Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hello or "howdy" as we say here in the South. I just wanted to let my Aussie/NZ friends and loyal customers know my new and improved website is up and running. I also have a monthly newsletter so if you are interested in updated information and tonewood specials, please sign up. Although I haven't i...

1939 Gibson Advanced Jumbo.

Tell him this isn't Burger King and you can't have it your way

If it if so readily available, and inexpensive, I'm surprised that it is not used more widely! Though I do no have strings on it yet, it reminds me an awful lot of Cpanish cypress. Gregory Ahh yes, myrtle is a fine and dandy tonewood indeed and working with it certainly is a dream, that is of cours...

Mathew, Rick's probably not aware that we are a nation of avid home brewers and therefore, the importance of us understanding the specific gravity of water simply cannot be overstated. After all, it is the very mark every self respecting Aussie brewmeister seeks to avoid and is indeed what makes be...

It was a tough question I know.
Here's the answer
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/hank_garland.shtml

Bob will be the winner since he was on the right path.

Bob,
You are so so so close....Hank Garland played with Elvis in 60' and 61'.

Getting close....
Jingle Bell Rock is in the Key of D major, Little Sister is in the key of E major and I Fall To Pieces is in the key of F major.

One last clue...think of a Gibson Byrdland with one Charlie Christian pickup and a great sessions musician......

Think guitar....

You're on the right track.

First person who gets this one correct wins a set of 20 year old figured cherry for steel string guitar.

Please, on the honor system, no internet searching.

What do the songs "Little Sister," "I Fall To Pieces," and "Jingle Bell Rock" have in common?

Good luck.

Hesh1956 wrote:I heard that the state bird for where they filmed Brokeback Mtn. is a Swallow.....

And the state film...."Fists of Fury."

Dennis Leahy wrote:After the initial arrest, when the cops went in, they found a woman screaming, "You leave him alone! I love him!"

Figuring that she must be related, the cops asked, "Wife? Daughter?"

She said, "Yes!"

I guess they consider the movie "Deliverance" a love story

WaddyT wrote:With the Meth and all, he probably didn't care. I bet he was the first to see the Cops coming!

I bet you he was "head of his class" too.

I bet he's not getting good prenatal care.....

With all of the seriousness lately, I thought a little humor might be in order. The Sensitive Man A woman meets a man in a bar. They talk; they connect; they end up leaving together.They get back to his place, and as he shows her around his apartment, she notices that one wall of his bedroom is comp...

Graham, Glad the tops arrived and thank you for your patience. I like to call Red spruce the "red headed stepchild" because cosmetically it's not that same as Englemann, German or Sitka. If you can get beyond the visual characteristics of Red spruce you'll find the tone absolutely incredible. Your m...

One little thing to add about wood storage. For dense woods like EIR, Bocote, Cocobolo, ebony, I would suggest you seal the ends if you have not. For less dense wood like mahogany, walnut, koa, you really don't need to seal the ends. When you sticker wood place the outer most stickers 3/4" in and th...

Kim,
Beautiful place! I've just booked my one-way ticket...you gonna be home next week?

Guys,
I might be able to point you to a place for a group buy on bindings and purflings. I don't carry that much of the stuff myself but know where you can get some really nice stuff at good prices.
Just thought I'd help get the ball rollin'.

Man oh man was that some funny stuff!! Hesh you da man when it comes to photoshop! I love the pic of Bob C, aka SuperZoot TNT, in that pimp outfit and of course me aka Caveman. Well it is Valentine's Day over here and I really wanted to tell everyone how I feel about them...... http://www.mcguitars....

DOH!!! Sorry for the brain flatulence on the price of those bracewood billets. I've been extremely busy the past few days and don't know whether to wind my ass or scratch my watch. I was going to contact Kim about it but he beat me to the punch. So everything is in order and I do apologize for any c...

It's finally finished but with some little tweaking need here and there.

http://www.colonialtonewoods.com/

I was curious about this wood sold on Ebay and contacted John Hall of Blues Creek Guitars who was kind enough to send me a sample. I sent the sample to a plant geneticist at the Univeristy of South Carolina who identified the species as dalbergia latifola or Sonokeling rosewood. He also stated the w...

Kim and I talked at length about the "kind of Brazilian rosewood" we're seeing on Ebay. I contacted John Hall from Blues Creek and he was kind enough to send me a sample of this wood. I have a close friend who's a plant geneticist at the University of South Carolina and I'm sending him the sample fo...