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- Tue Jul 25, 2023 9:25 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Hi, introducing myself
- Replies: 22
- Views: 52291
Re: Hi, introducing myself
Hi Amir I can add my recommendation for buying from Tim at Australian Tonewoods. He has a good reputation on this forum and I have got some good stuff from him in the past. That kit, incorporating something like a blackwood B&S set would be a good project. Other kit sellers like LMI, StewMac or Blue...
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:19 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: The Queen of Hearts
- Replies: 5
- Views: 25581
Re: The Queen of Hearts
I love the whole concept, and that you have engaged so many other people with it also. Your 50 years is a nice thing to reflect on also. The world is quite a different place now and it is amazing to think that you knew each other way back then, and endured all that lies in between. A lovely instrume...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Triple 0 in Blackhearted Sassafras and Bunya Pine
- Replies: 28
- Views: 88814
Re: Triple 0 in Blackhearted Sassafras and Bunya Pine
It is all looking very good! The finish job is coming up very well. Are you going with shellac for the neck too?
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:36 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Crack repair posssible?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 22540
Re: Crack repair posssible?
That is looking good. Different, but interesting. It is hard to know the perfect answer to reinforcement, but I think Martin’s advice sounds good. Have you made the neck yet? If not, a 3 or 5 piece neck with the same longitudinal stripes could be good?
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 5:46 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Newbie to the forum
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10754
Re: Newbie to the forum
Hi Dave That inlay work is stunning. And your ebony guitar looks pretty sweet too. How much time is invested in something as complex as that fingerboard, or the headstock plate? I can’t imagine even drawing those designs, let alone cutting them in shell and inlaying it. Tell us a bit more about the ...
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:25 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: 'OOO' finished at last.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13092
Re: 'OOO' finished at last.
Hi Taffy. That 000 does look sensational.
Details like the headstock shape and binding, and the inlay - very classy!
Also looks like a pretty professional finishing routine - are you spraying it yourself?
cheers
Mark
Details like the headstock shape and binding, and the inlay - very classy!
Also looks like a pretty professional finishing routine - are you spraying it yourself?
cheers
Mark
- Wed May 17, 2023 12:59 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Nut files
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14344
Re: Nut files
OK, if they cut fast, clean and accurately I will take that as a recommendation. Do they cut a V-shape or U-shape slot?
- Mon May 15, 2023 4:56 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Another hollow electric
- Replies: 9
- Views: 15902
- Mon May 15, 2023 4:45 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bridge design
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15519
Re: Bridge design
BTW, if you want to edit your own posts you will notice three small icons in the top right corner of your post, and one of them looks like a pencil. This is the edit button. Click there and you should be able to change stuff.
- Mon May 15, 2023 4:40 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bridge design
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15519
Re: Bridge design
You probably saw Mike Dawes playing a guitar made by Andreas Cuntz in Germany. He makes a really long and elegant bridge on most of his guitars, a bit reminiscent of the moustache style bridge of the older Selmer Maccaferri guitars in length, but more curvy. I like the interesting shaped sound hole ...
- Mon May 15, 2023 1:47 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Attention all Lurkers
- Replies: 90
- Views: 590804
Re: Attention all Lurkers
Hi Insomnomaniac
Sorry, I had not noticed your post until now. I really like your Telecaster style guitar. Great burst shading on the body, neck and headstock. It looks really “hand made” and just makes me want to pick it up and play.
Sorry, I had not noticed your post until now. I really like your Telecaster style guitar. Great burst shading on the body, neck and headstock. It looks really “hand made” and just makes me want to pick it up and play.
- Mon May 15, 2023 1:42 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Attention all Lurkers
- Replies: 90
- Views: 590804
Re: Attention all Lurkers
Hi claman It is great that you are wanting to bring your woodworking chops to guitar making. You will find that it is not too difficult and I am sure every step in building a guitar will be within your competence level. But there are a lot of steps. Don’t obsess to much about jigs - you can get by w...
- Thu May 11, 2023 10:59 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Nut files
- Replies: 10
- Views: 14344
Re: Nut files
Hi Robert, you should definitely buy the diamond ones and then tell us all about them. If you need an excuse, Mother's Day is coming up.
- Mon May 08, 2023 3:25 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Cutaway bending
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25947
Re: Cutaway bending
I am like Martin and have always just stuck with bending by hand on a hot pipe. I do this because I tend to make a different size or shape instrument each time and I don’t like the idea of making a new bending form for each guitar, and also the space that a Fox style rig would require. I have not ha...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:08 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Triple 0 in Blackhearted Sassafras and Bunya Pine
- Replies: 28
- Views: 88814
Re: Triple 0 in Blackhearted Sassafras and Bunya Pine
It sounds like you have humidity issues well managed, so it should all be sweet. Bending sassafras is like folding wet cardboard - no problem at all. Also, no pore filling!
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:52 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Triple 0 in Blackhearted Sassafras and Bunya Pine
- Replies: 28
- Views: 88814
Re: Triple 0 in Blackhearted Sassafras and Bunya Pine
That is looking great Bob. I did a sassafras L-00 as my number 3 or 4 build. Very pretty wood, also from Tim. One thing to be aware of (Tim warned me at the time) is that it is slab sawn, not quartered. I think this is done to better show off the amazing colours. At that time I was blissfully ignora...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:47 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Guitar hanger for finishing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9822
Re: Guitar hanger for finishing
Zenith Sure Hooks from Bunnings happen to have prongs that are perfectly spaced to hang a guitar by the headstock. I don’t know if they will be useful for holding while spraying, but I find them really useful for storage. I have 5 instruments hanging from the walls and rafters in my workshop at the ...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Carbatec 400m Drum Sander Problem
- Replies: 35
- Views: 44454
Re: Carbatec 400m Drum Sander Problem
Throughout the 10 years that I have owned my Carbatec drum sander I have struggled with this issue and assumed that it was because I was a dumb-ass and didn't know what I was doing. Thank you, Comrades, for the feeling of validation that you have given me.............
- Sun Apr 09, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: OM size Nylon String Crossover
- Replies: 35
- Views: 109151
Re: OM size Nylon String Crossover
Hi David A OM/000 would work OK for a nylon string. I made one using a Gibson L-OO mold and it was fine. That is slightly smaller than a OM, but similar. If you go too big (to D or J size) the nylon strings struggle to drive the big top. Mine was also falcate braced. You can certainly afford to have...
- Sun Apr 02, 2023 9:01 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: New Guitar Story..
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12313
Re: New Guitar Story..
That is a gorgeous guitar - to be sure. Classic design and great execution, with some nice personalized touches.
- Sat Feb 25, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: GS Mini / Mandolin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17518
Re: GS Mini / Mandolin
Both look great Bob. I really love the look of the timber combination in the mandolin. The camphor B&S are lovely, but the headstock veneer is the real star. I also like a zero fret.
- Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:12 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Building a harp guitar
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1851
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:30 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Benedetto archtop double ring endpin Jack for sarconi strap
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3207
Re: Benedetto archtop double ring endpin Jack for sarconi strap
Hi Frank I am way behind you, and about to build my first Benedetto-style arch top. I wish such an elegant end plug/jack was available which was designed to carry the tailpiece and the strap as well. I found this at StewMac - doesn’t it do the job? https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-ideas/online-reso...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Wipe-on finish for acoustic guitar
- Replies: 61
- Views: 82253
Re: Wipe-on finish for acoustic guitar
The view that oil finishes dampen tone may have come from use of traditional oils (like linseed or tung oil) that soak into the timber, possibly affecting weight or resonant qualities. Even then you would wonder how people determine such things. Tru Oil is a different entity, it is not really absorb...
- Thu Feb 02, 2023 6:06 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Greetings from Bendigo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9401
Re: Greetings from Bendigo
Hi Mark and welcome. I still have a day job and lots of other things competing for my time, so I often go for weeks without getting into the workshop. One of the good things about instrument building is that you can do it intermittently. Building a guitar is a task with a few hundred steps but none ...