Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hello all, Well half way through my first build I packed up all my top, back and side sets as we were moving house. That was about 8 years and 4 moves ago (and one interstate move to Radelaide). In the last couple years I've built a few tube amps and a bunch of stompboxes. I've ended up with clones ...

<Gasp> There's loose threads on Hesh's guitar!!! Quick! Get out the tack cloth! Thanks Hesh For the quick tute. And Kim for the awesome video. I must admit to having to get my guitar out and check how it was strung. It was pretty close to your pics Hesh, but not quite as pretty. Yes, it's been that ...

There is a certain parallel with the passive radiator model, but then you do not have the internal damping that is always found inside speaker cabinets. True. But we want the internal reflections inside a guitar. I believe that the sound of a good under-saddle pickup, properly installed is actually...

All we need now is a big group hug, a BBQ and beers at Kim's place!

G'day guys! I've been reading this thread for a while and it's been really interesting. Especially the bits about soup (Hesh) and poo (pretty much everyone else!). 8) I'm with Kim on most points. Then again I also agree with Hesh and Rick. I'm pretty open minded that way. My take on Mr Somogyi's wor...

I learned classical guitar when I was younger. I guess that first exposure to the guitar on a nylon stringed instrument has stayed with me, and I feel more comfortable with a wider fretboard.

Well, I finally got some time out in the garage this morning to play with my first build - making fret board templates. I've spent the last few days thinking about nut width. I had drawn up my own OM plans over the last Xmas holidays and set my nut width at 44mm (a bit bigger than 1 11/16"). I shoul...

Very nice tute Hesh. I'll be referring to this when I get to this stage.

I find myself deeply disturbed by an alarming omission in this discussion. Not one mention has been made of mashed peas! :shock: How on earth do you expect to be taken seriously strutting around in a blue 'wife beater', stubbies and double-pluggas sucking down a VB without a pie floater? I mean seri...

I can't really comment from first hand experience. I've only spent a total of three years of my adult life as a stinkin' civvie. :wink: Defence personnel get everything free (non-elective that is) and much faster than everybody else, insured or not. Knee operation? How's next week? Brain scan? We'll...

I think they've made the case a little too small.

Thanks for the feedback guys. From a recommendation vs price prespective the HNT wins as it's about half the price of the LN or Veritas ones. I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw how much they're asking for those tuxedo Veritas ones. And the LN ones. Even the HNT is expensive. Then again, anythi...

I'm not sure what my wife would say if I told her I was going to the shed to fettle my tool

Dear piranha, I'm getting to parts of my exceedingly long term build where having a good block plane will be an advantage. At least according to everything I've read in books and here. So I've had a look around. Looking at catalogues like Lie-Neilsen, Veritas and Stanley I see a variety of block pla...

What Lillian said.

That's a whole new level of guitar porn there Hesh.

I own two store bought Dread*noughts.

I'm building an OM (very, very, very slowly)

I want to build a size five and a Hesh inspired L-00 (I won't go the black top though )

Hi guys (or should I say piranha?), Thanks for jumping in and providing some good discussion about this. I've got those two books, read them thoroughly and generally followed their advice, where I didn't follow advice on forums like this one and the OLF. Basically I wanted to see if there were an su...

I've been thinking quite alot about this step, and I've got a few ideas. But I want to draw on the wealth of experience that lurks deep within the cold blue exterior of the ANZLF, the way a school of piranha lurks beneath the calm surface of an Amazonian river. So. What are some of the hand saw meth...

sudden and temporary loss of self control

So. It's OK to have a temper tantrum and kill someone.

Hey! G'day Serge! Good to see you back buddy!

Back on topic... you guys have some mighty strange tastes in fashion

(I also had to google Jan Akkerman to find out who he is )

Mind you, there are plenty of people in Australia who probably couldn't do any better. You just have to visit the right (or should that be wrong) suburbs in any city around the country to find them. You know, those people who are surprised when you tell them that they shouldn't put Coke in their bab...

That was gold.

Bet the after party was a riot!

Sebastiaan, I'd like to add my condolances to those already offered. stand at the letter box in my underpants and open dressing gown winking and smiling Geez Kim, you make it sound a bit deviant. Perhaps that's why my neighbours won't stop for a chat and are reluctant to come around my place for a b...

Too many beginning luthiers get so all up in their heads that they spend more time thinking of reasons not to get to work than in just getting to it. Woah! That pretty much describes me for the last few months. The neck is the next thing I want to do so this thread has been very enlightening. Thank...

Tomatoes are too expensive to waste like that. I can make some pretty impressively sized spitballs as an alternative.