Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Production guitars vs handmade guitars... we will do our best to spend only the shortest time possible on the proverbial soapbox. CAVEAT: We build mostly Classics and Flamencos and will return to the solid-body game as soon as our CNC guy on the Big Island is back up and running - something about fr...

Rod - Audrey Hepburn and Brigitte Bardot come to mind looking at that bit of fiddly work you have done. To put it in more modern - however Riggsy-centric - terms... ummmmm, Jennifer Garner? Salma Hayek? Elle MacPherson? Absolutely beautiful stuff mate. Just ordered Benedetto's book as we are jazz-er...

While we never had occasion to meet Mr. Sakashita, we are familiar with his work and know some friends of his. A tragic loss for the family, one that we can not possibly comprehend. His very unique work lives on and we have a sense that a piece of Taku is with us in each guitar that he built - as we...

Lillian - Yeah, there are a few of us here... all of them in my head. It is both a Tony Robbins/Zig Ziegler training thing and an Australian custom to use the 'Royal We'. HTW is a one-man operation with the support of a loving wife and the wider community of builders & sawmillers. _________________ ...

Lillian - Good on ya for doing a bit of digging. We will be taking a trip to Cali in March or April - the wife's first to NA - and may take a hop to KY if we can get a bit of information as to the nature of the Special Collection at the University. We would certainly be interested in anything that y...

Bob: Why do you want plans from these blokes? Being a student of the Masters of yesterday has allowed us to continue to build on the information that we have gleaned over the years from the Masters of today that we have had the opportunity to meet in person and work with. Surely the plans from forum...

You are viewing a re-constructed thread by the ANZLF helping team. For more information click here . G'day - We have been after plans or take-offs (detailed dimensions measured from an actual guitar in text format) of two builders' work for a number of years. Haskell Haile and Edgar Moensch. We now...