Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hey Bob, Thank you very much for the advice. I am definitelly planning to build a second one sometime in the future. The first one will have to be road-tested first ; ) I know it´s a fine line between stability and resonance ability already, not to mention the stress an instrument has to endure duri...

I recently realized that a bunch of people who build travel instruments, be it lap steel or triangular guitars use really heavy sides. Mine are just 2,8mm thick and besides that I do not have the fretboard for soundboard support. Anyway, I am kinda lost. I´d really be grateful for some more advice.

Hey Jeff, thanks for the reply. Yeh, I kinda figured it would be over-built with it, that´s why I am here. It's my first "real" build, so I am all like "safety first", but that probably won't get me anywhere. I might stick with the X-Braces, leave the transverse brace on the bottom and two of the fi...

Hey folks, my name translates to "lucky clover". I am a painting student from Bavaria, Germany. The academy has very well equipped workshop and a laser lab, so I am making fair use of that by building instruments. I have done a kora and am now building a travel-sized weissenborn. Next stop ukulele. ...

Hello dear Kiwi and Aussi luthiers out there, I joined this forum when I experienced it was hard to get advice and ideas on building weissenborns in Europe and as some of the finest weissenborn makers are from NZ and Oz I decided to ask for advice here. My name's Felix, I am from Bavaria in the sout...