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Thanks Alain!

A thought.......the two necks I assume will be in the same tuning? If so I would expect the strings on the unplayed neck to resonate with the strings on the played neck.....that should be interesting

Thanks for the update pics of the build. How the guitar will sound will be interesting but looking at that massive bridge plate and the low area of unbraced or lightly braced lower bout I wouldn't expect a lot of volume. Main top frequency may also be off optimal value(s). Lets see how she sounds on...

Welcome to the forum Jason and thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself. Pics of your builds as they progress are always welcome.

Jeremy might know.

Thanks Terence....hope youll post up some of your work at some stage

Is that the place down Cuba Street? I popped in there a few years ago when I was doing a building course run by Paddy Burgin and Dave Freeman.

CNCWorksNZ wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:11 pm

Have you found Alistair's Music Shop yet?

I saw Benson live in Christchurch New Zealand back in the late 70's...was a great show.

Promoters keeping your money when the event has been cancelled...that's called The QANTAS model.

Nice work Trent. That guitar sounds fantastic...

Sharp tools are better than sex!

seeaxe wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:08 am

Lovely. What a great way to start a day. I admire the sharpness of his tools. He knows what he is doing.
Thanks for posting that.

Truss rod adjustment sets neck relief, more or less tension on neck, for different string thickness and tension. It also helps with fine tuning at 12th fret, along with setting the nut, saddle and fret leveling. Neck relief will affect action etc but it's important that neck relief is set up correc...

2. I have adjusted the neck to remove the bow What's the current neck relief? If you adjust truss rod so fretboard is perfectly flat then there's a high chance you'll get fret buzz mid neck. A bit of relief mid neck allows for string excursion without slapping the frets. Without sounding like a sma...

ps: Martin...I get the joke but consider it inappropriate under my circumstances :gui :dru :lol: do you get my joke my friend? Sorry to hear about your health issues Ross.....sounds like you've drawn the short straw there. Re my OP...it was serious. The "Free Money" title was chosen simply to attra...

Not sure Dave. I suspect it may be based in number of posts or something. Ill check it out for you. This is an idle query, but I have often wondered what our labels tell about us. I seem to be a Blackwood, there are Kauris and assorted other names. Do they have any significance or are simply assigne...

I fret up the fretboard and I press in my frets. I leave out 2nd and 12th frets as there are holes drilled in same that register with pins on the neck. I haven't thought too hard on this one but fretting up with the fretboard off the instrument is definitely a lot easier than doing it with the fretb...

Nice work Alan.....

Hi Al,

No just sorting out an issue for another member. Got it worked out in the end. See Tutorials Section

Okay. 1. Select the share option under the clip in Youtube. This will be a URL link looking like this https://youtu.be/JBM5r5WnPOs 2. In your post go up to row of buttons at top of window and select "youtube" button at far right. This will insert the two square bracketed codes into your post. 3. Pas...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBM5r5WnPOs[/youtube]

Working on it. Jeremy is the IT brains.....my main function is shooting down potential spammers and trouble makers

Valben wrote: ↑

Thu May 14, 2020 10:04 am

Hi Martin, any hint from your side? I have spent some time trying but can only get the link in the post but not the embedded box thanks VB

This is the stuff I use.....I used to get it from a retail outlet here in Adelaide and I think Robert Shines still supplies the stuff. http://www.recochem.com.au/index.php/products/industrial_products/ethanols/item/daa_industrial Robert is best contacted via phone call....he's very knowledgeable and...

DHL knows they can get stuff around quicker in their planes so they're probably price gouging. At least with a DHL plane you wont have Qantas baggage handlers handling your instrument. The price difference will absolutely astound you Martin. $83 AUD for AustPost. $450 AUD by DHL and even higher by o...

Unless you need to keep the bindings just go in with a router and rout them out.

Do you have specs for that "shellac reducer"? I mixed and store the cut in a glass jar. When using it i put some in a small plastic (PE??) bottle with a tip so i can apply it accurately to the fad. I'm using "shellac reducer" which is methanol I believe. Its all going well at present, so I'm happy.

I believe Richard has his mike over the bridge. I think holding it over the sound hole will result in a better T(1,1)1 response. The guitar looks good. I also wonder about the consistent lack of T(1,1)1 on your plots. I just wonder in you setup something is filtering out the lower frequencies. It sh...