Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Beautiful job, Jazz! The cello is such a beautiful, refined, and sophisticated instrument - visually as well as aurally. In the hands of a good player, a cello can be so incredibly evocative. I'd love to have one! Only then, I'd have to hire a cello player. Please, on your next cello, document the e...

" I thought it smelled like beer farts after a night on Bundy. I'd be interested to see what everyone else thinks. " Gee, I cant wait to smell it! Supposedly, much of the Brazilian Rosewood actually disappeared to make perfume. Now we know what that captivating smell is that Elle MacPherson is weari...

Thanks, Bob and Kim, for the detailed responses. I will check out the options that you have outlined.

Dennis

Good progress, Serge! Looks great!

Dennis

Another piece by this wonderfully talented young woman: Hyun-Su Shin : Mozart - Violin Concerto No.4, KV218 1st mov.

Thanks for making me aware of her, Sebastiaan!

Dennis

I made a couple of calls using Skype about a year and a half ago. From the USA to Scotland. Completely free software, completely free call. And, the voice quality was better than my land-line telephone. (I understand that VIOP is not always perfect, but when you get a great connection, more of the a...

Really nice job, Ron! I would not have thought of the combination of Oak and Bloodwood, and it works really well together. The black purfling sets it off perfectly. I'm sure I would have added a light purfling as well, and it would not have been this classy. That binding/purfling scheme will stick i...

Hesh, the top looks really nice. I wonder if the squirrel claw (love that!) will show up under a finish. Looks like you are really bracing light, and she should really sing. Kudos for the sig, I applaud you! If you had a lot more graphite at your disposal, you could list the number of Iraqi civilian...

Hi Hesh! Well, I won't clog up the Oz election thread too much more with US politics, but Hesh, thanks for being one of the people with eyes wide open. I was in shock in 2000 when - in plain sight - Bush and his backers stole the election from Al Gore. Then, I honestly fell into my first and only re...

... What a freakin joke, he was the crisis. What realy took place is that [Bush] took advantage of troubled times to gain political mileage and to position our nation into the most embarrassing situation it has every found itself in the face of the world. Shame on him and shame on [the USA] for all...

Congratulations to the citizens of Australia, for ousting Howard (about whom I know little, but know he would not sign the Kyoto Protocol nor leave Iraq, and is a friend to GW Bush.) This underscores the US as the only remaining industrialized nation not to sign Kyoto Protocol. No fuzzy line there, ...

*anecdotal* One of the luthiers who posts on the Luthierforum, Michael Boyle, says he has been using Knox unflavored gelatin as a clear, non-smelly, cheap, and readily available "hide glue" for 15 years. *double anecdotal* Someone else (I can't find the reference) said that Martin Guitars uses gelat...

Thanks, Graham!

Dennis

Graham W wrote: Karl Zeeh

Hi Graham. Who is Karl Zeeh? Is there a website? I am kind of familiar with Karin Rost (at least I know who they are), but who is Zeeh?

Thanks,

Dennis

Ron, very nice documentation, and a really nice looking guitar!

Dennis

Looks like the Omron temperature controllers (or at least this one) can handle 240V:

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Dennis
p.s. Remember not to worry about sellers that won't ship to your chunk of the planet. I will.

Beautiful guitar, Hesh. I really mean that!

(Hesh has my picture.)

Dennis

Excellent! A true LOL!

Dennis

This guitar is just beautiful! A great combinations of wood species. The Queensland Walnut is so rich looking - much richer than the North American Black (Juglans) Walnut.

Dennis

You know, I made a post regarding Hesh's wall of shame the other day - and *poof* it disappeared.

Man oh man, it was witty, funny, and philosophically very deep. Too bad its gone forever.

I wonder if I hit "Preview", then forgot to hit "Submit"? Duh!

Dennis

Hi Lance!

That is really a knock out! Besides your level of craftsmanship, I know my waterborne finishes will NEVER look like that!

Dennis

I never tire of looking at beautiful instruments, but it does leave me with a strong desire to play them with my own two clumsy paws. Not Tim's violins or Matthew's basses or Jaz's cellos, however. Someone would shoot me with a tranquilizer dart - and deservedly so - if I were to attempt to coax mus...

What Kim said!



Dennis

... what you see is second grade worm eaten shell from Taiwan which crumbled like chalk as it was cut so it is made up of bits and pieces and is not as neat as I would like. ... you can see the short comings more clearly in this image. Cheers Kim Kim, No, I can't (see the shortcomings.) Looks delic...

I didn't mean to be a turd in the punchbowl by showing those photos of my kooky back bracing. My original intent was to show some brace carving, in progress, with the plate held onto the radius dish within a go-bar deck. I thought if I just wrote text, the mental image would be of a space too tightl...