Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Pratley Guitars use Queensland maple as a top wood quite a bit in combination with Queensland maple back and sides (and interchangeably with maple silkwood, which is very similar). I had a brief chat with Martin Pratley at the Melbourne Guitar Show earlier in the year and asked him about it, and he ...

I recently used Pack and Send to get about 20kg of wood from Queensland to Victoria. I think they farm it out to local couriers, so your mileage may vary, but I had a good experience with them.

Welcome to the forum Tom and thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself. A nice looking stash of wood there.........it will only get larger regardless of how many guitars you make :mrgreen: Thanks Martin! I’ve made peace with the fact that my motivation for getting into guitar building is an ...

Hi everyone! I'm another newbie builder. I started earlier this year with a telecaster kit, and the bug well and truly bit. For the last month or two I've been doing a guided build class one day a week with James Cargill of Cargill Guitars in Melbourne. I'm building a left handed 12 fret J45 with a ...