Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

thanks!

used 0.5mm black fiber as the middle layer

just realized the wood was fron australianguitartonewoods, aka j.f.custom, not Tim
just to clarify

hy, finally got round to finish my fretless bass body is chamberd one piece european walnut top is tiger myrtle (from australiantonewoods - thanks mate!) Ovangkhol neck with ebony fretboard splitcoil Jazzpickups wound by me, they sound a bit "rounder" than standard ones but still typical jazz Schall...

oh jeez, it's been a year already?

happy b day mate!

for me hand made or crafted nowadays is more of a sales term than anything quality related a cnc is just a tool, but its about how one uses it if youd shape braces to a certain height because its in the plan like that you dont vary for different stiffness of the wood brace to brace but then you can ...

it depends on how you build

erwin's more "romanitc" vs the more "scientific" approach of G+G

he builds using his ears rather than microphones+computers+whatnot
so one could say a bit abstract
I personally build his way

best
j

jep, "heatwave" here as well...
+8 Celsius

wished I could be in OZ

hy, binding or standard veneer should be at around .5 or .6mm, so perfect fit for most fretslots one mayor thing to keep in mind when doing this is that the intonation distance changes, and you might run into trouble with your bridge... you dont need the fretmarkers on a fretless but there's nothing...

hmm... seems I've found yet another bit of my college education I can scrap... many thanks for pointing that out nick, I might have to teach myself actual realitybased physics and chemistry at some point... irregardless of that I realized that were talking of 400 degrees Fahrenheit which is nowhere ...

please be very careful! the flash ignition point of spruce is at 350 - 360 degrees Celsius and the Point for spontaneous ignition is at 390 - 400 degrees celsius (that's as far as I know) that might change without oxygene, but no oxygene doesn't mean an oven with the wood wrapped in Aluminiumfoil no...

well, 68 ain't really vintage nor a real good year (which must not mean anything) so retopping is not out of the question but what does the rest of it look like? most Gibsons of that age (and earlier) are beaters, so putting on a new top might look completely wrong... you can always send this one th...

doesn't it eat through blades? I use a metalbladed handsaw, and the blade doesnt last too long, whereas cutting stainless steel seemingly doesnt bother the blade at all... I use very high density rods from a cf product supplier and not any of the luthier supply stuff though, if that matters... might...

wow,

I dont understand why anyone would use a zerofret in the first place, unless he aint got no time to do it properly...
and then that thing...

hey alan,

thats the one with the nice taptone, if I remember right?
good to see you got to finish her, and that she sounds good
definitely worth it...

btw. how's the miniMaton coming along?

best
josh

quiet frankly I just know the k&k, for standard systems, which is pretty decent in sound imho but at least worth a thought is this one or something comparable http://www.lacemusic.com/USAB.php can be installed like a archtop pickup, with a bit of work too, lets call that floating for now and then yo...

hy, after my first Tour through OZ but I've been back home for almost a month now and since I needed to order some things and decide on what acoustic to build next I took the time to dissolve an almost existential problem of mine I didn't have a Tele and while taking some snapshots of it I took some...

bugger...
well, I continuously get job offers for switzerland anyhow
(live close to the border...)

neither, it's like the forum doesn't exist...
not even when I search for a specific thread...
no clue why...
but it worked up until 2 days ago for sure...
so I think its related to the update

nope, definitely not for me...

hy,

not sure it's a problem on my side or yours
but I cant find anything from anzlf on google
im in austria so it might be a google thing, but I never had that issue before

apart from that it looks much better than before, and way better than the first skin you tried lately
thanks!
best
j

on my way home now... leaving OZ and Townsville feels so wrong... anyways, I managed to meet up with Al thanks a lot for inviting me, mate! good time, for all the talking I completely forgot to get some pictures... tanks again now I'm looking forward to my shop :) and I'll try to stay/get active in ...

hy, Al, I had your details but my phone decided to reset itself...hate that thing... I am in TV, will do a trip to Maggie in between, but well let me know when it suits you best to all the others, I made a very hard decision, I'm flying out from Townsville the weather aint exactly perfect, it's wint...

hey, :lol: yep, I absolutely slept in on that day... thanks soo much for having me, it was absolutely a top experience not to mention that it turned out to be allens b-day, and one day before that his first anniversary for not having a job on the side! I'll post up a few pics and words more in a whi...

hy, Allen, sorry, my phone was all out of battery but I'll call soon alan, Im absoultely interested I just dont know yet when I'll be back in TV right no I'm in Innisfail, I'll probably be back to Townsville in 3 weeks, maybe more the weather aint too good and since I have enough time I decided to s...

hy fellas, I came a long way currently am in Townsville, heading up to Cooktown along the coast today, and then back down via the tablelands in chase theres someone from Townsville here and wants to meet, I'll pass through again also, Allen, Id love to meet up with you I cant really tell how long it...