Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks for all the replies! I will go with a flamed kauri top; I think it will be beautiful. We're getting the wood from ancienttonewood.com, funnily enough they are located in my home state. When it's done I will try to post pictures. Christian, I just loved hearing the dawn chorus while I was ther...

Oh dear, I do seem to have put my foot in it! Actually, when I originally started thinking about a custom, I had intended to order one from NZ. I even had someone all picked out, only to find he doesn't export instruments any more -- or at least not the ones made from the cool local woods. Kiwi wood...

Hello, I am new here and I'm not a builder, though watching other people build them fascinates me! I'm commissioning a builder here in the US to build me an ukulele from ancient kauri (curly or whitebait -- have to see what the vendor has). I have some questions on the top. They have some ancient fl...