Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks Allen, I'm interested and I'll PM you my email.
Jim, I'm on your website now. No doubt you'll here from me shortly.

Morning Grant, I cant speak for the piezo's, but the Kent Armstrong supended pickup I use not only sounds great it seems to genuinly transmit the characteristics of my guitar. No pre-amp - plug straight into the Roland (the amp, not my son of the same name). If you try a magnetic soundhole pickup an...

Beautiful & Beautiful workmanship.
I'm yet to attempt ANY inlay apart from dots.
Too scared of ruining something that is essentially complete.
Inlay Shell material seems too expensive to practice on. Is there a cheap alternative I could get to inlay scraps of wood?

Dean & Gratay - There are some things in Bennedetto's book that are well explained and some great one liners. ie. "do this..." - um, ok, how? or "make a cut using (insert expensive or otherwise unatainable tool)" I really should have done something else first. Now I do certain parts of a build in ar...

Thanks for the look everyone. The guitar widow read your posts & was quietly proud of her hubbie. (and can I put that chisel down now & give the kids a bath). Before I began this guitar I got Bennedettos book & read it cover to cover several times. I listed all the tools required then short listed t...

Thanks for your welcome Allen. I've felt right at home reading the threads, just a bit nervous to join in the fun. Having been asked to show the aussie archtop, I'll attempt to load some pics. Knowing bugger all about luthiery and with my experience of wood working totaling a couple of out of contro...

Believe it or not, I used the $70 GMC bandsaw to complete my first guitar - a carved archtop (Blackwood & King Billy). I lost count of how many blades I replaced and the number of times I pulled it apart to try to tune it. Still, it did the job in the end. I've since kicked it under the desk where i...