Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I never said bunya was a crap wood. I said the guitars I have heard sounded crap. Tommy has indeed started to play one of his models, his main guitar is still not one of his models however. There are a lot of people new to guitar they go into the shop and ask what is the best guitar shop says "maton...

I said a simmer guitar. The wood for a Marin does not cost $400 and you can see that they don't spend time sanding or finishing their guitars. I will reply in detail later but am on the phone and have big fingers which makes it hard. Most people that bring their matin to be fixed think they are the ...

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Im wondering how people are finding the ubeaut hard shellac.
I know there was problems with the first lot but how do yous find the new stuff?

How is the finish holding up to scratches etc compared to Nitro.

The Schertlers are well worth what you pay. Very smooth and accurate, they put the Gotah's on my reference guitar to shame. Peter They are great looking tuners, was going to ask what they are but now know. Where they the gotoh 510s you compared them to or just the standard line? Do you remember how...

Of course all I have written is my own opinion, that is plain obvious. As far as I know TE does not actually play a TE model, he may at times but not the go to guitar. He also has custom luthier made guitars. I know of one guitarist who was payed to play a certain brand but used something else for r...

sorry I thought I did add my name to my first thread, turns out I didnt.

Thanks for the feed back. Im making a tele at the moment, little different than usual but still undeniably a tele.

Im going to support an aussie and go with Mick Brierley down in South Oz.
Thanks,
Ro

Daniel M, I agree with most of what you are saying, just not the maton tone thing. All the matons I have heard sound different, there is no set tone. A lot of them dont have tone at all and sound crap some sound fantastic. Also for build quality matons are over priced. The finish is terrible as well...

In the luthier world bunya is hardly exotic. Personally I think a guitar must do two thing, sound good and look good. Bunya is bad looking and worse sounding from the guitars I have heard. To me cole clarks sound terrible unplugged but okay plugged in. I much prefer a sound hole pickup, the L.R. Bag...

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I have some red cedar, im after woods for electric and I dont think the cedar would be stiff enough.

I have quite stash of wood but am after something a little different.
Thanks for the links as well.

Its a shame they didnt plant brazilian rosewood over there as well. They did (an do). But unlike pacific 'plantation' - mahogany, brazilian rosewood does not yield 1 m - diameter (and thicker) stems after only 20 or 30 years growing time. It seems that miracles don't happen everywhere on earth. Lea...

The tele has one of the best fingerboards ive seen.
Is that madagascan ebony? Is it dyed?
How do you and the new owner like the emgs?
One of the best teles ive seen

I love a bound fretboard. great looking instrument

There is a guy who imports fijian mahogany for guitar making mainly for replica les pauls but back and sides would be fine. I can get the link if anyone wants. I have some old honduran and brazilian mahogany (big slabs and body blanks) and personally reckon blackwood is much nicer even non figured b...

That is very nice of you kiwigeo. Thank you also mark.

That is a lovely rosette Mark. Im glad you like the soundboard.

Lovely guitar!!!

Who did you get the ziricote off?
What a lovely piece.

I know this is an old thread but close to home for me. I knew Vic, the man that owned all this stuff and his wife. Good people. Its good to see some of the stuff went to like minded people for a fair price :cl , a lot did not unfortunately. Vic had WAS and TAS and unfortunately was unable to use all...

Conacting a luthier for tuition is an option but be aware of the following: 1. Not all luthiers are comfortable with handing on their skills to others. If you intend to make a business out of it then some luthiers have issues with this. So if you get knocked back then don't take it personally. 2. B...

Any luthier could do a course with you.
Perhaps contact your closest one and see what they say.

If you have no wood working experience they will probably be a bit apprehensive.

Peter Crossley is in Victoria so you could check him out

http://www.rockisland.com/~tonewoods/Specials.html that is a good one to keep an eye on. Also there stock list. Also pacific rim tonewoods might be worth contacting for you, they are 'the' big supplier, minimum order but excellent prices, I would also get some stuff if you needed to fill the order. ...

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Whats the go with the 16th fret marker? Never seen that before.

Are you talking about the look of the marker or it's position???? Looks like a defect in the material but cant see anything else strange about it. Am I missing something?

Hi guys,

Does anyone have a recommended vendor for maple, quilted, flame or birdseye.

Has anyone bought any from the sites recommended vendors?

Mainly for electrics but some euro for acoustics would also be nice.

Im talking about the marker at the 16th fret.

Hi bob,

looks different but still great. Different is not always good but this one definatley is.

I have to ask whats the go with the fret markers???

Hi, I noticed ebay is filled with back sawn guitar sets. There are plenty of lovely looking brazilian sets out there but they are nearly all backsawn, cocobolo and african blackwood as well. Then there is really good cheap Indian rosewood on the quarter perfectly. Are many people using the back sawn...

Hi guys, First post here. Im from the north coast of NSW. Great forum with heaps of info as well as heaps of like minded people :cl I was wondering if anyone has a good supplier of 'exotic' neck materials, mainly for electrics. Im looking of suppliers of neck blanks or slabs that can be cut up for n...