Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hi Greg,

No that's the real thing!.

I just have an aversion to Ebony binding., Otherwise I always use timber.

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Hi Greg,

Thanks, No it's ABS I hate ebony as a Binding, it's hard to bend, get in the top wood when you sand and is just generally unpleasant to use, so ABS gives the same look , but without the headaches.

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Hi all,

OM Cutaway.

Back & Sides Black Hearted Sassafras
Top Is Lutz
Neck is Tim's Pepper wood or brown Beech
Head plate is spalted Sassafras
Fretboard and Bridge are Puriri .

Bracing is Sparse Lattice.

Sounds pretty sweet.

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A Tobacco Burst would hide that OK and still look nice, you can practice on a sheet of ply cut into the shape of a guitar until your confident.

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Do yourself a favor and Buy Grahams book, it comes with plans for all types www.mcdonaldstrings.com/publications.html


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I'll be over one day soon !

Show you my latest build, have a Christmas drink and pickup the belt !

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Robbie just did a Tute that may be useful.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6519

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Very nice Bob look great,

how thick did you go with the top out of curiosity ?

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Very Nice Indeed Trevor, what are your thoughts on the Lutz ?

Good ! I hope I have 40 sets !!!

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Hi all, I get sales reps in a work with all kinds of stuff, most of it's not that useful, But I got some samples of this stuff, and It's bloody impressive and has some lutherie applications , as well as for repairs the 3090 is clear , bloody hard and in a gel state and will gap fill up to 5mm and se...

Hi Andrew, I'm Embarrassed to say I wood chipped a very nice highly figured piece of Tiger Myrtle making my First guitar doing exactly that, It was at the Guitar Making School using a thicknesser , The only consolation was a very attractive fellow student (female ........ before you say anything Kim...

Hi All,

Ken kindly did a kit for me about 2 years ago, it's huge improvement on what it was before it even broke, much smoother.

a tip top solution to a problem nearly all 10-20 owners will face sooner or later.

Thanks Ken!.

Hi All, So The first time dealing with a wood supplier is always a little nerve racking, even if they have been endorsed by Shane, But fear not my wood arrived today, I took 10 sets of each 1A and 2A . It was Dry - Tick, well packaged -Tick , not marked with thick permanent marker-Tick, well prepped...

Who thinks up the names for some of these products? We Make a Compost Probe, it was developed for Australian Native Landscapes. They called it the ANL Probe , it's two meters long 40 mm round , pointy with a handle on the end. And due to where they stick it , it often smells a bit like poo ! Cheers,

Nice one Allan,

Perfection as always.

Love the little Guitars!

Makes Mine look Plain

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I,ll buy a spare !

Kim,

Are you really talking about penises

Hi Stu,

A gloss finish is just a lot more work all round, not just the Buffing. it's all got to be spot on , gloss shows every little bump, spot and imperfection.


Matt is a lot more forgiving, That's why CC are all Matt I suspect .

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Hi Stu,

Yes mate I did not want to put a heap of time into this one, so a matt finish was the go!

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Nice left overs Paul. I've always been partial to a nice small body.

You can have a play on saturday night if you like.

I'll have it at the AGMS dinner.

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Hi all, A little Parlor with a full scale neck, kind of a "Mini Martin" style if you like, it was a bit of an experiment, so I used up all my leftovers, bits that are a little sub par but too good to discard. B&S : Ancient Kauri. Top : Sitka. Bindings : Wenge Rosette and Headplate : Ziricote, Neck :...

Got a parcel from the Woodrat today, checkout the return address label, he even lives in Rosewood Rd, I beleive he is petitioning Hastings council to have the name changed to Brazilian Rosewood Road.

GB Gitty Doug,

http://www.cbgitty.com/brands/Jescar.html


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So true!

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Hi Doug, Maybe Contact the John Buckham Aka the Woodrat , I know he often get's his timber from fallen trees...... and ummm antiques :shock: . He maybe able to supply you with some, from such a tree, I know Steve Aka Stopper also is partial to harvesting from fallen trees also I have some magnificen...