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My two Bob,s One would think that all that extra mass hanging off the bridge is counter too all we accoustic builders strive to acheive , sure if a choice between throwing away a cheap guitar or saving it with a bridge doctor.... fair enough, if it's an expensive Guitar , best shout it a new top. Bu...

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Dennis,

Your All .....grizzly Adams !!!

Love It !

Cheers,


Grizzly Adams didn't wear a Hawaiian shirt did he???

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Martin

Ummmm No , Good Point , I was focusing on the neck up !

not much gets past you Martin!

Cheers,

Dennis,

Your All .....grizzly Adams !!!

Love It !

Cheers,

Fark That's why my Sphincter still clenches every time I go near a guitar with a router.

My condolences.

:roll: Reminds me of the time I took a mate fishing in my old diesel cruiser, it did 6knots max with a southerly up it's bum, down the front of a wave, he had a what is essentially a 14 ft Punt with a 200 Hp on it, He whinged, pissed and moaned the whole way about how slow it was, while I sipped on ...

To answer this question I must recall an analogy from a self help book written by master luthier Michael Thames: In which he writes: "To me, making an acoustic guitar is like making love Sometimes you want to know how long it took you, Other times you don't really want to know, or wish you didn't.....

+1 for ABS over ebony, ebony is a bastard to bend, it can get into you top when sanding if your not carfull and is just just generally difficult, as Kim said you would be pressed to pick the difference.

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Dear, dear Dennis you don't loose socks , your washing machine makes them, the reason odd socks are always that bluey grey colour is because they are made from lint that collects in that middle bit that sticks up, when enough lint has accumulated and the washer is in it's spin cycle it combines all ...

In fairness, the bloke was really keen to solve the issue and very prompt in his replies and once provided with a Photo of the Missing Bridge pin :? ...... errr ... well at least a photo of where the missing bridge pin should have been, to replace the missing item . I have found that in general that...

So I ordered some bridge pins from Ebay, They turn up promptly, but one packet has only 5 pins in the bag. No biggy, message exchange as follows. Me : " Hi, Item No. xxxxxxxxxx is missing one of the brdge pins from the packet , should be 6 only got 5 the rest are ok. Ebay store : "Hi friend, can you...

It's all been said.............

so ummmmm ..... what they said!



nice one Trevor, nice soundport too, Now I don't feel so bad about the unplanned one I installed a few guitars back.

Cheers,

Hi Jim, Strato has built quite a few of them with his students , they all sound pretty good , one of the classical's played by John ferguson at the dinner you attended was a double top , as was the steel string played by Greg at the same dinner , I have some nomex that's been sitting in the shed for...

http://luthierforumaustralianewzealand.com/forum/topic/Rate-Kim-aka-Larkim-as-a-guitar-builder-.htm He's UUUUUUMMMMMMMM :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: not a stable table is he. That Rant is worsre than Joh Bjelke-Petersen on Crack . There is a few Kangaroo's Loose in the Top Paddock , a six pack M...

You mean two headed,transvestite,lumberjack Bob.

Got my Lutz yesterday :cl :cl :cl :cl :cl , well worth the wait , the first thing that struck me was how light the package was , upon opening were 20 beautiful, uniform ,defect free and completely dry tops. Now as witnessed by the above pictures , it was havested by a couple of hairy blokes in the s...

I any case I suggest you get the Pics off here quick smart, if the Woodrat spots it he'll be in the Rat mobile and down there sawing the legs off it before you know what's happened.

Cheers,

Is It the timber that's special, or the fact it's harvested and hand split by naked Virgin Gypsies during a full moon after a three hour tree naming ceremony during which a fainting goat is sacraficed and a lighning bolt is induced to give the timber that magical stiffness and sound. You are all mis...

I think so too Wayde, and who can blame Steve. the Luddites, who never intended to buy any anyway , managed to make it all sound too hard. Jeff Highland was quite correct , if the purchase price is less than $1000 then no duties or taxes are payable, if it's more than a $1000 then it's payable on th...

G'day Stu,

That looks a lot like Trevors accoustic shape, works well for an electric, I like it.

Cheers,

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That's Nothin, Here we leave the shark attached to our leg and take it to the surf club house for a drink. True story happened at Caves beach across the road from Jeff Highlands house. "22-year-old Luke Tresoglavic was snorkelling on a reef off Caves Beach, south of Newcastle when he was attacked by...

So this evening I taught myself how to animate the switch position diagram. It's not so hard after all.

I'm just concerned what manner of evil and mischeif your gonna get upto with your newly found skill.

Hi All,

Did we reach a critical mass or did the Luddites succeed ?

Cheers,

I blame synthetic illicit drugs .

she's bent like a banana.

Thanks Allan,

I have learnt something as we'll.

Cheers,