Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Cheers guys,

Thanks for the help and clarification! I'll see what I can sort out now

Aidan

Hey all, I have a feeling that I'm going to be asking a l of questions in the coming weeks and months haha. So I've been reading the Somogyi books, I guess this guy knows a bit about guitars :-p he talks about domed backs and glueing bracing on using a curved work plate or solera. How many of you gu...

Cheers guys, Ive stayed away from Wandoo in the past for furniture making cos it is too bloody hard but for guitars maybe worth a second look! Weight factor is somthing to worry about or at least take into consideration. Ill show you all what I come up with when I finally get my ass into gear. And T...

Hey all, Been a while since Ive posted. Been lucky enough to have run a muk around the world for the last two years trying to avoid being a grown up! Alas the travels end and the real world kicks in. So to escape it once again Im in the planning stage of making another guitar. I really want to focus...

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Thanks for the replies, it has cleared it all up for me :) Allen- It's not QLD walnut which I am glad about I have heard that it's a bastard on tool edges! Lillian- I will probs be laminating anyway just because of timber cost at the moment i dont have enough for the neck and will get it out of thin...

G'day all. It has been some time since I have seriously visited this site, so here I am. So its gotten to that time of the year when I am finally used to working full time and being in the "real" world. So I will be making a guitar with my not so spare time (unless my latest ebay bid wins and then i...

I hope it plays as good as it looks and Im sure it does.

Looks amazing.

The small thing that really stood out to me was the fret ends, they look soo coool its all in the small things hey.

Good job

keep it up

Hey All, This is a link to Bill Bailey's new DVD called Dandelion Mind my brother got it for Christmas and had one part that i thought i should share with the group. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExagBNxvy0Y Hes very clever and a talented musician. I would love to walk into his music room at his ho...

Merry new years every one.

New years revolution is to make more mess in the shed.

Thanks for all the feed back. I agree about the upper bouts looking a bit too big. it only looked out of whack when i had gotten to far with it. One of the learning curves you get with these things. Its amazing how one little detail can throw your eye off. I;m not saying its ugly but its not what yo...

So after what would be 4 or 5 weeks of being finished I have finally got some photos. I have an excuse of my camera breaking and getting a new one for christmas but still. So I used the Benedetto book to do this, its only a 16 inch body not the 17 in from the book and i did my own version of "f" hol...

G'day all I have just finished my first build ever (being an archtop, will share when i get pictures. My camera broke and getting a new one for chirssy so around then) Anyways, Im already wanting to make numbers 2 and 3 and just keep making, I really enjoy the whole experiance. Im not really plannin...

I agree with the draw runners. One of things that when its all done you go oooooooooooooooooo damn. Thanks for all the positive feed back.
Aidan

Thanks guys,

I havent been to the bungendore gallery yet but now a few people who have work in there and also who have been put in the latest studio furniture comp and book through the AWR. Next time im in canberra for some reason (bungendore being the only real reason) ill make sure i get in

Aidan

This is more of a show off than anything else. I like showing people what i have done and here is some stuff that I have made over the past 2 years. Some woods are not just designed for music. The table is out of maple with quilted maple veneer. The blue stripe is annodised ally. the box is out of B...

sounds like an interesting visit to the shop. Beats the people i usually get. Mostly oldies chewing my ear for some reason.

have any of you guys heard the album "the sunny side of the moon'? by a guy called richard cheese. he does lounge and jazz covers of songs that you wouldnt expect.

Aidan

Its good that my thoughts are getting out there.

I might consider that for a guitar in the future. Will there be problems with copyright do you think? I know that it cant be replica if its changed by 10% so does that mean just getting a different crotch from a different tree?

I got some replacement baldes from Paul, i think the company is called acadamy saw blades (tools are not near me at the moment) hes from QLD from memory and the blades are amazing. Not sure if hes still making them but there definatly worth looking into.

Aidan

That was really cool, It reaminds me of (or could be same people) these 2 guys who recorded an album with people from all around the world. layed down basic track in america i think and took basic recording gear around the world and got all local musicans to play over and add there own bit to the so...

Heres a Youtube vid a mate sent me. After watching it i wondered how he stumbled across this. I hope it makes you laugh, apparently chimps are our closest living cousins. what does that say for us aye?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVE60zwX ... r_embedded

Aidan

Hey Guys, This is really only for people who live in Perth. I am a student at the dwellingup school of wood, as a part of this course im doing each graduating year has to put on an exhibition of their work over the 2 years. It is now my time to show my work (along with 8 other students) to who ever ...

You could have words inlayed along the fretboard something like "Boss is a dickhead!" or " goin fishin mate" or even both together hahaha Ive been told with design that you should always try and make it abstract, if you inlay a fish, and its a little out of proportion then it will look wrong, but if...

Hey Rod, I have never done laminations in a guitar sense, but have done laminating for chair legs, seats and done a fair bit of veneering with vac bags. If you have a vac bag then use it (do dry runs to make sure eveything pulls down) or make a male and female former and clamp it like theres no tomo...

hey looks like a very successful build at the moment. I just have to say that your spindle moulder looks pretty savage, sure it works well but its a beast. I compleatly overlooked using a spindle moulder for all the neck shaping. so thankyou for the idea...next time haha. keep us posted and looks go...