Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Martin - the preamp certainly cured my teething troubles getting VA to work. I guess technically what I'm using is an audio interface. It's a Behringer UMC202HD if anyone's interested and cost about £50 from Amazon. The XLR to USB adaptor cable was to be frank a waste of space. Trevor I have a bit m...

Thanks for the reply Trevor. Bedtime here in Scotland (well for oldies like me it is!) and I'm on my phone. I'll crank up the laptop and Excel and give you more details tomorrow. Enjoy your Aussie sun. Its a wet cold night here in Scotia.

Hi all Hope you don't mind me asking but all this frequency/plate testing mullarkey is new to me. I wonder if some of you experienced VA users might take a quick look at the spectrum below and tell me if I'm in the right ball park. This was a spectrum taken when I was testing for the twisting mode. ...

Thanks for that Martin. So not impossible to use a larger radius for the back but a bit more challenging. I have some adi spruce which might up the stiffness of the back bracing a bit.

Hi all Gerry from Scotland here and newbie to the books. Quick (and possibly stupid) question - can I get a live back out of a radius that iisn't 3 or around that metres? I've never been that fussed about the size of radius I use for the back and, through no particular reason other than it was sort ...

Thanks for that Martin. The info on the books on here is unsurpassed and I find I need a bit of help interpreting some of it! It's like going back to school for me!

Anyway hope to see you on the forums.

Cheers and Merry Christmas to you and all, Gerry

Hi all The main reason I haven't posted is that I'm from neither Australia or New Zealand so I didn't know if it would be appropriate. I live in Scotland and have been building electric and acoustic guitars and the occasional uke for getting on for 17 years. Recently bought the books and am having m...