Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

In the books you speak of making a classical guitar with falcate bracing but the plan included with falcate is steel string cutaway, how would I incorporate falcate bracing into one of the classical plans and which body do you use?

Thanks, I'll pursue that idea farther.

Not sure how those kits come but if you have any rosewood offcuts from the back and or sides you could consider laminating these offcuts as oversized linings as well as the Mahogany between the soundboard and sides. I believe they come with pieces big enough to have extra, what would be the advanta...

Thanks Jeff, what do you mean "proper stuff"?

Would a regular 5 minute epoxy work for laminating CF fabric and walnut together for a bridge?

Thanks Tod!

Thanks Tod, would that be Mahogany for top and back both?

Hello, I am ordering a guitar kit from LMI and choices for linings are:
Basswood
Mahogany
Spruce
Western Red Cedar
which of these do you think will work best for top and/or bottom linings for a classical guitar with a Engelmann spruce top and East Indian B/S?
Thanks

Hey Trevor, I am ordering a guitar kit from LMI and choices for linings are:
Basswood
Mahogany
Spruce
Western Red Cedar
which of these do you think will work best for top and/or bottom linings for a classical guitar with a Engelmann spruce top and East Indian B/S?
Thanks

Is it possible to do it at the same place? What would be the cost per student?

Hey Trevor, I was wondering if you plan on teaching any guitar building classes in 2012?

I have some 75mm wide cf tape that is called 200gm/sqm. Can't see much difference between 198 and 200. Looks about the right size. Most hobby/model shops have this stuff. For hobby type applications this cloth seems the most common size/weight. You only want a simple weave, not bi directional or tw...

Hi Trevor I am new at using carbon fibre in any form other than CF/epoxy preformed. In the book you call for using cloth and strands from "cloth woven from 198gm/1000m yarn" I can't find cloth listed in these terms but I can find plain weave 198gm/m2 woven from 3 k tow As far as I can work out 3k t...

Hey Trevor, I am not having any luck with these websites, any other ideas where to look for for carbon fiber cloth?
Thanks

Thanks, I may try a set of them, they should be outta this world!

Hey Trevor, what diameter planetary pegs do you use for a classical guitar?
Thanks, Scott

I forgot to mention, YES kids you will use this @#$% math someday!!!

I have to tell everyone, when I came across this equation I almost threw in the towel thinking I could never do this much math as it's like an alien language to me. But with Dr. Gore's help I was actually able to enter the equation into Excel and enter the correct variables and after a few tries, it...

I was a music major.

Thanks, I already see where I have made an error. I thought the "0.5" was a multiplication process like "0.5 times x" I know I am mathematically challanged :oops: ! To make sure I understand another part of the formulae, on the top line "fa2" = vibrational stiffness value multiplied by LL (long grai...

Hello to all, I am new here. I got the Trevor's books a few weeks ago and have been studing them intensely. I really suck at math :?, but I was able to figure out equations 4.5-2 -4.5-4 using table 4.5-3 numbers and checking the results with the table's results, in the "Design" book. The problem is ...