Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Tom, I do the truss rod adjustment at the soundhole end and it has worked out fine. Just need to use the longer rods to reach the end of the fingerboard extension.

Grant

So, OK, hope my comments did not slow down this interesting topic. Lots of good ideas here.

So now who is going to start building to try some of these out? Seems like that is the next logical step in the process.

Grant

But on the other hand, do not hesitate to use your name if you wish. It matters not that there is another brand using that name. If it is your name, you have a legal right to use it. Just make the logo look different. Just go to a phone book and see how many "Jones Plumbing" listings you can find, f...

Craig, Sorry if I came across wrong, did not mean to. The "my dog's better than your dog" comment was only refering to that near the end of the topic there appeared to be references suggesting that all of you folks efforts were not really needed because this one existing system was all anybody neede...

One thing to ALWAYS remember when splitting wood. Split in as exact halves as you can. So long as you do this, it should follow the grain perfectly. Do NOT try to split off a single brace off the side of a bigger piece, it will always run out to thinner on the other end. What is happening is that th...

Well, Kim asked me to come over here and take a look at this topic, so here I am. It has been almost 4 years since I made my first adjustable neck joint guitar. I read through most of this topic fairly thoroughly, but kinda skimmed over the "my dog's better than your dog" parts. I figure so long as ...