Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Lovely guitar. Very nice! I know what you mean about hard to get your head around as for quite a while you keep hitting the wrong strings, but after a bit you get used to it. Im used to sevens now except when you switch to a style of music you're not used to playing the seven plays with your head ag...

Thanks guys, both these guitars are fairly different than my usual builds, yet they've both got my styling in there somewhere.

The tele gets picked up in the weekend, the 8 string I'm still deciding what I plan to do with it. Ie keep or sell.

8 String All Aussie Timber Neckthru Queensland Maple neck Tasmanian Blackwood wing caps and matching headstock Tasmanian Oak for rear of wings Figured Jarrah fingerboard with small gold pearl dot inlays Soap Box timber binding Kahler Tremolo Lundgren M8 Bridge Pickup Coil split switch CTS 500k pots ...

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That sassafras is simply amazing

Stunning, beautiful guitar.

Nick wrote:: The wings, are they laser etched ? It's one smart axe.

The wings on the back is the war medal he recieved. It was laser etched as you suspected. Only cost $20.00 so I can see a bit more laser etching in my future!

Lookin Good Great graphics What does the number mean It might look like a heap of symbology just thrown together, but it's actually a themed tribute guitar. The guy who commissioned this build had his father in mind, a WWII veteran. The only Australian still alive from the only combat jump Aust did...

#1 Warbird got it's approval today by the guy who commissioned the build: https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/305963_383038415111332_612188996_n.jpg http://searlsguitars.com.au/Gallery/027/IMG_4182SMALL.jpg http://searlsguitars.com.au/Gallery/027/IMG_4196small.jpg http://searlsgui...

Looks great, I bet your son is a very happy fellow when he plays that!

Something he can keep for life and say "my dad made this"

Shame he's not in Australia, looks like he's got some good stock

I've seen plenty of cigar box variations but first time I've seen a tool box!

Nice work!

Thanks guys. It's probably one of my favorite builds to date, the guy who commissioned this build lives in NSW and will be collecting it in person soon, I'm located in VIC

Tod: yes, its one of the good (chunky) capacitors! It's a 0.022uf PIO cap. (PIO = paper dipped in oil)

AU$74 a magazine?? I think I'll pass!

Sounds like an interesting read though

Another one done, heres some pics and a slideshow of the build: SS7 Neckthru Tasmanian Blackwood Neck and headstock Victorian Blackwood body wings Wandoo fingerboard Tiger Myrtle fingerboard binding OFR Tremolo (no rear cover by customer request) Bareknuckle Aftermath Bridge pickup Bareknuckle Cold ...

Awesome! Can imagine you'd be very excited! Congratulations!

Great setup!

I'd be interested to see more info on your self made buffer, looks like a good machine

Great workshop taffy! Thats the sort of place guitarist dream of visiting.

I'll try answer all the questions in order! This customer asked for standard tuning with a low B, however you can really do whatever you want. Pots are 500k CTS and they are Volume and tone with a three way mini toggle switch. The weight on this is average as the Fiji Mahogany is light, so you could...

My latest build: (SOLD) Trans Candy Red SS7 Mahogany body and headstock Rosewood fingerboard Maple 3pc neck Bareknuckle Holydiver bridge p/up Bareknuckle Mothers milk neck p/up Kahler Tremolo Grover tuners http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/searlsguitars/024/IMG_3698small.jpg http://i1155.phot...

How cheap... I've seen a Chinese made electric guitar that when a modification/routing was performed it was discovered that the body was just white foam with a veneer over it! I've seen Chinese pricelists from the cheap knock off factory and they're selling complete, painted and assembled with parts...

BBK - you're right, they're all talented guys. Good at what they do. I'll be honest - I'm not an acoustic player myself, but I have admiration for anyone who does build them well (I've seen some dogs and I've seen some that are masterclass!) . I know all of the guitars I've played that David had bui...

I just stumbled across this slideshow which features a guitar built buy a friend of mine, so I thought I'd share as its a closer style than my work to what the majority on this site does and he's a fello Aussie doing what he loves. He makes fabulous guitars and is a genuine good bloke. Enjoy: https:...

ozwood wrote:My Shed is pretty compact , but with some thought and inovation I have managed to get it to work for me, anyway a Picture is worth a thousand words !

Theres some really well thought out storage solutions there! Awesome setup!

Finally a day that's not raining - I got some snap shots: http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/searlsguitars/023/IMG_3282small.jpg http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/searlsguitars/023/IMG_3281small.jpg http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p541/searlsguitars/023/IMG_3272small.jpg http://i115...

Nice video! Guitar looks great too!