Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

welcome Nick. Absolutely fantastic work. Thanks for sharing. What finish did you use on the guitars?? Thanks Jay C for the welcome and the comment on my work :) Whilst I like making 'traditional' jazz instruments the traditionalists would cringe at my finish methods :oops: I use two pot Urethane (g...

I am now making moulds/jigs etc for the guitars, using the Francois Charles drawings. From your post I gather that you made your Selmer using solid timbers for the back and sides. Did you contemplate the laminated type of construction used on most of the originals? And how did you go with the "plia...

I've been toying with the idea of making a Selmer, too. But I have some more basses to complete first ... but its nice to see a selmer or two being made. Are you going to be able to post build shots? I have a pile I did for the customer of the first one so I'll round some of them up and only too gl...

Hi and welcome Nick. I know I've said that before. Am looking forward to your new Selmer and hopefully some bigger pics, for all we know you could have got those thumbnails off the net :D . Jim Thanks again Jim for the welcome, I'm using Image shack at the moment (is there a better service that hos...

Hello everybody on the ANZLF forum. I'm new around here so I thought a bit of an introduction was in order. I currently live across the ditch in Christchurch NZ. My day job has always been as an engineer (Tool & Diemaking) but my fascination has always been with music. I started out making necks, bo...

Nick, You havent worked at any of Charlie Jemmett's businesses have you? I vaguely recall Charlie mentioning your name last time I visited him at Music Works on Colombo Street. Cheers Martin Hi Martin, No I've never actually worked at Charlie's, I've known him since he was in Cashel street trading ...

Welcome to the forum Nick...good to see another Mainlander in here. Nice Selmer style instrument in the avatar. Any chance of more pics of same. Cheers Martin Thanks for the welcome Martin. Good to see an ex-kiwi on the forum, I've looked around and there doesn't seem to be a great presence here of...

Newbie to this forum & it's good to be here, will properly introduce myself properly in another post but having just faced the same problem, I couldn't resist posting my own experience. I have just recently finished a commision for a Selmer style guitar (pictured as my avatar). The customer also wan...