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- Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: GS Mini / Mandolin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17937
Re: GS Mini / Mandolin
Both look great Bob. I really love the look of the timber combination in the mandolin. The camphor B&S are lovely, but the headstock veneer is the real star. I also like a zero fret.
- Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:12 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Building a harp guitar
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1875
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:30 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Benedetto archtop double ring endpin Jack for sarconi strap
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3228
Re: Benedetto archtop double ring endpin Jack for sarconi strap
Hi Frank I am way behind you, and about to build my first Benedetto-style arch top. I wish such an elegant end plug/jack was available which was designed to carry the tailpiece and the strap as well. I found this at StewMac - doesn’t it do the job? https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/online-reso...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Wipe-on finish for acoustic guitar
- Replies: 61
- Views: 82598
Re: Wipe-on finish for acoustic guitar
The view that oil finishes dampen tone may have come from use of traditional oils (like linseed or tung oil) that soak into the timber, possibly affecting weight or resonant qualities. Even then you would wonder how people determine such things. Tru Oil is a different entity, it is not really absorb...
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:06 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Greetings from Bendigo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9592
Re: Greetings from Bendigo
Hi Mark and welcome. I still have a day job and lots of other things competing for my time, so I often go for weeks without getting into the workshop. One of the good things about instrument building is that you can do it intermittently. Building a guitar is a task with a few hundred steps but none ...
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:36 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Short scale steel string - 2nd guitar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7896
Re: Short scale steel string - 2nd guitar
I am also interested to know what you thought of the Taylor style V-bracing. I think this is the first build I have seen where someone tried it.
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 9:30 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Short scale steel string - 2nd guitar
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7896
Re: Short scale steel string - 2nd guitar
Nice work Bob. Your second guitar, but I see that you have wood stacked up there for quite a few more! You and Martin are the SA wood hoarders. That mini looks very sweet. What is the fingerboard timber?
- Mon Jan 16, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bridge length on WRC OM build
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10880
Re: Bridge length on WRC OM build
You are concerned about the bridge peeling off with a cedar top. There are anecdotes about this - and perhaps cedar sheds bridges a bit more often than spruce does - but it is certainly not the norm. There are a lot of cedar-top guitars out there with bridges that have stayed stuck for decades. If y...
- Sun Jan 15, 2023 8:47 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Custom LMX - Crossover Nylon in Ovangkol / Red Cedar
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11112
Re: Custom LMX - Crossover Nylon in Ovangkol / Red Cedar
That timber combination looks great, and obviously sounds pretty good too! I don’t know anything about totara, but it looks nice under finish. Another great package.
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:08 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Multiscale bridge over uncompensated bracing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4334
Re: Multiscale bridge over uncompensated bracing
Lots of great builders make fan fret designs with X-bracing. Bruce Sextauer, Michael Bashkin, Simon Fay to name a few. Bruce S discusses his building quite openly on various forums like UMGF and Acoustic guitar forum. I think all of them rotate the standard X-brace layout to fit the slanted bridge. ...
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:27 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Multiscale bridge over uncompensated bracing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4334
Re: Multiscale bridge over uncompensated bracing
I like your design lot. It is difficult to design a bridge that can accommodate a steeply sloping saddle but not look too strangely asymmetrical, and not be too massive. For example, I dislike the size of the Lowden multiscale bridge (even though I generally love their guitars). lowden multiscale.jp...
- Fri Dec 23, 2022 9:24 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Hello from Bavaria
- Replies: 14
- Views: 32878
Re: Hello from Bavaria
Hi Edi. Thanks for showing that picture of the cutaway design from the back. It helps to understand what is going on. What sort of neck joint did you use? I am guessing it is a glued dovetail, with the back covering the end of the heel. Very interesting. I use bolt-on neck joints most of the time bu...
- Fri Dec 23, 2022 9:11 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Tiger Myrtle OM
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16123
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 8:40 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Hello from Bavaria
- Replies: 14
- Views: 32878
Re: Hello from Bavaria
Hi Edi. Thanks for showing us your instruments and I am very impressed by your inventive and original designs. You obviously love designing and problem solving. I am interested in the harp guitars. And (like Dave said) I really like the curves in the cutaway design. Looks like some Australian timber...
- Tue Nov 29, 2022 4:12 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Digression into amp building again
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11687
Re: Digression into amp building again
Likewise - I couldn't wire up a lightbulb and I am very impressed by this caper. I am in the market for a small amp and I would love to acquire these building skills one day.
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: John Miner's quick neck reset
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7162
Re: John Miner's quick neck reset
I am interested in trying this neck adjustment method, mainly to use on older and cheaper guitars. I have a friend who has recently been into buying older Japanese guitars on a Japanese website called Zenmarket. It is a great site for any MIJ products like cameras, watches etc. Prices on guitars are...
- Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:19 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Inherited Tools
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9750
Re: Inherited Tools
I would love to acquire that tool, or something similarly useful and with a nice history. I have sometimes been the recipient of a box full of old tools from a friend or work colleague who says: "I was cleaning out my recently departed Dad/Uncle/Neighbor's shed and found all this great old stuff. I ...
- Wed Nov 23, 2022 9:54 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: John Miner's quick neck reset
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7162
John Miner's quick neck reset
How many of you have seen this? UTVzGM1Znv8 I have seen this video posted and discussed on a number of forums, including the OLF and UMGF. Discussion usually consists of self-declared experts loudly proclaiming that this is obviously bullshit and luthiery quackery - but of course none of them have e...
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 6:23 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
- Replies: 33
- Views: 56715
Re: Indian Rosewood Bridges coming off Cedar and Pine tops
OK, now you are a luthier.
Thanks for the update.
Thanks for the update.
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:37 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Making a Neapolitan Mandolin in Naples - November 2022
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9855
Re: Making a Neapolitan Mandolin in Naples - November 2022
I am loving this - the pictures and the whole idea of it. Thanks for bringing us on the journey.
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:31 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Vendors and Suppliers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3765
Re: Vendors and Suppliers
A lot of us used to get great wood from Tim Spittle - aka Australian Tonewoods - when he was in Perth. I notice that he is now back in business operating from Deloraine in Tasmania. Has anyone had any dealings with him since the move?
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:49 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: New member intro
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11819
Re: New member intro
Hi Filippo, welcome to the forum. The CF top certainly looks spectacular, and the pinless bridge design is cool. Tell us a bit more about the CF material. Is it made in a solid sheet? How thick, and how do you brace it? I would love to see some pictures as you are building. We like seeing some new i...
- Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:55 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Royal lac
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9310
Re: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Royal lac
Great Wayne. I haven't used it but would be keen to hear what you think of it once you have had a go.
- Tue Nov 01, 2022 9:26 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Royal lac
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9310
Re: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Royal lac
LMI is on-selling it from another supplier. You can get it elsewhere.
This place in San Diego says they will ship "anywhere in this world".
http://www.shellacfinishes.com
This place in San Diego says they will ship "anywhere in this world".
http://www.shellacfinishes.com
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:41 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Mun Ebony - Ancient Sitka Tenor Uke
- Replies: 10
- Views: 18292
Re: Mun Ebony - Ancient Sitka Tenor Uke
Allen, it looks sensational matched with that dark ancient spruce! I have a really pretty set of that stuff that I have been hanging onto for a while, and I also wanted to ask how you found it to work with - especially bending? Glad to hear that you were happy with it. The results speak for themselv...