Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

(some of the members might even be in their undies)

Undies!
Since I started building guitars I can't afford luxuries like undies anymore

Well said BTW Stu.

Hope you are enjoying the build so far.

Hell Yeah!!!

Tod Gilding wrote: Have you looked here Jim ... I Haven't ,so please don't take this as a recommendation, but I have been tempted to try them. 60 or 10 sets of 6 landed at your door for less than $50 http://stores.ebay.com.au/luthierwood-s ... 34.c0.m322 what's everyone think ? I should have some s...

I'll also be following with great interest as something similar to this is on my "one day" list as well. The only concern I have is that if you use that rather dreary piece of maple, when the guitar is finished, you may be disappointed that you didn't use a nicer top wood. But I may be able to help ...

Yeah I had the same warning.

Personally I want to build guitars that I would want to play, probably because I realize that I most likely will never sell any :roll: . I have two dreadnaughts, one is a near mint condition thirty year old high end Maton that has great sentimental value but I just hate playing it, just too big and ...

anyone ever see one sized to accept regular masking tape rolls?

I use a cheapie from K-mart, I don't know if it will take the Stew- Mac tape but it easily takes a 20mm wide roll of standard masking tape.

Thanks for the link Pete, that's one very cool car. I take it by your brothers t-shirt that he's a VW man as well.
Cheers

Yeah the guitar's nice and the amps a cracker but more importantly, who owns the bug in the background of the first pic and can we have some more shots of that?

HeHe had a good day today so had a couple of long necks to celebrate.
maths + largies =

That should read 313 new members

I see with Treble Left we've just hit 1000 members, when I joined up I was member 687.
I think 323 new members in less than 18 months is pretty go going for our little aussie/ kiwi aliance

That one looks particularly nasty, seems to be some timber missing. Please keep us updated with this one, I'd like to see how you repair it.

Hi Zac
You could try Warren Adams from Epic Guitars in Morriset, he's a good guy and might be able to help you out in some way.

50.2 in my shed and humidity too low to read, bloody nice in the pool though

You've done well there Dave, apart from $50 from the mother inlaw it was all giving for me this year.

Looks very cool Jim, nice job

afshar wrote:That looks great Matt, do you think you have enough power points?

Na no way Bruce, it's lucky that I'm a sparky, I can put a few more in

Here's a couple of pic's of the new shed. I'll have to insulate it and sheet it out before I can get started building new bench's and shelving etc. But it's exciting having a blank canvas to start with.

How do you go unwrapping tonewood???

I usually try and do that when I'm sober

I bought one earlier this year when I bought some fret wire to get a Uke finished. Unfortunately it my haste to get at the fret wire that I forgot all about the string lifter and must have thrown it out with the packaging. (DOH must have had to many of these )

Lovely job as usual Allen, really like the headstock shape with those tuners.
Are the "baron river" and "honey" inlays? very neat work if they are.

Hi Ian, I've not tried a Spanish heel so I can't really comment on them but I've dovetailed the necks on the 2 guitars and 3 ukes that I have made. As someone without any real woodworking background ( ie skill :lol: ) I've found them to be a pain in the arse so I'll be going bolt on for future build...

Hi Chalks, I used some very old (2000 years +) Huon on my first build. Yes it's heavy, very soft and not very stiff ( at least the piece I used ) but on the small body guitar I build it sounds really nice. Not a lot of volume, that could be the weight or the 1st builders overbracing :roll: , but has...

Looks great Alan, a nice combination of timbers and I also like the unique look of the rosette.
What finish did you use? It looks to have a nice warm sheen without the gloss being overly reflective, it really lets the wood grain come through.

BTW many happy returns for the day.
Cheers

Geez keep that up and you'll find yourself banned from here
Beautifully modern interpretations Nigel. Lovely work