Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks mate. Ive got a vintage p90 in the neck, hot in the bridge and a hot p90 neck in another guitar and all sound good. There paf humbuckers sound good too and good price. The walnut is from austim in wangara, i got the camphor laurel from Donnybrook and the sheoak is local stuff i milled with a ...

Hey. Finally getting around to posting a couple of my latest builds over the last 6 months. Finished the hollowbody about a month ago, es335 shape and scale length but rest is a bit different. Body is black walnut i got from austim and the neck is sheoak with a jarrah center strip because the sheoak...

Thanks Alan. Working on another one at the moment with the last bit of camphor laurel i have. Just had another bub so progress has slowed a bit, will post some pics when finished.
Cheers Seth.

Thanks martin. The banksia cone was a little bit fiddly but sands and finishes nice, just went really slow when using the router flush trim bit. They have such a nice grain pattern when you look at it closely.

Thanks Mark. I've used danish oil on the last 3 builds, easy to use and i really like the natural finish especially on the neck, feels alot nicer to play in my opinion. I always get abit nervous with the finish after all of the hours of woodworking and sanding.

Hi. Just found this site recently and is really helpful, have bin checking out lots of posts and lots of impressive work! I live on the northern side of Perth so its good to find lots of local info on timbers etc.. This is my second third and fourth build. The one with the black hardware i gave to m...