Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

welcome Nick. Absolutely fantastic work. Thanks for sharing. What finish did you use on the guitars??

Kim, Thanks for the excellent article the whole ordeal sounds horrible. I still had the rash for a few weeks but the itching was manageable after about a week. It certainly makes you reassess the way we work with materials that appear quite inert. I've been a printer by trade for many years and am q...

Kim, I cant be entirely sure but I suspect it was the QLD Maple. I have used the epoxy since with no hint of a problem. It was also already happening before the finishing stage. I believe it originated from a couple of cuts on my hands and fingers getting the resin and oils from the wood when bendin...

Thanks again all Joe, welcome aboard the depths of the body are 130mm at the neck joint 135 at the deepest part adjacent to the third back brace and tapered to 125mm at the tail. Jim here are the only pictures I have of the side, I will try and pry the bass out of it's owners mitts one more time and...

OK guys here are some shots of the acoustic bass that I have promised. Before looking at the pictures I would like to add the preface that this instrument came about as a result of a night spent with a bass playing friend of mine and one or two of Westend's best draught beers. We had a problem in th...

Thanks everyone for the kind words and warm welcome. I will post a few pictures of the Bass ASAP along with some details. Being a "newb" I will assume I should do it in a new post. Mark, the Dreadie was finished in a more tradition Mirotone Nitro and after rubbing back after every 3 or 4 coats (prob...

Hi my names Jay. I've been lurking around this excellent forum for a while and thought I should introduce myself. I've been building for a few years now in between a busy family life, work and fixing as many guitars to gain experience as I can. I've managed to build 3 guitars so far, number #1 a ros...