main number for Stonewood Cabins, 828-222-0802. Most people have stated their intent to exercise options. If you have not you have until May 15 to do so or the cabins will be opened up to others. Reservations must be made with Stonewood and deposit paid by June 15. I think the balance is due 4 or 6 weeks before arrival. Thanks, and please let me know if there are questions. Ed

Excellent

Raven, I'll share cabin 6 with you and Greg 11th-19th Steve

I've generated a somewhat simpler image for a T-shirt see below. I think we could make this work.

I’ve seen some sublimation printing that is pretty amazing compared to the regular old silkscreen.

@Kurt The captain's hat is great! Though I agree, it might be hard for the printer to print right with all the details. Personally, my vote is for the T-shirt. Nice and comfy lol

Cool. My plan is to be there for the first week.

@sea Greg and I will take Cabin 6 for the build. If anyone wants to share, let us know. There are two rooms available.

Yup! September 11 - 19th, at least that's when we'll be there to help.

I'm good with anything you choose. Once chosen, I may or may not purchase one. Like you, I have no interest in going into the t-shirt business - been there, done that. Taking orders, dealing with complaints, (there always are unsatisfied). And the stock minimums. I'll send you a PM with more data I have from experience on this.

Something like this @AndrewJohn ??

When I was a participant years ago with a jet ski club that made an annual trip down the Michigan shoreline and collected donations for the leader Dogs school near Detroit. Every year we had both types of shirts available. T’s and Polo’s That way people had a couple choices. Don’t know how much of a problem it would be to offer that being it is a special year. I’m still the Concert T-shirt kinda guy. And possibly a sublimation process would make a better print?

AJ, I thought about that, too. A more "mature" shirt of some kind. I'll leave it up to the gang. Maybe I can run a poll here on the site to get the design input. I'll put something together. As an aside, Jim had made some t-shirts back when he was still running the Carver business. I bought a couple and wore one to Carverfest 2 years ago and one to Axpona. Nice shirts. Lots of people wondered where I got them. I think there'd be a demand for Carver t-shirts even outside of Carverfest- here on this site and the FB site. Not a huge demand. And, I'm not really wanting to get into the t-shirt making business. But, maybe we could make up a batch and sell them at a little profit which would help finance the site? Just an idea.