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Thanks Kim, and to all who tuned in to the broadcast, which continues to live on (with image gallery) via streaming at this link . I'd also like to acknowledge the brilliance of Robyn Johnston and sound engineer David LeMay from ABC's Radio National who recorded over 70 hours of audio at Playmakers ...

During a Q&A session on choosing tonewoods at the Playmakers event in Albany earlier this year Paul Duff (who carves blocks of Red Spruce for his mandolins) and luthier Scott Wise BOTH recommended going for AA grade for tonal & aesthetic qualities.
Cheers, John

Radio National's ' Into the Music ' program continues to bring great content to the FM Airwaves. On Saturday 6th September (repeated Friday 12th) they'll present a program titled The Bottom End , offering ... "All you ever wanted to know about low frequency, high density sound waves . This program e...

Good thread suggestion, Bob! Digital camera technology, and affordability, seems to get better by the month. I got given a Canon Power Shot A550 last Christmas. http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/113_canona550_3.jpg A dinky pocket-sized toy, takes great pics, ridiculously easy to use and the best t...

nice work Phantom on the guitar, pics and uploads ... patience is a wonderful thing

John

UPDATE Radio National website has a NEW link as of 25 August that relates to the Compton/Gilchrist broadcast on the 30th, including a complete list of tracks to be aired, and some very good links. Go to ... http://www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/stories/2008/2313417.htm 5 more sleeps!! :P Cheers - J...

Hiya Phantom A few weeks back Taffy went through similar birthing pains; what grew out of that is a pretty comprehensive post originated by Allen in the Tutorials section ... How to post a picture to the forum ... well worth a read. Look forward to your pics (got any of the Skull Cave?) :wink:. John...

Welcome Zac From one uke maker to another, it's nice to have a kindred spirit on board :-). Currently building a Tenor from (frustratingly out-of-scale) plans from LMI, using a high-figured Tasmanian Blackwood set from the affable Tim Spittle (check out his informative Australian Tonewoods links els...

Cheers Bob
have you ever thought of giving up lutherie and moving into Tour Guiding? Keep the hot spots comin', but we only have 10 days ... and thanks for the tip re Cadbury's tour, will pass on to son Sam.
John

Hi All I'm starting to plan a holiday to Tassie in mid-January and am keen to hear from ANYONE of their favourite sights, things-to-do, walk trails, eateries, home-made pie shops, budget accommodation, pubs, etc etc ... including wood merchants :-) Will be travelling in a hire car with my 26 year ol...

All mightily impressive pieces Guys! Congrats Taffy on getting pic onto the forum; nice work. I'm onto my 3rd of the following: UKULELES - "The Thinking Man's Violin" http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/113_CB_Uke__RN_Broadcast_1.jpg CB Uke - Front http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/113_CB_Uke__RN_...

Well done, Taff!
Sweet looking lap slide you've got there ... happy to swap computing tips for build tips any time!!

John

It's OK Taff ... everything good (and FREE) comes to those who wait! Important thing when using Irfanview is if you are manipulating an original large-size image and you want to keep the original in it's native size/format, it's best to do a File> SAVE AS , otherwise you lose the properties of the o...

Yo'all ... If ever you've taken images in HIGH resolution on a digi camera you'll notice they can be anything up to 2 megabytes or more EACH in file size. I've been using a nifty bit of FREE software for ages, called Irfanview, written by a Bosnian guy. Go to http://www.irfanview.com/ to download th...

Hi All I stumbled on this thread quite by accident when off on a tangent searching for something completely unrelated, as one does on the web ... thread is hosted by guitargear.net.au ... http://www.guitargear.net.au/discussion/index.php?action=printpage;topic=3467.0 Fairly extensive list of makers ...

G'day All I've received early notification from Robyn Johnston of Radio National's 'Into the Music' fame re the 2nd radio program to arise out of the Playmakers event held here in Albany in February '08, titled "A Lonesome Powerful Sound." We’ll hear Mike Compton and Steve Gilchrist together on st...

Thanks Tim, good work.
I only posted that request just before goin' to bed, and voila there's a reply when I wake up.

I LOVE technology - my kinda Forum!!!

John FM

hi Bob

where would this forum newbie navigator find that link to the spreadsheet?
or am i missing the bleeding obvious this early on.
??

john fm

Gday Bob and thanks also for the welcome. Will pass on the info about bulk buying to the rest of the crew. I have posted a link on our site to ANZLF (see http://gslutherie.org/html/links.htm) and will encourage other local makers to drop in and have a look around. Re the many great performances at P...

Cheers Kim and thanks for the warm welcome. Yes, I will surely add ANZLF to our links page tonight, and rest assured will also extend the info in your last post to the rest of the crew. Our website History page pretty much explains how we came into being, and even though the original group of 12 (?)...

Hi all Have just registered with ANZLF! I had the very good fortune to be part of the original group of Albany-based makers who took part in Playmakers '08, at which we were interviewed by Robyn Johnson for the Radio National show mentioned here. We managed to get a website published just prior to t...