Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Nice, they are addictive. I have 3 u basses on the go/ hold.

For those not familiar with the u bass sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNPx6RS8PiM

Just a little off topic. I use another bote cote product but not for grain filling. http://boatcraft.com.au/Shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=49 This is a paste and is mixed 1 to 1, it's pre thickened with cabosil , fumed silica. It can be coloured with wood dust to use as a bog, otherwise it dri...

This could start a new trend. Now every furniture maker will need guitar templates in his kit and thru inlay to thwart future resawing. The tops, gables, rails, draw fronts will be guitar pattern traced and an inlay design worked out. It could work.

Wow! Interesting custom made 'cat litter' tray Trev :mrgreen: Are you testing their IQ on the way too? A maze with an electric 'tickle' should they choose a certain path... :wink: 8) It's actually a cat proof mouse trap; one of my more imaginative creations, which is fuelling my diversification pus...

On another forum a new flat top violin was shown. He made 4 or 5 with different ff's, over a period of months, and they started to grow on me. I think it's just adjusting what we expect to see.

I can only hope, in the timber scarce future, no one finds a use for old guitars.

Welcome ernieman,

Beautiful and precise work.

Outstanding again Matthew! The bow work makes it sound like a horn, lovely indeed!

Efficiency is great. Reputation is great. Having wonderful suppliers you can trust, is great. Having a flash website, is great. Having the skills of a zen master, is great. But it's useless without sales. You can never have too many sales. You can have too little though. That hits the nail on the h...

"Rivers " Liam. Same Chinese clothes, same US prices. They seem to be the only ones. I've been to the US 3 times in the last 7 years. I arrive with a change of socks and undies and come home with a full suitcase. last time I bought a bow for my fiddle, $100 ,$300 here. At WalMart I found a double ba...

As luthiers we have an advantage not many others enjoy. GAS, musos can always room for another guitar.

Good topic Perry, It applies to any high end craft. I was told early on to be much better at business than furniture making. 20 of my 40 working years have been self-employed. I made more money working for a boss and no stress. The only reasons I can keep my doors open, I own the doors and no debt. ...

Very tasty Steve. I love Ziricote. In another life in LA we went through many M3 of the " poor mans rosewood". Not the case any longer.

Cheese in a can and chicken nuggets....ghastly! It's grey slurry before it is chicken nugget.


".........she thinks we're the sorry people! "

Steve, some do, some don't. There are many discussions about this out there. No shielding on my archtops , other than the wire. My eubs, piezos and onboard pre, benefit from shielding.

Anyone can make a superb burger at home. I can't remember the last burger I bought.

I only ever heard of Rodriguez 3 mos. ago. He just wasn't on L.A./ SoCal play lists. Neither was Abba, thank god. Thankfully we did have Little River Band and Daddy Cool. A big deal was made about LRB being Aussie. I didn't know Daddy Cool was Aussie till I got here in 81'. We thought they were a lo...

How does it compare to Coopers Stout? I just noticed it's double choc. ?

Another welcome Beau. Beautiful details, looking forward to more pics at your site.

Outstanding Jeffery. Outlaw tonewood indeed.

Try here http://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/ . Many threads about making, dressing, setting, filing, resto, you name it.

Many beautiful and useful saws made from scratch.

Hairy alright but it makes one a little more focused. I only tailed in and out. My only serious injury was on a router table, years ago doing something silly. ( still have 10 functioning digits, knocking on wood )

Last week I went thru Rog's new Surian Cedar and picked 2 very nice boards.

Wow Nick! You are passionate about food, I'm on my way. It might take a month or so but I'm coming.

My mate Roger is a joiner. All his spindles are set up as slaves and never get broken. He brought his tooling to do some open spindle work. A change of pace for me, the job will be completed at his shed. P1010002 (600x800).jpg P1010008 (600x800).jpg P1010007 (600x800).jpg P1010006 (800x600).jpg P101...

Kim, Growing up, my Mum made "Spag Bol." It wasn't until many years later that I discovered what true Bolognese really is. In fact, I don't make it at the shop, as Aussies wouldn't know it for what it is.. I make an Australianised version, which, while good, isn't a true Bolognese.... *sigh* I ende...