Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

HI, I recently made a roasted maple Strat neck with: - compound radius (10-16) - 2 way truss rod. - Stainless Steel frets - I did a fret level using a precision ground FRETGURU leveling beam on it. - I have all of the pickups practically flat to the pickguard to be eliminated at pickup type issue ca...

thanks guys for the advice, the guitar was in good condition except the top. the nitrocellulose is cracked but is easily solved by wetting the paint with a bit of nitrocellulose diluted (I tried it on my '62 Gibson ES 125 and returned new). The neck is ok! My idea of ​​the flying buttress was only t...

Hello to all, I am a luthier hobbyist and this is my first post .. so ask forgiveness immediately for any error in my post. I am currently repairing an old Gibson J50 1968. this is what I discovered by removing the top: - The top is bent toward the soundhole and has several cracks - The bridge has b...