Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Jeff's reply pretty much sums it up. In my case, its not applicable as I build those evil electric things but honestly, I've done two Brisbane Guitar Shows, it wasn't cheap and the organisers had done craploads of marketing, the whole place was busy as for the whole week-end on both occasions, I han...

I'm sure there must be plenty of people that value handwork in NZ, you probably just haven't been lucky enough to be able to advertise your instruments in the right places. In all honesty the market for boutique guitar builders is quite big, there's a lot of competition out there, I feel that until ...

Nice guy Martin, my first acoustic is for a left handed mate of mine, its going to be a gift too, he's not hard up though , just a very old friend

Obviously this one is for the pro's and semi-pro's. I'm curious to find out what you guys charge for your acoustics. Trying to figure out what will be a decent price for myself when I get to the point of selling acoustics when I'm at that point. I'll get the ball rolling with my electrics so no one ...

Allen, that sounds like a very thin finish, what do you use for product?

I use Mirotone NC on my electrics and usually spray about 15-20 coats thinned 30%, sounds like I might have to go way thinner for acoustics

^ www.cliff.com.au

^ all true, I once shipped a bass to the US, $350

I've taken instruments on flights before but just small trips, not overseas. I usually put the bass (in my case) in a decent quality ABS case with a bit of extra foam or bubble wrap inside the case and I wrap the case in several layers of bubble wrap with a tiny opening for the case handle to carry ...

There's a reason why good sounding ABG's all have huge bodies, they need that to pump out the air required to get the volume necessary. I can say from having tried a few ABG's that the majority just isn't loud enough to do anything decent acoustically with someone playing a Dreadnought next to you. ...

That thread has really opened up today, awesome! great to find out more about the usual crew. I'm a tradesman cabinetmaker and have built fine furniture from these premises since 1990. Hello-oh?! You sound like a fly-by-nighter by saying "these premises since 1990" that means your current workshop! ...

Why thank you Martin , I'm off to the barbie

I figured I might as well start a thread for hopefully those of us who have been drinking the p*ss can post to for intros without having to resort to tons of new threads on the subject :D I wasn't too sure if I was part of that bunch of bastards that were mentioned by Kiwigeo so had a good look at m...

And I'll just spam my own site

Www.ozbassforum.com

That could work, now you only need to help me convince the boss

Here's mine, unfortunately I need to share it with a car so everything is on wheels and gets pulled off the wall when I need to use it. :roll: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/philmailloux/rphoto.jpg Here is the big boy belt sander with radiused jig lying on top of it, pin router which still n...

I do my angled headstocks,the same way Demonx, but the scary way, without the jig :lol: I might just build me one like this, be better not to push my luck too much Please forgive me for taking away from your post. The jig is well thought out and will be of use to many that have a jointer but not a w...

Here's my little blurb on the spec sheet/contract I provide, its not near enough to cover most of the issues you mentioned though so you may very well have to do it the hard way through a sollicitor. Like Nick, its only a hobby business for me so I don't see the need for the time being on getting so...

Yeah, my contracts aren’t that much in depth but I see totally where you’re going with this. I’ve had a few of those issues myself in the last couple of years and it’s a real bitch. I don’t do progress payments exactly for the reason you mentioned, I ask 50% upfront and rest on completion before shi...

I wouldn't pay that for a sollicitor to do this but then again my output is only 8 per year, yours might be a lot more. I've essentially added a couple of paragraphs of legalese at the bottom of my spec sheets which doubles as a contract, i.e. the bass is built according to the specs on the sheet, c...

I use welded end lmii single action rods, they're cheap and work well. I see no use of a double action rod. Seems to me if your neck is goingto backbow that much, start anew. I've also used compression rods on occasion when doing custom scale instrument where my usual rods wouldnt fit

Yes it is, its been sitting there unused for some months now since I haven't gotten 3 phase connected yet

Its for clamping angled headstock necks, there's quite a few makers of these extrusions, 8020 is the most famous brand, Bosch-Rexroth and some others make it too. I bought mine here http://www.amesystem.com.au Check out their 'profile system' link to see all the bits and bobs available, they're pric...

Looks good Chris. I'm interested to know where do I get to see the Fox set up you mentioned? I just bought a large edge sander and would like to know how its done that way as well. There's also the old lmii jig, i built myself one a couple of years back out of t-slot extruded aluminium, I adjusted ...

I use one of those big ass 2" cut ones with bearings at both ends on a Triton 3hp router in the table, I cut to as close as possible to the lines with the bandsaw before routing, forget about taking large chuncks out with the router table it's a recipe for disaster, same thing with climb cutting, ne...

I run a bead of Titebond along tang of my frets prior to hammering them in....but I fret with the fretboard on the guitar. That's a good tip, I use Titebond too but always shove it in the slot with a small knife before pressing the fret, it makes a mess of glue on the fingerboard which always needs...