Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I have a bit of a strange question – I think it belongs in H&S, if it belongs anywhere - when using cabinet scrapers for any length of time I get a black stain on my fingertips! Apart from looking a bit alarming it doesn’t seem to irritate my skin or anything, and although it does make me wary of to...

I don't have a lot to compare the sound to, not really being a classical player. I'll have to find someone who knows more about these things to give me an honest appraisal! I like them, though...

Here are my second and third guitars. I made them partially as a bit of an experiment - with lots of different advice floating around about thicknesses of backs and sides on classical guitars, I built one of these with thin sides and back and light bracing, and one with more substantial sides and th...

Endiandra?

Hi all, my name’s Geoff and I’m based in Hamilton, NZ. I’ve made one little nylon string and I’m onto #2 and #3 now. I’ve been playing for a long time and have always mucked about with my guitars but only just decided to start learning to build this year, and I’m now seriously hooked... Bevan from h...