Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hi Bob,

Wow, fantastic look. Newb question, looks like you ripped and laminated 60mm sections. Is that correct?

Id go plain bindings, there is a lot happening there, but then I havent seen the timber for the soundboard.

Sebastiaan

The thing that concerns me about so much negative feelings against Bush is it really colors the real danger in the American political system. I feel like there's such a backlash against Republicans that everybodies running to vote Democrat instead of realizing theyre both hangin from the same corpo...

Hesh, When I find the clappy icon thingys Ill put some up. Classic looking guitars mate. I really like the laminated neck and the interest that adds to the loud, loud timber. beautiful. I look forward to the sound clip when you get it together. BTW there are some good guitarists in Aus you know.... ...

From the Uni of NSW Acoustics page

http://project.phys.unsw.edu.au/swe/main.php my accent is definitely Aussie, surprise, surpirse,

Sebastiaan

Thanks Graham, I was wondering about what happens to the tone when the back and sides are on. It doesnt function as a Helmholz resonator so there is no mathematical way that I could see to work it out. I guess the specifics of each piece of timber would affect the whole equation as well. Again many ...

Hesh, I'll PM you mate, what can I say, you're a bluddy gem! I wont be travelling for a while but one day you've got to get yourself and a couple of those loverly Heshtones to Aus so I can buy you a drink, and make some noise together. I reckon we could set up a billet trail around the country for y...

Thanks Graham, What is most encouraging is the length of the boooing. It gets longer as I remove more but your comments on thickness of KBP have stopped me. Im going to leave it at what it is and cut the holes, add the tonebars etc. I guess it can always be further sanded before final finishing. Seb...

Great find Serge,

That Black Tele with the pearlised scratch plate is way cool! Im generally not an electric guy.

This Selmer is also really nice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek5kUOxP5CQ

Sebastiaan

Hi Graham,

Arch is 15mm, its 6.5mm in the centre and 4.5 at the edges. Its currently playing about 10c flat of an E flat.

Sebastiaan

Hi Everyone, Im in the middle of carving the top and back of an archtop Mandolin. Basically a diminutive L5. Ive rough carved the plates and am sanding tapping as I go. With the top Im currently hearing is the tonic and an octave and an octave three above the tonic. No discernable fourths or fifths ...

My orders from Tim have been small but he has been unfailingly patient with me. The timbers are lovely, the service great, the price reasonable. Wether I can do justice to his offerings, well...... thats another story,

Hi folks, Ive just listened again to the Paganini Caprice #24 as played by Hyun Su Shin on You-Tube. Firstly Paganini should have been shot for devising something as technically difficult, secondly she plays it beautifully. This site is really incredible. There is Jascha Heifitz, Menhuin, Rostrapovi...

Hi Hesh, Firstly, a guitar to lust over, your workmanship makes me look like a total noob. Very, very well done and great advice about detail from Bob. I call the whole process the dojo of the shed where I run into my character flaws. My main challenge is patience. Now the question, 1000 watt sub wo...

Wonderful, wonderful playing, this young lady is a star!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET100brwyYA

Sebastiaan

Hi Jaz,

They sound wonderful. Not as "nasal" as some cellos Ive heard. What a buzz, to have your instruments played at the Con! Apart from the lines I could not tell the difference between the instruments on these recordings, very interesting.

Sebastiaan

Hi Allen,

Just tried it, works very well! Thanks for the tip, boy do I feel like a noob....

Sebastiaan

Hi Ron,

That is a seriously attractive guitar mate. The Oak and Bloodwood really works. Something to aspire to,

Sebastiaan

When the OPEC forum was on here in Sydney we had a couple of brilliant pieces in the local press. My favourite was from Philip Adams who claimed the wall a success because it kept the war criminals in and away from the general population. There is a good case to be made that Bush, Cheney, Howard and...

Go Kim, say it like it is mate! There was an obit in yesterdays Sun Herald by Thomas Keneally, really worth reading. His ending line is something like "Now we dont have to hate each other any more". Howard's greatest ability was wedge politics, a loathsome tactic. I wont miss it at all. Iraq is a sl...

Hi folks,

Plenty to aspire to, and Tom... my man!!! Mano's and a Harp Mando, way cool. Now I have another mando guru to hassle for information.

Allen, where did the Cypress come from?

Sebastiaan

This is very generous Bob, Thank you.

For Aussie list members I run a print shop and can output copies the correct size. I wont be back in the office till December I expect but if there is interest we can pursue it

Sebastiaan

Hi everyone, I thought Id lower the tone of the list with a couple of dumb questions about adhesives. Googling has not yet brought me the answers. Ive used Titebond 2 almost exclusively. I read on MIMF that it can creep. Now, Ive been called that a few times but never found out what it means in a Lu...

Hi Hesh, Was that a sacrifice to the great "True Tempramentius" the ancient god of good vibes.........., glad you did it with Stewmac kit..... :lol: Hi Alain, In my Whistle and Flute building experience I found that the best way to get an instrument to sound as if it is in tune was to sharpen the wh...

Mathew,

You are going to keep it arent you? add a beret and you will look the part of the a MJQ bass man, very hip,

Sebastiaan

Thanks for the thoughts and wishes everyone, the days are getting a bit tedious sometimes but the final cast goes on on Friday so life will get easier. Im not allowed to put any pressure on it for at least two months. Plenty of time to french polish the classical! Panhead I hope Kim!, Honduras Mahog...