Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

We are in Morisset just south of Newcastle - just pm if you would like to drop in.

very nice Allen! :D And nice composition with the photos – you and Bob make the rest of us look like hacks with a camera. :wink: Surian Cedar – is that the same as Australian Red Cedar? I have a found some references that say it is the same and others that say it is different. Apprently it is 'Cedre...

Welcome aboard Sean. Looks great so far. I would be very interested in hearing about the bracing.

Looks great Alan, nice and simple. Crisp.

I look forward to hearing about how you go Zendo.

I know that this thread has been passed a while ago but after having looking at Christian's work I just had to comment.

Christian, you joinery and inlay is just amazingly tidy - surgical precision! Bravo Sir.

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purple heart...I originally thought of that but the grain is not fine like purple heart. Hence my suggestion of wenge - but wenge is not purple.


It is actually Purhenge - a very little known of timer.

Sort of looks like Wenge to me.

Congratulations Brett! It is a great looking little guitar -you should be very proud. I particularly like you headstock shape.

I just re-read my last post and thought that I should clarify. It seems that the library has a copy according to their catalogue - I was suggesting that I should look over this before my copy arrives – not in lieu of purchasing my own.

I am itching to get my hands on a copy. We have a student builder guitar in the workshop at the moment which is loosely based on Trevor's falcate bracing - just using what can be seen on the web. This thing just rings like a bell when tapped. I can't wait to get strings on it. More to the point, I c...

thanks for the info Bob, I have been waiting for this to hit the shelves so to speak...

It comes in two volumes. the first is the design stage the second the build stage....

he is a link..

http://www.goreguitars.com.au/main/page ... rview.html

simso wrote:We always seem to get the bad stuff in

Another bent flute

What happens at band camp stays at band camp.

Hi Paul,

Welcome to the forum

Ok gents...it is on.

I will be at the workshop on the weekend and will make a post early next week!

At the moment there is a 1978 Maton BG808 sitting in the workshop in a state of disrepair. It needs a neck reset and is a little rough around the edges. According to Maton, 1978 is the first year that they were made – and people ‘believe’ that the older ones sound better than the newer ones (of cour...

this might be the motivation needed! there is some brazilian rosewood sitting in the workshop that has been put aside for a uke...........hmmmmmmmmm brazilian.

good to know. I am in the planning stage of a classical build - all australian woods and was stuck for the neck wood - obviously Qld Maple had floated to the top so to speak - but now will do some more work on the potential of ARC. Although I have some Spanish cedar floating around I didn't really w...

after a little searching on the web, I found that ARC has been used for classical necks. Now that is something that I am interested in!

thanks for the link Nick.

I like the concept, but I not too sure if I like the idea of the 'one screw' neck. I think that I would be more comfortable removing the strings to change the insert and have a more solid neck joint.

Hi Tod,

Allen has built a beautiful instrument with ARC

here is the link - I am sure that Allen will be more than willing to detail his experience.

viewtopic.php?t=547

Daniel

All the more reason to build with Australian timbers!

The crux of the matter is whether or not the admin consider to have legitimacy to act as a 3rd party mediator and if so where that legitimacy comes from. Liam, I think that 'legitimacy' is largely a result of vendors accepting 'preferred status'. In 99.99% of cases I am sure that if there was a pro...