Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I like it all, except the chose of savarez Allianz for strings, but hey strings can be replaced. Great work!

Are the tuners derjung? The buttons look like a set of acacia buttons. I bought from derjung

sounds like a good result.

China is a modern guitar builder's friend, search guitar Bridge tie on ebay! Scrape off the premade ones wood tie plate and glue on a bone one! Basically for $10-15 you have a professional quality bridge, and less work for the same result.

I just take the underside down a fraction, and slightly round it to match the slightly domed soundboard. Then take the saddle lip down a bit as I only do 10 or 11mm saddle height for classical and 7mm for flamenco. Mine are 18 - 20gram for classical or 16g for flamenco, and I don't use a bridge plat...

No point in building a rosette when you can get an exact Fleta replica. The premade Indian Rosewood bridges, I buy them but modify them to weigh 19gram with bone on the string tie instead of maple, you will never have a failure with them. I would say to anyone always be careful with the hauser plans...

1/4 of presto I meant

For cases, I say look to China, and rigid polyfoam, they protect best. ie, check alibaba, and contact companies direct with your specs, ask for Swiss made waterproof zips for an added bonus. it will cost you 1/4th price with orders of multiples. You can also get label imprinted.

The wattle tree guitar!

Jarrah is a good wood for big bodied steel string guitars

650 scale, 50mm nut. Spanish heel neck joint. 7 fan braces, no bridge plate. 3 braces back. Rosewood bridge ~19 or 20 grams. Saddle height 10mm above soundboard. Body resonance G (i prefer f# but its hard to predict).

recycled Californian Redwood soundboard
Pau Ferro back and sides
Spanish cedar neck
7 fan bracing, no bridge plate, 3 brace back

Nice looking timber used for not a guitar

Huon Pine soundboard
Queensland Walnut back and sides
Australian Red cedar neck
Indian Rosewood bridge
African Ebony fretboard
7 fan bracing. Spanish heel neck joint.

Krzysztof Piotrowicz
www.youtube.com/kpcart

lamanoditrento wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:57 am

Are they your rosettes?

Not my rosettes, working through a batch of replicas, Bouchet, Fleta, Torres and other classical builders from old glory days of classical guitar building.

Krzysztof Piotrowicz
www.youtube.com/kpcart

No.5 NEGRA
Master grade Caucasian Spruce / Impossibly amazing perfect Indian Rosewood / Spanish cedar neck

No.4 - an all American special

Bear claw Sitka spruce soundboard with Monterey Cypress back and sides. Alaskan Yellow cedar neck

NO.3
master grade Spruce and Spanish Cypress with Spanish cedar neck. tradition.

My no.2 to no. 5 guitars were all Flamenco built in 2016/2017, first time showing them off beside facebook. old photos from when were new. building my 10th guitar now, last 4 have been classicals.

No.2: master grade Srpuce and Spanish cypress with australian red cedar neck

Englemann, Lutz, 50% of available Sitka, Apalachian Red Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce... all these 5 North American Spruce are as good as traditional Euro Spruce (overall), not enough makers rank it because they don't try them! Maple is in the ballmark of Rosewood type weight and stiffness, but so ar...

The guitar looks beautiful, Would also like to hear a sound sample. I have a same cut bit of Gidgee from same log from Curly ebay. thinned down to 2mm, like traditional Rosewood, yet this wood it is sooo floppy across grain, unlike stiff rosewood, and also it is soooo heavy.. I think it has only 30-...

kiwigeo wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 18, 2018 9:33 pm

Really nice work...that sheaok looks like it's on fire.

next set

Fisherman wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:29 pm

If it sounds as good as euro spruce.... well... thats very interesting and i’d be keen to give it a go on an upcoming build...

they dont all but, if you know the feel of good spruce and the taptone it has, youll find a good piece of bunya. gotta judge each piece on their own.

Thought it would be good to post this one here, as its got aussie timbers. ive tried king billy and huon, not quite good enough for Spanish traditional guitars. I got this perfect quarter sawn piece of bunya, from guitarwoods.com.au which wasn't too dense and had a tap tone like master grade spruce ...