Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

For those using nylon string guitars, have you seen the link here: http://www.guitar-vacation-retreats.com/resources/fluorocarbon_strings.html . I decided to give it a try, and ordered three 25m lengths from the fishing web merchant listed in the article. It cost me about $A75 for the three lengths,...

Also remember that in this country (Australia) in a couple of years time you will no longer be able to purchase incandescent light bulbs...

The devil made him do it, no doubt:


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Interesting article on the BBC web site at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7484975.stm. The claim is that a mini-Ice Age around that time caused the growth rate of trees to be more uniform Summer and Winter, leading to timber with less density variation.

Allen

What wood have you used for the bindings.

The Lawrence K Smith web site shows a course available. Don't know anything about the course, but Thirroul is only 2-3 hours drive from Grenfell. http://www.smithguitars.com/Guitar_Maki ... making.htm.

Thanks to all who answered. I'll hie down to my local timber merchant (Monaro Timber) and see what they have.

I had a quick look through my copy of Kloot and Bolza (CSIRO, "Properties of timbers Imported into Australia", which has a short section at the end on Australian timbers) but their listing of Australian timbers is a bit limited and the Australian hardwoods for which they list data seem to me to be r...

For a modern example, see the so-called "Brahms" guitar that David Rubio made for Paul Galbraith, and that Galbraith used for several recordings.

http://www.rubioviolins.com/Pages/8string1.html

http://www.paul-galbraith.com/brahmsguitar.html