Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hi Jerry I did this (through necessity) as the wood that I wanted to make my neck from (Tasmanian Black Hearted Sassafras & Yellow Box). I was very careful in making sure that the surfaces were very very flat before gluing, and that everything remained square when clamped up. Overall I was really ha...

It was worse than that - some colour leached out of the cedar and tinted the paulownia. Eventually (post acetone) some sprayed on pinlines helped cover up the damage, but the whole episode has put me off using WRC for anything ever again

Not strictly the same, but I had a nightmare of an experience whilst glassing a hollow wooden surfboard with a WRC stripe, where the epoxy just would not adhere to the cedar at all. :cry: The eventual cure (no pun intended) was to wipe the surfaces with (I think) acetone, which removed the natural o...

Just to round this topic out completely... The back is still holding together, despite the challenges of another surf coast winter: http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z479/llama60/IMG_0307.jpg Finally got around to fitting the neck (tapered dovetail, never again), finishing and setting the guitar u...

I'd echo what others have said - moisture can be a problem!!

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Looks great though!!

Thanks everyone, you're very kind given that substantially more luck than judgement was involved in the end product. Mark - I'm building the guitar in my unheated, non humidity controlled garage right on the ocean in Vic. I was aware of the difficulties that this was likely to cause, but didn't have...

The wisdom of crowds... Despite being pretty nervous, I cracked on with your suggestion yesterday evening. Made up some straight edges for the router to follow and cut the channel to suit the rosewood / BWB pattern I had decided on. http://i1191.photobucket.com/albums/z479/llama60/guide.jpg http://i...

In hindsight, you're spot on. Given the fact that the back is compound curved, I can't believe that I didn't view the back seam as an obviousl weak spot (with a ~2.5mm butt joint) and adequately reinforce. I'm not sure about the practicalities of routing the channel now - I guess I could reclamp the...

Hi After a few less ambitious projects, I found myself thinking "how hard could it be to build a guitar" sometime ago, and decided to find out. It's been a really rewarding experience, and I'm very happy with the results so far (and the lessons learned from a smorgasbord of mistakes along the way), ...