Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Joe..I used my digital camera to shoot the video...although isight on the mac would work just as well I'd imagine.. I recorded to garageband at the same time as filming , when you've got the footage on the computer there is a media browser in garageband where you can just drag and drop the film onto...

cheers ,...thanks guys.. I'm just indulging myself really. I just bought a new Mac...and what you can do with these things straight out of the box is highly entertaining.. Bob, yes I'm loving the K&K gear... I've been gigging with it weekly and the sound surprises me a lot ,..especially when I can s...

I haven't been around much as of late and I know this guitar and thread for that matter is getting a bit long in the tooth now (its been strung up for 7 months now) and I'm finally happy with the way its setup...Its been a bit of a search for the right strings but I'm liking the D'Aquisto nickel rou...

Looking at these has given me a bad case of choice paralysis..
All of them are just georgeous ,Bob.

I'd just like to add this guy as a master of the style...among many styles and instruments that he plays this is just one feather in his cap


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beautiful guitar Nick. Very clean work.

Dominic, that is just georgeous...I really like no bling simple tasteful appointments in a guitar and that guitar of yours is definitely my cup of tea. great work.

this program is used in the design drawing stage . I don't know how it links to the tool path for the CNC machinery though

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As a fellow rural hills resident in the surrounding areas of these fires words can't describe how sad I feel for these communities and families that have lost loved ones and property. bloody devastating the wind is starting to pick up again in the hills in the last couple of hours..And I have seen f...

G'day Jim..good to see another fellow hills folk here. I am similar to Graham ..I use dowell ...cheap as chips ..I found Kilsyth bargain centre on cantebury road to be the cheapest around . there is also one on ferntree gully rd. about half the price of bunnings..you can buy it in 3.6m lengths and c...

a belated hippy bathday to you, Martin

Don't know about Internationally but I have sent quite a few solid bodies in cases nationally via Aust post and they we're just inside the dimensions allowed.? Another trick I used to do was ship bolt-on neck electrics from Japan by un-bolting the necks and shipping as "guitar parts" as such ..2 pac...

Grant I have an OM with a K & K installed in the shop at present. I also have one of the K & K pre-amps. If you can get down to Geelong it'd be worth your while I feel. It's too hard to try and describe acoustic properties of guitars and pickups using just the English language. You've got to judge ...

sounds like a very nice setup you've got there Kim.

What do you think soundwise of the K & K western mini by itself? Can it do it alone?

thanks guys... Bob, I'll PM you soon and get some prices once I've had a listen to a few of the other magnetic type things around....and then see which way I'm leaning.. ozzie,...thanks ,.thats painted me a clear picture of the differences.. One thing I like about the Baggs system is the fact that i...

wow .... To attempt that on your first build and pull it off with that sort of flair is quite remarkable.. excellent work and I love the choice of wood also.. The Benedetto book was the first I bought and after reading it a couple of times I thought it best to attempt something else first before tac...

I'll set the scene.. I have some acoustic gigs coming up in a month and have up until now only really done gigs playing electric guitar...so I'm a sort of acoustic amplification noob. One thing I do know is I'm not particularly fond of the piezo pickup sound whenever I've had a chance to plug one in...

thanks dave... Its certainly getting a bit of play at the moment...I've been having some fun trying different brands of strings to see what it likes best.

cheers Sebastian,... I also like earthy simple looks without to much bling

Taffy,...Yes, this is my first really. I've played a part in many acoustic builds when working for others...but this is the first one from scratch from start to finish. Mark,.....what I did was completed making the bridge minus cutting the saddle slot...located bridge..then masked the area the bridg...

thanks very much guys. Toejam,..I was planning to do a volute but I got a bit confused when saf-t-plaining the back of my headstock and took to much of what would have been the volute. So I changed course and decided to do a smooth transition instead and I left the neck a little thicker for added st...

thanks, I'll be watching with great interest..

Cocobolo is so stunning...I think with a cocobolo fingerboard that will be a real looker.

that looks fabulous Dave.
I really love the bookmatched headstock veneers you do.

thanks a lot everyone bob, I'll see if I can get a decent sound to do it justice...although i only have a digital camera ..see how it goes Mark,...I did 15 coats of oil. .wet sanding to 600grit between coats..after the last coat I left it for 3 weeks then went to micromesh and wet sanded from 3200 u...

First cab off the rank. A Christmas present to myself. It has taken 2 years to complete as I had to wait till i saved for the next purchase of whatever I needed to get to the next step. It has exceeded my expectations... I would really like to thank everyone at the forum for your help along the way....

That birds eye is going to look great under finish..and I love the back seam strip made out of the same material..

Just as a matter of interest Allen, Whats the 2nd label on the inside of your box say?