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- Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:15 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Okay that's it....were banning banjos from the forum
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15713
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:34 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Variations on a Macca.
- Replies: 131
- Views: 123264
- Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:35 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Suggestions needed
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11369
- Sun May 31, 2009 12:15 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Right you lot are in serious trouble
- Replies: 49
- Views: 34997
- Sun May 24, 2009 1:29 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tailpiece Grand Concert
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11143
Really nice Joe. When Kim's done playing I want some time with it! That top color looks great. Just a great overall look. Couple questions; What is the body depth? and did you notch the ladder braces or the long braces? Looks like you notched the ladder braces where they cross the long braces. thx J...
- Fri May 22, 2009 1:48 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Electric quilt maple carvetop neck through.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14486
- Mon May 18, 2009 10:10 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Anyone here make banjos????
- Replies: 42
- Views: 31972
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I think you forgot "Stringbean". Buddie had the whole hip-hop look happening way before its time....
- Fri May 15, 2009 3:39 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: No 6 Fretted Up
- Replies: 21
- Views: 16784
- Mon May 11, 2009 2:36 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: My New Baby
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9857
- Mon May 11, 2009 2:27 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Variations on a Macca.
- Replies: 131
- Views: 123264
Nick; You are a crafty buggar after my own heart! That was a nice solution with the the lining to create a shelf for the "interior" back plate. I like the slot/baffle idea as well. Is that spruce you are using for the neck block? I have always had a liking to the Maccaferri design and look. In fact ...
- Mon May 11, 2009 10:27 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Intonation nightmare on my 'little guitar'...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 30631
A young man recently brought me a guitar to look at. It was a classical style guitar that had been strung with steel strings. It too, was " a bear to tune" Looking at it from the side I noticed the top had collapsed in front of the bridge and there was a HUGE bow behind the bridge. This bow tilted t...
- Sun May 10, 2009 3:22 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tenor Kasha Ukulele
- Replies: 21
- Views: 21935
- Tue May 05, 2009 2:45 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Ah, Spring
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8479
Trust me, its there....LOL! I went from the bottom of the rosette to the binding. Fortunately I had some left over wood from the top to splice in, so I was able to get a good color match. On a side note; While the top had the usual array of clamps to button down the the wedge I happened to give the ...
- Tue May 05, 2009 11:28 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Ah, Spring
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8479
As an update.... No where near as sweet a solution as the happy face Ozzie posted for his Uke, but a degree of function I guess. http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/244_Zip_it_1.jpg Ok, I went for the basic crack repair. I thought long & hard and since this was a new style I was trying to develop I ...
- Tue May 05, 2009 11:08 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: What's you your workbench?
- Replies: 203
- Views: 173358
Just scraping bindings on another L-1. This one is all "California Koa"... OK, just walnut, but after the post of the gorgeous guitar with King Billy Pine I guess I got a bit envious of the really cool name. Great seeing the things people are working on. http://www.anzlf.com/phpBB2/userpix/244_L1_Wa...
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 2:21 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Ah, Spring
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8479
Dave; 'normal' humidity is around 45-55% except in winter where it goes 100%+ with the fog. The top wood has been hanging around for 10-15 years and has been stored well but not at final thickness.. I would have thought it would have reached some sort of equilibrium by now. So much for thinkin'. But...
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:46 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: There are some real @rseholes on this planet - caution heavy
- Replies: 31
- Views: 21914
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:31 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Ah, Spring
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8479
Ah, Spring
Ok, its been a while since I've been bitten by the humidity bug, but.... I have a build that I was getting ready to route the binding ledges in. Normally, I keep works in progress this far along indoors in a case. I got called away and managed to leave this in the garage for a couple of days just wh...
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:21 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Things that FAIL
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12941
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:35 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: I've been cogitating!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20758
Paul Hostetter has a bit of info regarding the Selmar/Maccaferri guitars with internal resonaters that were semi double backed. http://www.lutherie.net/resonate.html I remember seeing pictures of an old prototype (1940ish?) Gibson with a double back & sides. Kind of a box-in-a-box with sound 'vents'...
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:19 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Can you guess from the pic where I've been today?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17585
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:49 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Can you guess from the pic where I've been today?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17585
Came across this in 2007 on my way to Canada. Had just exited the NE corner of yellowstone nat'l park, Dropping towards Billing, MT. This pass was at 11,000 ft. I hope to head back that way this August. I just thought it was a great view and thought I would share. I am so glad people come from far a...
- Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:27 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Couple of L1's
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13008
Mark; Neck joint was typical dovetail. I've tried all the alternates (even straight epoxy to body via David Young's book of many moons ago) and keep staying with dovetail. Its a pain but I've gotten pretty decent at it. The finish is french polish which was my first attempt. I am pretty much sold on...
- Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:00 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Ukulele Mania! (Yet another one)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17867
- Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:29 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Couple of L1's
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13008
Thank you for the kind comments; A few more pics as requested. Sorry about the poor photogragphy skills. (Chicken courtesy "Emma" from across the street).Someone asked where my plans were from. Drew them up myself. Found the best straight-away picture of an L1 I could find and blew it up to match kn...