Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks to Steve and Trevor or your comprehensive replies. Unfortunately my construction method is traditional Spanish so making a new neck is basically out of the question.
I have to rethink my future neck support or not?

Spanish cedar neck . The carbon fibre is an easy fit and never has to be forced in. Likewise, the wooden shim which locks the rod into place is not a tight fit. All glued in with epoxy. I am thinking that the very thing which is supposed to give strength to the neck might actually be weakening the w...

I am a classical guitar maker and generally install a 3x10 mm carbon fibre rod just under the fingerboard with the purpose of counteracting any neck bend caused by string tension. Never had any problems until my 57th guitar where just prior to attaching the fingerboard I have noticed a linear crack ...

I have always used wooden bindings but now busy treating myself to a Gibson L-00 copy with sunburst and plastic bindings. My question is:
1. Do I use white or cream? Unfortunately Ivoroid is not able to be shipped to New Zealand.
2. What is the preferred adhesive for plastic to wood?

Hi . This is my first time on the forum as well. I can highly recommend Alex planes from Cremona tools in Italy. Recommended to me by luthier Andrea Tacchi in Florence. I bought low angle Jack plane with 3 different angle blades. Cost Euro 160. Was on my door step about 10 days later. Cremona have a...