Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Semmens Guitars wrote: ↑

Wed May 13, 2020 11:23 am

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These are a great watch!

I hope everyone is safe and well! I know there are too many large guitars in the world but the customer gets what the customer wants. This one has the kitchen sink, arm bevel, rib rest, manzer wedge. I am very happy with the result tho: Specs Soundboard: Red spruce (thanks Martin Turner) Back, sides...

Lovely Jim Tiger Mrytle is on list, such a great looking timber

I am building with a huon pine S/B. Wouldn't have been my choice but that is what the owner wanted. The target thickness came at 3.2mm. With my design, I have minimal changes in the string height from the SB at 14mm. I have heard a falcate bass a few years ago right when I started building. There ar...

I am building a 34in falcate braced acoustic bass at the moment. When I looked at the string tension of four strings, they sit at about the same tension as a 6 string guitar so I have left the bracing height pretty much the same as a falcate steel string.

THAT blackwood! Your scrimshaw is fantastic too

Lovely!

Lovely. I like the arm bevel being side heavy and top light

With reversed kerfing you can also run a piece of tape on the non-kerfed side and it if it does break, the tape keeps it aligned and the break isn't apparent. The tape peels off easily once you tape the clamps off.

Wow! Live streaming internally. Hats off to your ingenuity I would never have thought to do that

Lovely! Damn another guitar I’d like to build added to the ever growing list!

Congrats

They look like the drip bags when I’m hospital. Maybe you can get enough cheaper via a medical supply place

I mean that is where we get number 11 scalpels

Looks great! That cutaway looks like a serious bend, well done It also looks like you don’t have a taper or radius on the back. I don’t know anything about Grellier, do they make ‘em flat?

Really nice Dave. I’m digging the non-traditional body shape

I’ve really been enjoying supple jack (native desert wood) but terribly allergic to it and have to make sure I’m well masked when dealing with it

Beautiful, Martin!

I think 'worthless' is a bit harsh but yeah I don't find it compelling. I am glad someone is trying to fill some gaps after all science is a conversation by iteration. The player being able to see the instrument is a concern but also no mention of set-up etc. How do you know the player isn't respond...

I saw this on another forum and thought those here would also be interested

I have no idea how the spectra would change but I'll add some thoughts I've had on age and settling in. I remember in Nigel Froster's ebook, he mentions UV light increasing stiffness, which would certainly affect the frequency response. So aged guitars would slowly increase their UV exposure. Torrif...

Lovely looking guitar and your photos look fantastic

What type of guitar are you making? I assume a steel string? More than an 8m radius is not necessarily a problem, the important thing is the neck projection at the saddle. Hold straight edge on your neck block and measure the distance at the saddle position. At this stage, I aim for 2.5mm projection...

Wow 26 classes for a falcate cutaway. Great work Steve

I saw this on insta. What a great looking redhead

Well done on attempting the rosette. It is on my list to attempt

What is the head stock angle and did you increase it to suit the Perfection pegs? I am assuming that as the string pegs are 90 degrees to the head stock face and the wound string remains above the plane of the head stock the break angle of the string over the nut would be less than with conventiona...