Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hello there, Tonewood in Australia is available but you need to seek it out yourself. Times have changed dramatically with many tonewoods from overseas not permitted into the Australia or out with the introduction of new wood laws. Since covid19 there are many in the tonewood business that did not s...

It is always good to see what can be achieved by craftsmanship and woodworking experience.

What a ripper guitar. Thank you for sharing.

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Alan

Hi Stanley,
Did you use carbon fiber stiffeners in the neck?
That may be the issue if you haven't.
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Alan

A pleasure to look at Trent.
Beautiful workmanship.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers Alan

Hello to all my friends. The lattice braced guitar has finally been strung up and singing nicely. Here is a link to a demo on youtube of the guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm3zbWIEmLA I am extremely happy how the instrument has turned out. Many thanks to my fellow guitar builder and friend ...

Hi Valben,
You may have been absent from the forum for a while but you certainly have produced a stunning guitar.
Thanks for sharing.
Alan

Hi Martin,
Beautiful guitar and to build in three weeks is outstanding.
Thank you for sharing
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Alan

Very nice indeed Frank.
I missed this one.
Keep em coming.
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Alan

Welcome to our forum. Indian Rosewood is a self oiling wood. In other words, if you sand the bottom of the bridge and leave it a few days the joint will most probably fail due to the oil the rosewood secrets. So what I do is sand the bottom of the bridge and then glue up straight away. I did just th...

Thant's a beautiful guitar Rod in every way.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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Alan

Absolutely beautiful looking guitar. Exceptional fine woodwork.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Alan

Have to agree with Joel.
I bet it barks when needed.
Sweet tone also available with P90s
Beautiful finish, the whole guitar is a credit to your craftsmanship.
Cheers
Alan

Hi Peter, I still do all my wood bending with a Stew Mac electric iron I bought many years ago. As Mark said it is a satisfying job bending by hand. It takes a little practice but it is worth the effort. A tip for cutaway bending is to immerse the cutaway end of the side into boiling water and leave...

Thanks Martin you are right as well. Is it ok if I make a suggestion where to buy the shellac? https://www.thewoodworks.com.au/shop/consumable/shellacs-dry/shellac,-white,-de-waxed,-granulated,-125gms-detail This is what I have use for a while now and it is great, Store the dry shellac in the fridge...

Sounds to be like you shellac flakes, granuals, beads or what ever dry form you used is old stock or it have been subjected to moisture so your brew has not dissolved correctly. If it is a milky colour that's your problem for sure.
Good luck.
Merry Christmas
Alan

All beautiful guitars Wayne. I especially like the PRS you have nailed that one.
Thanks for sharing.
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Al

Beautiful guitar Remi. Wayne has given me the link to your sound demo and the guitar sounds wonderful.
Very well played I may add.
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Alan

G'day Colin and welcome to the forum. I live in Townsville and have the opposite issue with humidity to you. Up here 60% is ok as long as the instrument is going to live here other wise, I use a dry box. The box is big enough to lay a dready out in with cam clamps on for example if you are going to ...

Morning Daniel, Welcome to the forum. Yep I have noticed not as much interaction on the forum. There is heaps of very good information in the archives I use them often. I have built four Torres Classicals over the past two years an OM and a Tenor Ukulele and I haven't posted any pics. Slack, I will ...

Welcome Alex,
You have found your legs and about to get real serious building guitars. Sounds like you are very passionate about guitars. I know that feeling well. Good luck with the builds. I love recycled timber also.
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Alan

That's a fine looking Archtop. The Blackwood is very special and all your appointments make a stylish guitar. I like the idea of the Kent Armstrong and K&K pickup combination. I would also be interested in if the sound port makes a difference to the player experience sound wise. Beautiful guitar Way...

Well I must admit at turning 70 next year I have had these thoughts regard what to do with the stash and the hand tools. After ten years working with my friend teaching him to play guitar and build three guitars I have decided that he will get all the hand tools. The stash is well cataloged and my m...

Hi Jim,
That is such a lovely little guitar. 0 size guitars are my favourite guitar to play as they are so intimate in size and usually have long sustain and a tone of their own. Great work mate.
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Alan

Classy little instrument there Wayne. It certainly is unique, I will watch out for a demo in the future.
Fine woodwork as usual.
Thank you for sharing.
Cheers
Al

Thanks Dave. The first Classical used a strut pattern similar to yours. The other three are Neil Ostberg "La Suprema" Torres Plan copies one with a short scale and two with 650mm scale which I prefer. The FE 19 is a smaller body shape to the FE 114. The plan was very helpful. It was a great learning...