Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Why would you want to have very precise back thickness data if there is no way to determine the thicknesses of the individual rosewood and maple veneers it is made of? However, top thickness is mapped on the plan. Because the thickness of the back (and mass) is important for the sound quality of th...

Matanya Ophee says here and here that he bought this guitar in 1988. Yes, I read it, but there are also other information (but now it is not so important ...) There is quite a bit of information around on the Viennese method of guitar building. Tell me, please, where can read about it? (Scherzer bi...

I have no idea what Orekhov sold this guitar for, but back in the eighties just about any 19th century guitar sold ( compared to today's market prices ) for virtually nothing. S.Orekhov exchanged this guitar for some equipment (for sound), which is now worth $ 0 ... (then it was not high). But it d...

Hey Nick! Excellent work,gorgeous wood, beautiful uke!

Forgot to add ...
Very rare photo - Moscow group of guitarists

Enjoy! :D (if interested). Thank you Markus! This is really interesting ... interesting and sad .. :roll: Because russians themselves thrown its guitar ... Perhaps foreigners cannot give to "die" this very interesting instrument ... (Although I have to say that today many people in Russia is very i...

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Hi demonx, A good photo report! You showed in detail the construction process. Everything is wonderful! I have questions ... I know sound of Fender or Les Paul, and know the music for what it can be used ... But what is the sound of your guitar? What it for timbre? For what music, can use this guitar?

Would anyone be able to provide me with some guidance as to where some good places to source blanks (or kits if you think that I should start with ready-cut at first), and possibly just some advice in general? Benj Hi, Benj Look here - http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Kits.html http://www.lmii.com/CartT...

Thanks guys! Thanks a lot! :D Is the bridge shape based on a particular model or school? This style comes from the Russian guitars of the 19th century . But I have made small changes for the bridge. So this in harmony with the shape of a guitar. This instrument was originally designed as an authenti...

Hi guys. I completed another interesting project and think, that my humble topic will not be superfluous in the gallery ANZLF... :) I built this guitar for a guitar player from Russia. Spec - B&S - Dalbergia nigra (Brazilian Rosewood, 25 years dry ) Soundboard - German Spruce, AAA grade Neck - India...

So what? These strings have already been received?
Very interesting topic, but there is no complete...
Martin, when you show a lute and play on it?

Hi Martin! Excellent work! 8) I must say that for a long time ANZLF inspires me to build my ukulele. :D Unfortunately Im not set up for recording sounds on my Mac. Im in the process of getting setup so maybe sometime in the near future Ill put up a sound clip. My friend highly recommended me this re...

Thank you! I understood everything.
Today or tomorrow I will bend the BR.

Dear Friends! Thank you very much for comments!
Your kind words for me are more important and more expensive than any money!

I had almost completed. It remains to add the octave strings. Sound great , archlute sings! (I thought it would be worse) Now in my house Renaissance.. :D 252.JPG 253.JPG 254.JPG 255.JPG 256.JPG Thanks all to whom this theme was interesting! Maybe it's someone inspired. :wink: (A bit later in galler...

--------------------- Thanks all! and a sound bite perhaps of 'Enter Sandman' by Metallica :wink: :D :idea: ... or "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin :wink: 8) You make the pegs yourself? And what have you used for the black? Is it stain or a paint? I bought pegs...For one, this project only. For ...

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About fingerboard -
Hard work. I have received callosities on hands

For soundboard two very thin coat of shellac -

Nick, Allen, Martin - thanks for kind comments. Do you have any photos of the half binding going in? Did you make up your own cutter to cut the channel? I didn't apply to this lute power tools, it all I did only by the hand tools. But.... for the binding channel I used Dremel... :oops: (we will cons...

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The bass neck is ready for gluing -
Three thin coat of shellac -
Strings has ordered.
Today I process a fretboard.

Your choice of string will depend on tuning, string length and tension. This calculator might be useful: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Calcs/wwwscalc.html Tanks for link! Today I will try to count. I think about nilgut + Piramid... string length: 57,0 - 59,0 / 83,0 cm tune: a’a’ e’e’ hh gg ...

Happy Birthday!

Good luck to you!

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