Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

when i was doing my apprenticeship as a sheet metal worker we where taught in metric but the older guys at work talked in imperial a lot, so like bob have a handle on both systems but always covert to metric i mark out in metric think in metric i.e. mm never cm. Metric is so simple. ________________...

My thoughts also all you folks in the quake area.
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Cheers Luke

very nice taffy I love reso guitars.

Allen wrote: Thanks everyone. I remember all those model airplanes in my youth, and I use to be able to buy that glue down at the corner store. Those days seem to be long gone though. Yer and you could by slugs/ammo for your air rifle too at the corner shop and those fantastic Choo Choo Bars I degr...

Looking great Allan you are making some wonderful instruments.
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Cheers Luke

Very nice Jim, like your neck design might have to pitch it.

very nifty guitar and playing.

Good to find it all up and working again thanks Bob from me too.

I folks, I have built a couple of odd ball ukulele's recently and used friction tuners Gotoh from ASLP I think they are fairly ordinary compared to the geared ones I fist got from Stew Mac. Is there any decent friction pegs out there I can use to replace the ones I have? I would not have enough room...

Thanks for the links guys.
There is some interesting info there.
I am going to give a bit of Vic Ash/Tassie oak ago.
I made a biscuit bridge for my home made resonator guitar out of it and sounded as good if not better than the Maple one I brought from USA.

Luke.

Thanks guys for your help. Might have a crack at making one.
Luke.

I am after a bridge to repair an old cheap Harmony mandolin A5 style. It has the typical adjustably set up not sure of the correct name.Anyhow it has broke in the middle have araldited it together until I find a replacement. Can't seem to find one local and ALS don't have any in stock. Any one have ...

Sebastiaan yes the back is enclosed.
The tin is the way it came when it had 3kg of tea in it.
The neck is all the way through the tin.

Hi All been ages since I logged in but been taking a peek often and learning heaps from you guys. When I sore the Banjo thread had to jump in. This is a Tenor banjo/Tea Tin guitar That I made and play at gigs etc. it is a bit crude but sounds different and always creates some interest. this one I mo...

That looks really cool Bob be keen to hear a sound file like everyone else. couple of questions. What is the neck made out of ? And is it a loud instrument? Not that i no much about mandolin I gig with a couple of players, and have just started to teach my self on a cheap Suzuki instrument that I br...

Great program had a listen Saturday night and fond it compelling. It will be repeated on Friday afternoon I think around 3pm after the daily planet. My radio is tuned to radio National all the time if you want to be informed about the world and often discover some different music you can't go wrong....

that is some impressive work matt and an inspiration. One of the guys I play music with is a excellent Bass player. He has a cheap double bass that he plays well, and it is always a pleasure when we have a gig that it will suit. Have always been blown away at the cost of a decent double bass, anothe...

Thanks Allen, you made my post look a lot better.

The sound well is made from a biscut tin lid it had the center cut out and than I formed a stirp of metal 25mm and glued it in to make the sound well. A ply ring was glued to the base for added strength and stiffness as a biscuit tin is quite thin. The sound well was glued to the body with a product...

Have some pics of my construction of my reso thought it might be of interest. Firstly this was an experiment I had a rough idea as to my methods and build ideas but you learn as you go. I have never seen a reso made with a bolt on neck like mine.There are of course electric reso's and the National v...

Thanks for the interest folks. To answer Sebastiaan's questions. The body is 1.2mm mild steel I am a sheet metal worker buy trade so metal was always an easy option for me. The finish is simple spray can enamel. I used auto spray putty to give it a nice surface to paint over. The neck block and tail...

Hi all and thanks for your responses. Shall now upload a pic of my fist steel body resonator guitar. The body and internals were built by me (Cone from beard) the neck was a $35 by now on ebay and it was very reasonable. The hole job was an experiment that I have been thinking about for a while and ...

Hi All, Found this site a week or so ago and have enjoyed taking a look. I have an interest in resophonic guitars,and anything a bit different like cigar box's, tins etc made into instruments.Have made a few crude but usably instruments that I use at gigs. Would like to show a pic of my first metal ...