Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

woah!







i'm speechless,

AP

Hey people, here's my total and final order ( good luck keeping tabs on all this Bob and Zman ) ...

6 x Ebony B Fretboards
6 x Rosewood A Fretboards
4 x Ebony br/blanks
4 x Rosewood br/blanks

Cheers and thanks for the opportunity, AP

I prime both surfaces with hide glue. then position the top on the sides and clamp lightly all around. I loosen three clamps at a time and work in a bit of hot hide glue on a thin palette knife blade, then clamp tight and loosen the next few clamps, working my way around. Matthew - is that just a t...

Great design !

AP

Hi guys ... count me in for 8 ebony ( B grade please ) and i'll wait on the EIR price also. Thanks in advance, AP

Ano, ano ... pěkná

I really don't need any more orphans in my ebay watching list this week but that does look very mojo-laden.

Una ( my bass ) is in Melbourne. Short of me driving for 4 days round trip, I think she's staying there ...

AP

Um?

they do make a great tool to build good finger technique when you're sat in front the TV watching the news

Fair enuff ... I can see the appeal, I get into trouble if I play the DB in front of the TV

AP

Relax Matthew ... :) I wouldn't dream of casting nasturtiums on your favourite squeezes. It's killing me that I can't get my cruddy old plywood Höfner up here to practice on in Brisbane ... Do you know of a cheap way to transport a Double Bass interstate ? I just don't 'get' acoustic bass guitars, ...

From what I've seen Allen you've got the skills to make a scroll headstock, no worries ... I just started carving and stopped when it looked about right. I've got scale drawings for the headstock somewhere. http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/ap404/headstock.jpg Mine is a relica of the old Ampeg ...

Hey there, Scotti ... It ain't a specialty but I do make them and play them ... Here's some work in progress ... http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j175/ap404/basses3.jpg And 'one I finished earlier' that I have been 'relic'-ing the old-fashioned way for 5 years ... http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/...

Wow, I urge anyone here who hasn't heard this yet to give it a whirl ( with headphones; those little mandos barking thru computer speakers just don't do themselves justice ) I saw Compton in Melbourne 3 years ago playing to an audience of maybe 70-80 people ( there was one microphone up there, but h...

Beautiful.

Cheers
A.P.

Dave, it wasn't until I sat watching this little clip that I realised the etymology of your guitarmaking name 'De Faoite'. Call me slow ... It helps if I don my best crap -Irish accent and try saying it out loud. BTW I didn't really mean to post twice ( above ) it makes a bad pun worse with the repe...

Nice

I'm still reeling !

A.P.

Nice

I'm still reeling !

A.P.

My dear old dad's got the mighty Durden jointer/table saw combo, right next to his Durden woodlathe. I used it tonight to true up a few chunks of QLD maple and love it. It is one solid piece of Australian made gear. He has had direct contact with the company recently in SA ( ? ) and has bought ancie...

Thanks for this report ! The case looks great. And they already knew what a Martin size 5 looks like! I believe an OM case or similar would significantly increase the shipping costs involved ( based on my experience with USPS size restrictions to Australia ). Your size 5 case may have surprised even...

I love these voyeuristic 'what are you up to ?' threads ...

Stephen the way the line of the butt inlay continues around onto the back of that guitar body is such an elegant, simple solution. Impressive!

A.P.

cute ...

And i thought Gray's was just for buying cases of wine ( seriously )

A.P.

Hmmm ... If you had to be stuck on a deserted island with just one other bloke, your best choice would have to be Frank Ford. I reckon I might choose a canoe building expert in that particular scenario ( maybe i could even specify a female one ... ) but yep, if not for a public transport strike when...

As someone who has put many jittery hours of research into the link between caffeine and guitarmaking ( and who started the day with 2 fine long blacks and a carrot and ginger juice and will finish the night with 2 gigs finishing around 3:30 am ) may i be the first ... Welcome aboard. Anything for s...

A few thoughts ... If you're into cat-eye sound holes; have a 'google' at german 'mandolines' esp. Höfner and Framus 1950's mandos, many of which have bound cat eyes. They can look quite elegant ( when they resist the temptation to cut cat-eyes AND round holes on the same instrument ... ) And remem...

Over at Frets.com Since inlay bits have been a topic of discussion again ... http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Quickies/DremelFlag/dremelflag.html This one's in the 'So Simple It Hurts' category ... from Frank Ford's site just last week. He's mostly been posting engineering/tooling tips from h...

Very cool, lot's of lateral thinking going on there !

Can't wait to see the next one. ( And i highly recommend building your own neck, you've definitley got the skills ! )

A.P.