Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks Paul

Looks great Paul,

I have some great KB that I am saving....so am curious about how you braced the top and how the finished product sounds...

thanks,

Dan.

:lol: :lol: :lol: you are so right - or drew on the top. but oh man, he can play. Being a huge fan I have always coveted a maton 808 signature series. Of topic but….so I went into a leading guitar retailer here in NSW to check one out and potentially make some sort of purchase. I just could believe ...

Without a doubt Tommy Emmanuel

Hey Bob, Just beautiful work……….like always and a great inspiration. The thing that I like just as much are the photography skills and the creatively that goes into your shots. As someone who photographs others guitars for their websites, I really appreciate the effort that goes into this. In your m...

I have used figured Jarrah on electric necks for fingerboards and never had an issue – and I used tiny little frets (I like them – others don’t). It worked great and the Jarrah darkens nicely. Just a bit of titebond and all good.

Hi John, Matthews Timbers they are located in St Marys in Sydney's west - they wont go through it for you but will let you go through it if you 'know' them - I am just polite and keep out of their way. If you go, just ask to have a poke around out the back – there are pretty good guys. They don’t se...

Hey Chalks, We are in the process of building about four different acoustics using Blackwood for the necks. As the others have noted, there seems to a dramatic difference in weight in some of the pieces- so I would select myself. Some of them are really quite heavy. We have had a few pieces come fro...

great job Pete, among other things I really like the headstock-simple and elegant. Your finishing skills look great! Being a little more shallow how does it sound?

I just have to say Craig, that I love the bridge design - such understated elegance! I keep coming back to this thread just to have a look at it.

I might borrow the idea if that is OK?

Thanks Martin, that is really nice of you to point that out. I really just want because it is by haynes and I have spent hours with them trying to fix my cars. I like the synergy.
Silly, I know

How cool is that strat book, I am going to order one today. (gutar geek)

really beautiful work Leigh, although I think you might be missing bits - although I do like minimalist look you are going for :p

Ha ha ha,

Karl, i should have known.

Oh man, I infamous! Looking your location that is not too surprising as it happened at the Epic Guitars workshop.

it actually didn't hurt - i pretty much went straight into shock. I was at my best buddy's (more like a brother) workshop (Epic Guitars) - I am now 'banned' from the big boy for 6 months. Ha ha ha. Apparently economists should not be using heavy machinery.

Whist I think the subject line says it all, here is a photo from last week when I used a poorly designed jig, a big boy sander, some beautifully quartered blackwood from Tim and a lapse of judgement. I was honing in a 15 degree cut for a scarf joint when it went horribly wrong. :shock: This photo wa...

Hey Nick,
Warren Adams from epic guitars offers these courses. I have built a couple of electrics under Warrens instruction that are just amazing. I can provide his phone number if you like.
Daniel

Yeah, that's them, PNG rosewood. Good trees to grow fast and crack slabs (speaking from experience). Thanks mate.

Hey Jim, I spent about 13 years in Darwin and only left for Sydney about 2 years ago. Are African Mahogany those trees that are all over Palmerston that grow quickly, have invasive roots, with smallish leaves and look a little like weeping willows?

Dan.

Looks great Peter! I really like the shape and dimensions, I know that it is an OM but I was curious if you based it on a commercial instrument?

Hey Stu,

Great fix! what is happening with that piece of Tiger Mrytle?

Thanks

Dan.

Thanks all for your advice, I will post pictures. To be honest the grain is all over the place with the bracing and the curvature on the neck block is bordering on 90 degrees. I just wanted to make sure first as the timber was purchased from a well known supply house and don't want to tread on any t...

Thanks Jim, i might be able to get away with it, I don't think I will know until I start cutting. I guess I was a little more surprised than anything, given that I purchased the timber for this purpose and all the timber I purchased previously has been perfectly quartered. Thanks again Jim.