Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Welcome to the forum Ted. Thats a nice first effort youve banged up there. from the photos it looks like you used a seperate neck and body construction rather than the traditional Spanish method. What sort of neck join did you use?

Cheers Martin

My B and S set arrived this morning. Its IRW....looks like about 3A grade. Nice bit of wood and a good price..Im happy.

Typical Heshie....a nice pic of a sander sitting on a top...but WHERES THE DUST!!!!!!

Lets see some dirt son.......and shavings...and general grime. I wanna see dirty coffee cups and half empty vodka bottles....

Hi Mark,

I got a response after winning the B and S set and passed on my postal address. She said shed get the wood straight in the mail.....that was Friday. If its not here by tomorrow Ill send her an email.

Lets keep a tab on this one....

Cheers Martin

Paul B wrote:
For those of you who don't know, Graham is not only an author in his own right, he was also a model in the Williams book. He's the guy with the beard in most of the pics holding various guitar parts.

I didnt know that. The man truely IS The Phantom.....hes everywhere.

Steve wrote: It is remarkably easy to spend large wads of cash on wood, but what a satisfying way to spend your time.
Steve

Aaaaaaaamen!!!

Lillian wrote:OOoooo, I'm going to have to get that issue.

Congratulations Graham.

Now calm down Lillian...I think in the article hes got his clothes on

Mind you theres always the chance this GAL thing will go to his head and hell have plans to do a nude spread in Cleo magazine.

James, Im using the white no-load paper and I believe it has zinc stearate in it. Rick Turner has had issues with zinc stearate.

The current guitar Im working on has been sanded back with garnet paper and Ive avoided using the commercial tack cloths Ive used up to now.

Cheers Martin

Normal meths can be used and alot of people dont have any problems with it. I use IMS grade meths which is actually not that hard to find if you know where to look. A few more comments about FP from my experiences Make sure the oil you use is fresh and doesnt contain preservatives or other additives...

No problems Jim..like you say its a nice piece of wood and I still got for a good price.

Our Graham in the GAL mag???? Good on ya mate. Cant think of a more deserving person.

David you might as well get the shellac youre going to use for the french polish job. Just make up a 2lb cut with the flakes and IMS meths (100% meths ie no water) and then cut it back to 1lb cut for sealing up prior to routing/CA gluing. For FP I use blonde shellac flakes....LMI shellac is good but...

Looks like I won one of the B and S sets. Dont know what it is but from the pics it looks like IRW. I had a bid in on the spray gear but someone got in with a bid for $133 and got the stuff.

Looks like Sallywattle got some good and fair prices for her late hubbies stuff.

Email received from the Timster......the wood did came from him and it was Celery Top as I thought. Apparently I'd enquired about same some time ago.

Tim hasnt responded to my email. Maybe I did order some celery top pine years ago but Im pretty damned sure I havent paid for it.

Well if someone doesnt fess up soon theres going to be trouble. You dont live in Eden Hills do you Kim??????

Okay the postie just arrived with a package containing 5 back and side sets. I dont know who theyve come from and I dont recall having any outstanding wood orders in the system. The package has come from Eden Hills and it looks like celery top...no postcode so I dont know which state. Label looks li...

Typical wife.....doesnt say a thing until hes spent all day taking her around the theme park

Im sorry but I have no concept of value when you show me a pile of paper.

Show me a trillion dollars worth of tonewood and I MIGHT be interested!!

Just shellac the inlay channel and immediate area of the top. No need to do the whole top. All youre doing is providing a barrier against the CA wicking out from the rosette and staining the spruce top. As far as I know shellac won't compromise adhesive properties of CA. As an aside shellac is also ...

I’ve tried using sitka as a replacement top on a classical I fixed, it came out a bit flat and quiet, it was also very dead on the nylon strings. I ended up taking the top back off and changing the bracing, I removed the outer fan brace on the treble side and moved the brace next to it to split t...

I use the Hot Stuff CA glues.....they come in three viscosities. Im pretty sure Carbatec carry them. Macwood here in Adelaide certainly stock them. Loctite are a reputable brand and if Kim says their CA glue is ok then it must be ok. One tip if youre flooding CA glue anywhere near a spruce top.....s...

Glad to hear from you Craig. Sounds like the battle's still raging but youre getting the better of the disease. Looking forward to seeing you back full time in the workshop.

Cheers Martin

Good on ya Allen, stick to em. I'm in the US at the moment, and the level of service available here on just about everything makes our suppliers look like a bunch of clowns. For example I ring one of the four or five contractors that I'm dealing with and most times they've got a bloke (electrician,...

Your kind thoughts are much appreciated Mark but I dont plan on expiring in the near future. Funnily enough when I mentioned Sally's ebay auction my wife asked me what the hell shed do if I carked it and she had to hock off my workshop.