Monday, December 10, 2007

CSCI 100 Final

1. The Ebay item I found was a Martin DC16RGTE Acoustic/Electric guitar
which is currently at 1,275$ to bid with only 45 minutes left until bidding closes. The user, saleasylum's feedback score is 204 and 99.5% positive. The seller perfers the use of Paypal for payment. The bid price is the current price to bid on the item. The time left is when the bidding will end and a winner is declared. The user's feedback score shows the amount and quality of transactions they have done on Ebay. The use of paypal is an outside site which securely handles money transactions on the internet.

2. The outside site I found detailing this guitar was a forum where people are able to discuss acoustic guitars. This is the site http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-40279.html. In particular, they are discussing the various types of wood used on the fretboards.

3. Wikipedia doesn't detail the specific guitar, but I found information about it on Martin's website: http://www.mguitar.com/guitars/choosing/guitars.php?p=m&m=DC-16RGTE%20AURA. The neck material is Select Hardwood, the fretboard is Black Micarta, the top of the body is Solid Sitka Spruce, and the back is Indian Rosewood. Very nice.

4.The Picture I found on flickr is not of the specific guitar, but another similar martin. Here it is: The site address for it is http://www.flickr.com/photos/foto_vet
/349892345/ and it is entitled "Acoustic Delight".

5. The effect I put on this picture using Gimp was under the artistic filters section and called "Cubism". Here it is: