Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Just learning the ropes so I just picked up some 2A and 1A tops and brace wood. I wish I knew about High Mountain when I first started in this addictive hobby. I have picked up some tops online, some good, some not as good. I can't wait to use these, they has changed the pecking order of the tops I ...

Numbers looked wrong on #1 so I redid it.

Cedar flat back brace (#1)
123, 275, , top 241, back 247

I really should not have been doing this as I have way more important things to do. Well, guess that tells you a little of the kind of guy I am. I built that pine guitar last year and while surfacing the tops, sides and backs along with bending them I made up some extras. Once I built the first one ...

Looking through the old threads and thought I might add my two cents to this one as far as mics go. I picked up a usb mic for a couple of bucks at a thrift shop and it seems to work well down to low frequencies. No need for adapters to get a mic into a sound card, just plug and (once the driver is i...

Just got Visual Analyser up and running with a usb mic and low and behold, it works. Looking for guidance on small guitars and a thread about parlors seems to fit like hand in glove. This is the first guitar I built out of a cedar fence board for a top and pine for the sides and backs. Not perfect b...

Only a week, not long at all. I was more concerned of the owner's well being.

He got hold of me, was an address issue, wood is bundled up and ready to ship.

Thanks Chris, for the detailed hand planing tips. I think I will get some practice in. Thanks printer2 (sorry don't know your first name) for the photos and detail for the build. Think it is the way to go as a home made drum sander can be used for so many other projects I am sure. Anyone know the b...

I would be lost without my drum sander. Unlike others who made a sander on top of a stand I built one that I would pull out and put on a bench when I need it. Well it is permanently out it seems. I picked up a motor from a thrift shop for $10 and with a 2" x 6" piece of spruce I and some scraps I bu...

Not sure, think this is my first post, oh the mind is going. Anyway stopped by a few times to see what you guys are up to and some interesting things caught my eye. Eventually joined as I picked up the Gore/Gilet books and figured might as well join as at some point I may get confused by the books r...