Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

You would think that if this a common problem it would be talked about by both makers and performers. Is it perhaps about the type and placement of the pickups?

It may be worth adding that a planed surface will glue much better than a sanded one. Also that you want to do the glue up pretty soon after you have planed the edges so have your glueing jig ready to go after you have produced your edges. It may seem a bit daunting at first but a bit of practice sh...

Looks good. I would worry somewhat about taking too much off. I guess you would use a fairly fine grit...?

I shaped blocks on the lathe for my various radii and stuck abrasive to them. Works well but does take some time. I do get a good fit this way.

Not in any way contradicting Martin I love my silicone heating blanket with spring steel straps. I do quite sharp cutaways and bending the bindings along with the sides gives me great results. I don't use anything too fancy, just a Keenovo heater with temperature controller. I also don't make too ma...

Yes Martin!

I am not any sort of expert in this area but this doesn't sound right at all. Isn't domain allocation done by an internatiional body, not by national institutions?

There are probably people here who know more about this stuff. Hopefully they will chime in.

Whatever, I would continue to resist this.

As Wayne says, and it has a great tone (as far as listening over the net allows).

I wonder why the lattice back? Is it live by Trevor's definition or is it designed to be non live.

Damned good looking for such a short build time!

Not really answering the question but... I crafted a few single action rods using the book which was quite interesting as an exercise. But I decided I am not really a metal worker and double action rods are fairly cheap and I would rather spend my effort on the more important aspects of producing a ...

I use AP Tuner running on Windows. I like it for the large display and it does give you cents. It does do some other clever stuff which I don't use.

I don't think I have seen the variation that you refer to except when fretting notes where all sorts of havoc breaks loose.

Joel I like it. I appreciate Trevor's body shape, and particularly the straight saddle with enough room for intonatation. Once you get used to that the slanted saddle always looks awkward to my eyes. As amateurs we have to but up with the cock ups, minor and major but as you say one can still enjoy ...

Gerard Gilet runs courses.I guess it depends where you are in Oz.

Great stuff Wayne. It's funny how you can see something's a bit odd with the fret markers on the 'wrong' side then it dawns.

That blackwood is really something and the whole thing works well aesthetically.

Yup, fine tuning with the sandpaper covered radius dish. Must admit I haven't worried too much about the exact depth of my guitars. They all come out a bit different. I may be wrong but I don't think it makes a lot of difference - within reason.

This is not going to help much but I found my American Walnut behaved fine. However I have a bender that keeps tension on both sides of the timber enabling that fairly tight cutaway. I am at around 1.8 mm and bend at about 120 C. Reasonably damp but not soaking.

Good luck D

You've managed to keep that top nice and clean - I don't see splodges of epoxy all over! Also the CF is laid nicely.

You have managed really clean use of the epoxy with the cf. Mine.don't look any where near as tidy. The wheatsheah purfling looks great and I notice that you have given the top string some more space from the edge of the fretboard so it doesn't get pulled off. I would use a more sharp cutaway but th...

That looks excellently executed. Very dark Indian Rosewood. I have built a few falcates and the design just seems to work.

Did you find a need to adjust the frequencies with side masses?

Cheers Dave

Yes quite. Dave

Jurgen I can't reply directly to your question but I can say that I purchased Trevor's video course on tap testing and acquriing sound spectra using VA and found it extremely useful. Far more detail than the book could give. So I would expect a course given by Trevor in person to be equally more inf...

Vin Hi. I too am in the currently rather damp UK. I take it from your photos that you have replaced the knotted string ends with the more normal loop over the tie block... I do notice though that the saddle is a very poor fit in it's slot. This really should be a close fit. Also check that the botto...

It's probably the dark winter days but I had a hankering after listening to Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands today. It didn't disappoint even after all the decades. I have no idea what he's talking about but I still love the whole sound of it. This is probably not something to play in the workshop! Dave

Thanks Wayne. They really are a different kettle of fish aren't they!

And don't I seem to remember that selmac used a form of ladder bracing? I wonder what you are using?

Didn't they use a crease to give a good break angle?

As someone has said that back looks gorgeous.

Great aesthetic. Am interested in the bridge. Do you not use a removable saddle? Is the bridge material itself tough enough to carry the strings?