Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Trevor - thank you for your reply to my query. I understand your explanation of a blunt wedge vs flat. However, I wonder if the lack of a wedge effect is not offset by reduced integrity of the square hole? I am not an engineer, nor have I any serious experience in luthiery, but I do like to try and ...

I am a complete beginner at this, currently working on my first instruments, but I am wondering why a circular rod would make the heel less stable than a square one? Surely forces are concentrated on corners, such as exist on a square cross-section, which is where failure occurs? If I have missed so...

Having jumped in at the small end (mostly because I figured I would waste less wood if I mess up), I am in the process of building my first acoustic instruments (a pair of concert ukes, rippled maple B&S, spruce offcut tops). So far, so untidy, but I was wondering why it might be that a soprano uke ...

Unfortunately, I have never found the knack of locating those semitones

One of my favourite Gilmour solos is that accompanying Comfortably Numb, such emotion from calm and mellow, to raw anger. Stunning.

Adam

I, too, am enjoying the build thread. I am especially keen on clean, relatively uncluttered lines, as I feel that too much 'bling' can overshadow the considerable talent required to construct. Whereas a clean design shows every little imperfection. However, I have a question (and as I am only on aco...

Hi Rob, I love the look of the burst. Im not mormally a fan of such things on acoustics, preferring the natural look of the wood under a clear finisih. But yours looks superb :) Adam p.s. Where is this tip of which you speak, our local one in Alloa never seems to have anything not made from chipboar...