Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Interesting article in last GAL journal..they did some testing on ported guitars. I havent read the entire article but it would seem that the consensus of the tsesting panel was that it didnt make a whole lot of difference to the sound of the guitar.

Interesting stuff.

Us colonials are a bit more refined when it comes to such matters. If someone degasses in your immediate vicinity you fight fire with fire....and try and get a wager going if you can.

Move south to Adelaide....

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Ya wanna hear a better joke about IT.....Ive been here on this rig for 3 days now and 95% of my time has been spent on the phone to IT help desks in 3 different countries. No email and can only print from one application. Opening a word document takes 15 minutes......my tea intake has increase tenfo...

What the??!! Ya mean WE have to pay for the rods????

I think Tim Spittle at Australian Tonewoods has some of Grahams spruce in stock. Email or PM and find out what hes got. The stuff is sold as 3A grade but IMHO its alot better and its light and stiff.

Cheers Martin

Graham Hein's Englemann for the top.

Stuff it...Ill take 5 x 13" and 5 x 17" and 3 x 21 3/4" rods thanks Allen.

Stuck out on a rig here thats come straight from the Gulf of Mexico...chock full of seppos. Im fast becoming a grumpy old bastard.

I avoid sanding bindings. Ive started taping them off when sanding off the surrounding wood. When thats done I carefully scrape bindings trying as much as possible to work scraper so its going from light wood into dark wood. Ditto goes for rosette.

Allen wrote:As it's been a bit over a year since our last truss rod order, and many of us have used up the stock we laid in,

Fat chance......20 truss rods still sitting on the shelf at home.

God you guys fool easy......those crocs are solar powered fakes. the giveaway is the posts with the solar panels on top next to each croc.

Nick, one of the biggest challenges building a classical is getting good volume. Less energy coming from nylon strings than with a steel string. I was taught to build 'light and stiff" and thats what I do. Questions welcome but Im off to work in an hours time so there might be delays in answering qu...

Nick, Ive got a library full of classical references.....Campiano is a good starting point. Courtnall's "Making Master Guitars" is probablly one of the best for purely classicals... http://www.amazon.com/Making-Master-Guitars-Roy-Courtnall/dp/0709048092 Courtnall briefly discusses a few of the major...

Fran stop to give her room to get by only to have the wine dumped on her. The manager just stood there when she let loose on him. I walked out to keep from getting really stupid. The manager never said a word to Fran. I'm surprised she didn't hurt him, no that would have been me, not her. Bet you t...

Okay the carpet layers have just slapped down a new carpet in the lounge and Ive got a 3 x 6m piece of the old carpet sitting in the workshop. Once Ive got the carpet down in the workshop there should be enough left over for the mother of all guitar vices.

Well I thought id take the boss out for a meal last night and decided to do the decent thing and have a meal at a loval restaurant. We got there and found that the table wed reserved was occupied and I noticed there were no reservation signs on any of the tables despite having glanced at the reserva...

Very classy 12 banger Steve...I love it.

I'll nominate Australian red cedar as a local brace wood, but it is all over the place in terms of density depending on where it is growing, which could be a problem. Cheers James I tried Aussie red cedar bracewood but ended up shaving it off the top...didnt like it at all and went with sitka braces.

Youre *****ng banned !!!!

After watching the new Woolies homebrand light chips being plugged on The BrandPower ads I decided to see for myself what all the fuss was about. The chips come in a really big looking bag but upon opening the bag and letting all the air out you find what you see is not what you get....a bit loike a...

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....