Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

They are all beautiful works of art and fine instruments. Be proud of the Houndstooth as I can see many hours of marquetry work. I like the simplicity of the ECT 450 with carved top and wooden volume tone controls. Thanks for sharing its a good feeling to be able to show your work to people like us ...

Very nice Rod thank you for sharing.
I bet the amp have plenty of stick.
I have a 18 watt Vox voiced amp and a 11 watt Vibrolux copy and they are both damn loud.
The tube sound is wonderful.
Well done, beautiful workmanship.
Cheers
Alan

G'day Jim,
Thanks for the original heads up on the guitar and for your kind comments.
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Alan

I have always installed frets before gluing the fingerboard to the neck.
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Al

Thanks Kiwigeo and Fishman for your comments.
I am very happy with the outcome.
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Al

Hi Bruce and thanks for your comments. Yes it would be very close to a FE-17 a little smaller I think. When I disassembled the guitar Steve from the forum collaborated together and I have a plan of the guitar. It is not perfect but if you would like a copy I can email it to you anytime. I have built...

Thanks Wayne it was about time I recorded the guitar.
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Al

Thanks Bruce I did enjoy that video.
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Al

Hello to you all, In 2013 I bought a vintage Lyon&Healy parlor guitar for restoration and if your interested the original thread is here: http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5250&hilit=lyon+and+healy The guitar restoration was finished in 2017 and I have played the guitar since then often. It h...

Hi Martin,
Is this a new forum function?
I would like to post a youtube video of my Lyon&Healy restoration with some demos.
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Al

A piece of art there and it sounds great.
Congratulations, a beautiful build.
Cheers Alan

Thanks Ross I haven't seen that model before.
Certainly worth a try.
I do like the vintage tuners look and the plastic button option will make them nice and light weight.
Thanks
Alan

Cheers Frank I will look further into the website.
Alan

Good advice Mark as a player myself it is so important that the guitar plays in tune. Ok for your standard chord shapes on the first few frets but if you want to use some interesting great sounding jazz shapes up the neck even if only once in a song the guitar can not afford for the tuners to slip. ...

Thanks Peter and Trevor I appreciate your input. It looks like I need to pay closer to $200 aud for good machine heads now days. I have found a source for Gotoh SE 700 series which I believe are good so I will try a set. I will also try and set of Waverlys and Schertlers which may convince me everyt...

Thanks Joshua for your thoughts I will look into those.
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Alan

Thanks Martin I have spent quite a bit of time trying to find an alternative. The Gotoh vintage se700 series that are made in Japan have some good raps at about $120 aud a set but other than ALS I can't find them in Australia to purchase. The Waverly are certainly the best but $300 aud is expensive ...

Over the past year I have been having trouble sourcing good quality machine heads. In the past I have always bought Schaller but the quality of the M6 series is real bad. I have had to send back sets three times to Stew Mac due to the machine ceasing up. Even the chrome finish is poor and the box it...

Thanks Andos that looks like the way to go. I was considering making a 3mm ply rectangular box for the Ukulele and use bubble wrap but the hard case is the way to go. When you say freight it in which company would you suggest?
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Alan

Timely discussion here for me. I have sold a concert Ukulele made from Oz Sassafrass, Indian rosewood fingerboard and Queensland Maple neck and I have to post it to NZ. The instrument has been shellac finished and I will need to pack it well. So I don't want Customs opening the package as it won't g...

I have been having a wonderful time but I don't have to make a living from guitar repairs and building. There where some projects in the workshop that needed my love and attention. My health has been great for some months now touch wood and that fact makes a big difference to life. While I was sick ...

Like you all I have heaps to do in the workshop. There is very little activity outside in Condon Townsville. I think having to vote yesterday was a bit stupid? Lucky I managed to get a phone vote in last Thursday and did not have to line up like some. We have had a few cases here in our city but it ...

Yep I had a similar experience building a mini maton copy. It is 15 fret to the body and I had this mentality of 12th and 14th fret to the body. So I went ahead and built the neck with the 14th fret to the body and the body to suit a neck 15th fret to the body. Big issues with the bridge plate locat...

G'day Laurence,
I have the same model as yours with the same issues and have just bought a conveyor belt motor, a PC board and replaced a broken front roller all available at Carbatec. I had to wait a little time but also sorted in a couple of weeks. Great people to deal with.
Cheers
Alan

Hi to everyone, I would like to give some feedback on the Carbatec 400 mm drum sander issues I posted sometime ago. After talking with Jeremy via a few emails we arrived at the parts that were required to fix the sander. The three parts were the feed belt motor, the PC board and the feed roller. I d...