Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hi Sebastian, What a crook thing to have happen. Not sure what you are thinking of doing, but all may not be lost with regards to your tree. Not sure what species it is, but if there's a metre left of the trunk, you may well get some coppice suckers coming up when the weather warms up again in sprin...

Thanks Allen - my money is in. No rush for my order - I have a couple of rods now, & not enough time to use them before August.
Regards,
Steve

Hi Cactus - in ignorance I made this rosette out of herringbone purfling by soaking it in warm water for a few minutes, splitting a piece in half & winding all the bits around a glass jar to dry out. It's nowhere as flash as the other ones here, but is pretty straight-forward to do. If you wind the ...

Hi Allen,
I'd like to jump on board too - 10 x 14 1/4" please.
Thanks,
Steve

Thanks for the heads-up on rosewood James & Michael. What a shame, but I guess there's lots of other choices out there. And Alan, yes the classical sides got very thin in the waist - I wasn't game to sand the scorches right out. I was a bit worried about the cracks too, so bent some offcuts from the...

Although Bellingen is still cut off, it's surprising how quickly all the water dissappears. Apart from all the carpets lying out on the footpaths & a few cars parked in strange places, it would be hard to tell there had been so much water through. We were really lucky not to get any damage, & thankf...

Yes Mark, I was going for native timbers. I used some kauri for bracing, some offcuts of Qld Maple for the bridge plate, & Tas blackwood bindings. I'm trying to get hold of a stash of native rosewood from a local guy that has a whole heap of stumps to cut up. Might make an interesting project to be ...

We had something like 450 mm of rain here in Coffs yesterday. I can't be too sure how much we had at home because our rain gauge only holds 250mm & was overflowing when we were able to get home this morning. Of course our 3 & 5-year old found the whole thing an incredible adventure, getting to splas...

Thanks for the welcome everyone. No, these picture were of the second guitar that I just finished (the first one is a classical with a kauri soundboard). For both guitars I just worked through Jim Williams' book. For the steel string I followed Jim's basic procedures, but changed the shape to someth...

Hi Guys, Greetings from a wet old Coffs Harbour. I have been reading your forum for a while now & have really benefited from your collection of information. I haven't got any tricks or tips that I can share with you all, but in the spirit of this sort of community, I do have some pictures of wood. I...