Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I did too.
With both the multitude of emails and the multitude of texts, it was overwhelming.

Wow Lillian, that will be quite a change for you!

Good luck with the move and hope all goes well with your brother's health.

Nice weisse Steve :cl Just for something different here is my latest board getting a coat of fiberglass. And nice fish! I'm just finishing up a hollow board as well - 8" mini mal in paulownia & recycled western red cedar. The glass & fill coats went on ok IMG_7593.JPG But the gloss coat didn't self ...

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Tue May 26, 2020 5:06 pm

Very nice, what does he get if he sticks at his lessons for two years?

He gets to point out how bad my playing technique is

Bruce McC wrote: ↑

Tue May 26, 2020 5:06 pm

I still have your kerfing jig.

Don't sweat it, I'm mostly doing solid kerfing.

Finished this last year. Thought I'd posted it, but apparantly not. A parlour sized, completely non-traditional, falcate braced classical, using an undersized set of Brazilian Rosewood I got from Jeremy (J F Custom) way back in 2011. Decoratively it was deliberately kept simple. A gift to my younges...

I've been using Danish Oil on my necks for a while now.

I'd just give each body another coat and burnish it with 400 grit wet & dry, then wipe off & leave it to dry.

Well my 8 year old son is now over 15 years old! I had thought that as your kids get older you gain more personal (read workshop) time. Unfortunately it appears to be the total opposite :( I still manage to get a uke or two built each year - I've pretty much stuck to the falcate braced design of tha...

Hi guys. I'm still alive & still building. Took forever to get this big bertha out of the workshop. I used my 17" Archtop mold for the body shape. 34" scale. WRC top recycled after 50 years as part of someone's house deck. Indian Rosewood fingerboard, binding & rosette. Falcate Bracing. Owner is a p...

I'm using Danish Oil more & more on necks.
It feels nicer to me, and most customers seem to think so too.

Just as an add to this, I recently had to make a bass guitar nut and only had my 6 string nut files. To make the wider slots I put 2 files together (whichever pair ended up matching closest to the string thickness). The pair were usually a thicker & a thinner file, so I'd swap the 2 files around reg...

nkforster wrote:Mine look like junk.

My jigs look junkier than your jigs

Thanks everyone for the replies.
This build has been dogging me for over 2 years, I'll be glad to see it go out the door!

Hi Bruce, As the others have said, they stretch a lot. Unwind & re-tighten. Leave some length after the post until they've truely settled - it makes it easier to get a good grip when tightening the string up again. Don't get impatient and try to artificially stretch Nylgut strings. They won't stretc...

Am getting close to finishing this big beastie and need some final info from those who know. 34" scale, 4 string ABG. What angle is the saddle slot for general intonation across the strings? And how much extra did you add to the scale for saddle/bridge placement? I'm planning on using a thick saddle...

DarwinStrings wrote:After a all nighter in the recording studio and many hours mixing and re mixing My team of sound engineers came up with this sample in the cloud from the lolly tin guitar.

Sound Cloud link Home Song

Hey, I enjoyed that!

Cool.
Thanks.

Can anyone advise on the TOTAL headstock thickness of an Acoustic Bass Guitar.

The plans I've got (which I'm only using as a guide) say 17mm, but that seems a bit thick.

I'm using Gotoh Compact Bass Tuners from Stewmac.

Thanks

I was loaned an Aprilia Mana for a few weeks.
It surprised me.
I wasn't expecting to enjoy an automatic motorcycle, but it was heaps of fun!

I don't ride at night anymore - too many close calls with Roos & Wombats in the last 10 years here in 'Berra.
But then the 20 years before that commuting on a bike in Sydney & Brisbane were worse for animals on the roads.

Thanks Richard, she is a nice bike.
Although the original factory map made her a bit cantankerous at times.
I was calling her The Shrew for a while.
Got that sorted now thanks to the Guzzi online community (kinda like you guys here).
Funnily enough, her happy spot is right about 4000

Hi Guys (& Gals), Been a long time since I've posted here (though I look in often) so I thought I'd just give a quick "G'day". I'm still spending some time in the workshop though not as much as I used to. My sons are hitting the teenage years and I'm basically a single dad now Mon -Fri so my time is...

Congratulations Jeremy, and all the best for this new venture.

Top work Matthew. Your build/re-build threads have been missed.
Is that plug in the heel hiding an adjustment for neck angle?

I got mine through the mob Wayne suggested. (Paulownia Timber Supplies)
Good service & quality.