Thanks Mark.
Thinking about number 3, and 4 and 5! Number 3 will be very similar to this one, but it'll be an OM size, 12 frets to the body, cut away. I'll hopefully build it better using the lessons learned from No.2. No. 4 and 5 will be 335 style electrics at this stage.
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- Sat May 04, 2024 5:05 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: OO cutaway
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2090
- Sat May 04, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Truss rod construction questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1733
Re: Truss rod construction questions
Thanks for the tips gents. I'm a complete metal working novice, so any help is greatly appreciated.
I now have the raw materials and tools to make a dozen or so double acting truss rods. I reckon this'll last me for years!
I now have the raw materials and tools to make a dozen or so double acting truss rods. I reckon this'll last me for years!
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:41 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New member and my first build
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1578
Re: New member and my first build
Thats a nice looking guitar! Reckon you did better on your first than I did on mine!
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Truss rod construction questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1733
Re: Truss rod construction questions
Thanks for the replies gents, Why? Why not? I'm a bit of a DIYer at heart so I want to give it a red hot go. Also, as Trevor suggests, I could make any custom length truss rod I desire. Thanks Trevor for the tip on using 5mm instead of 3/16". That'll make buying the tools easier. One metric set of t...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Truss rod construction questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1733
Re: Truss rod construction questions
Hi Martin,
"Bunnings should have something". Yeah, they should.... but they don't. At least not around here.
"Bunnings should have something". Yeah, they should.... but they don't. At least not around here.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Truss rod construction questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1733
Truss rod construction questions
Hi all! I'm considering constructing my own truss rods following the instructions in the excellent Design and Build books by Mr. Gore and Mr. Gillet. I have a few questions though before I take the plunge. 1. Single acting vs dual acting? How many of you steel string builders use a single acting rod...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: OO cutaway
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2090
Re: OO cutaway
Thanks for the kind comments. It sounds good! Louder overall than I expected from a small body. Lower notes are stronger than I expected based on the relatively high frequency response of 108Hz. Upper mid range voice is stronger than on an X braced guitar. If I want to strum along to a song I need t...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: OO cutaway
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2090
OO cutaway
Good Afternoon all, Well, No.2 is officially finished. This one only took 18 months... It's an OO size, 12 frets to the body, cutaway using the building techniques I've very amateurishly applied from "The Books". Body 460mm long, 360mm wide at lower bout. Too many mistakes, blunders, and mishaps to ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Tassie double bass
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6071
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bridge routing - crisis and opportunity
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3384
Bridge routing - crisis and opportunity
Bridge routing using the Book method. Works great... so long as you remember to tighten the router fence thumb screws... Bridge Crisis.jpg Oh well, an opportunity to practice some repair skills. Bridge Repaired.jpg Is there anything superglue and wood dust can't do? Bridge - you can't even tell.jpg
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
- Topic: Spreadsheets
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3374
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Laser engravers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2462
Re: Laser engravers
Ready for filling, sanding, and finishing. Thought a small version on the heel cap would be cool.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:37 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Laser engravers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2462
Re: Laser engravers
Patience pays off.
Max 33% dynamic power, 6 passes. Then use a fine tip tool to clean the engraved area out a bit. No heat/burn damage to the surface of the wood and ~0.5mm deep.
Max 33% dynamic power, 6 passes. Then use a fine tip tool to clean the engraved area out a bit. No heat/burn damage to the surface of the wood and ~0.5mm deep.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:58 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Laser engravers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2462
Re: Laser engravers
Thanks for the tips gents. Here's a pic of my initial trial engraves. East Indian Rosewood. Lowest left hand pic used 75% constant power, max speed (6000mm/min), and 20 lines per mm. Got pretty deep, but there is some scorch marks surrounding the logo. Right hand pic used 50% constant power, all oth...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Laser engravers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2462
Laser engravers
Hi all, Anyone have a laser engraver? If anyone has a laser engraver and has some tips and tricks - I'm all ears! I recently bought a 5W one and I plan to use it to laser engrave my headstock logo (amongst other cool lasery things). Currently playing around in Inkscape to create a vector version of ...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Another side project
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3490
Re: Another side project
Hi Rod,
I seem to spend all my time building stuff and not practicing! So I won't assault your ears by recording my "playing"!
I seem to spend all my time building stuff and not practicing! So I won't assault your ears by recording my "playing"!
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Another side project
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3490
Another side project
Another side project completed over the Xmas period. I upgraded one of my 1 x 10" amps to a 4 x 10" combo. Pine with Meranti racing stripes for fun. 3 alnico speakers and one ceramic - at least until I can find a good deal on a second hand 10" alnico speaker or two. The amp is a heretical blend of t...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Notches for braces in the rims
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5673
Re: Notches for braces in the rims
Whatever the most difficult thing to do... that's what I usually end up doing.
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Shop listening recommendations
- Replies: 13
- Views: 50047
Re: Shop listening recommendations
Too many to list, but here it goes. Female fronted metal: - Epica - Lacuna Coil - Nightwish - Baby Metal - Within Temptation Rock Blues: - Greta Van Fleet - Kadavar - Dorothy - Marcus King - Blood n' Stuff - All Them Witches - Quaker City Night Hawks - Stonefield 90's Chillax: - The Sundays - Mazzy ...
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 6:50 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Dumble-ish amp build finished
- Replies: 1
- Views: 12457
Dumble-ish amp build finished
I teased the D-style amp build back here: http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9390 Gratuitous gut shot of wiring progress. chassis - wiring progress.jpg Test fitting the chassis into the cabinet. Simple pine cabinet joined with box joints. Cab test fit.jpg I was shooting for a dark blue cab. So...
- Tue May 09, 2023 12:31 pm
- Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
- Topic: Gore plate thickness maths help
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13654
Re: Gore plate thickness maths help
I have to say thank you too Greg. I downloaded your spreadsheet a while ago and then used it to step through the calculations in the book. I then made my own version using the constants and values in the book. Extremely helpful thanks.
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:56 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: French polishing
- Replies: 30
- Views: 38029
Re: French polishing
What spray gun are you using? Full size or one of those modellers ones? I've been thinking of trying spraying if I could spray shellac that'd be ideal!
Also, what's the shelf life of that Hard Shellac stuff?
Also, what's the shelf life of that Hard Shellac stuff?
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:50 am
- Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
- Topic: Laying out a 12 fret 000 with falcate bracing
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9494
Re: Laying out a 12 fret 000 with falcate bracing
I'm currently building a 12 fret OO. I overlaid the falcate bracing plan from the Build book on the body plan to get what looked like the best saddle position. Together with a 630mm scale length resulted in 12 frets to the body. I also get 18 frets total. The result is quite a pleasing look to me. T...
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 10:39 am
- Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
- Topic: Build 12.5 - Prop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10830
Re: Build 12.5 - Solved
Fancy! Thanks for the description. I actually found the root cause of my problem. I found I had to clamp the neck end of the top down to the head block! The UTB was correctly flattened, but longitudinally the top still had too much doming there. Once I clamped the top at the head block, the 2.5mm sp...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:36 am
- Forum: Contemporary Acoustic Guitar Design and Build - Trevor Gore
- Topic: Build 12.5 - Prop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10830
Re: Build 12.5 - Prop
Hi Eric,
I was envisioning some sort of post inside the body to restore the longitudinal doming whilst the edges of the top are weighed down to the rims. I'm unsure how to envision what you're describing. Got any pics?
I was envisioning some sort of post inside the body to restore the longitudinal doming whilst the edges of the top are weighed down to the rims. I'm unsure how to envision what you're describing. Got any pics?