Beutiful stuff Rod. That combination of woods is great.
We definitely need to know a bit more about how you did the checkerboard-style end graft.............(please).
Mark
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- Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:53 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Blackwood and Engleman
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11135
- Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:48 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: I've been busy
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12854
Re: I've been busy
Outstanding work Peter. Everything from the tuner buttons to the tailpiece exudes class and beutiful workmanship. I also love the finish that you are getting. What are you using (sorry, I think you have told us before but I forget). All of the timbers look great. The maple is my favourite just for l...
- Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: #1 Acoustic Finished
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11127
Re: #1 Acoustic Finished
Hi Tod
That looks like a beauty - very blonde. The workmanship looks great. I especially like the figure in the neck and the satin finish. What are you planning for number 2?
cheers
Mark
That looks like a beauty - very blonde. The workmanship looks great. I especially like the figure in the neck and the satin finish. What are you planning for number 2?
cheers
Mark
- Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:20 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Bunya/ Sassafras Parlor
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12404
Re: Bunya/ Sassafras Parlor
Nice job Brett. Great looking guitar. I am building with the same wood combination at the moment so I was very interested to see how it looks - and it is a very nice combination. I know what you mean about bending ebony bindings. I snapped plenty of them on my last build and I am not keen to try it ...
- Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:08 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Tru Oil
- Replies: 43
- Views: 38861
Re: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - Tru Oil
Thanks Robbie. Nice tutorial. I have used Tru Oil on 2 guitars and I really like it for a simply applied satin (or semi-gloss) finish. It is very easy to apply - as you demonstrated. Doesn't smell as good as FP or Danish Oil, but it seems to come up with a more durable and solid result. cheers Mark
- Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:59 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: What I've been up to
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9032
Re: What I've been up to
Fantastic stuff Dom - and no two alike! I, too, feel a bit in awe of that productivity. Some of those tops are going on cutaway bodies - I was surprised to see them braced up as if for a non-cutaway. Do you just chop off the excess bit together with its section of the UTB? I have only made 1 cutaway...
- Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:33 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Hello to all, and a minor catastrophe...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10811
Re: Hello to all, and a minor catastrphe...
Hi Matt. Welcome to ANZLF, and to this very addictive hobby! It looks like you are making good progress with Number 1, and the side bending obviously worked out OK. It is a terrible moment when something like that slip happens, but we have all done it and nearly everything is recoverable. That lacer...
- Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:59 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: First Time's a Charm
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4958
Re: First Time's a Charm
Looks beaut!
It is a great feeling to shoot a good joint (even if it takes ages chasing that one high bit) - and then to get it glued tight. Looks like nice blackwood.
Mark
It is a great feeling to shoot a good joint (even if it takes ages chasing that one high bit) - and then to get it glued tight. Looks like nice blackwood.
Mark
- Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:34 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Beginner/Bunnings woods
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20469
Re: Beginner/Bunnings woods
For spruce brace wood there is the idea of getting pallet material from whitegoods suppliers. See this thread that was started by Geoff Branch a little while ago. http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2581&p=31895#p31895 The delivery cases for Meile appliances have German spruce frames. Your loca...
- Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:19 am
- Forum: Instrument Plans
- Topic: Guild of American Lutherie Plans
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18303
Guild of American Lutherie Plans
Classic, Flamenco, Steel String, Archtop, Early Guitars, Harp Guitars, Acoustic Bass, Ukulele and Other Guitar-like Styles.
Cost $18-$30
http://luth.org/plans/archtop.htm
Cost $18-$30
http://luth.org/plans/archtop.htm
- Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:08 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: OM guitar #2
- Replies: 17
- Views: 16694
Re: OM guitar #2
Peter Your guitars are really looking good. All that mando experience obviously translates straight into guitar building. Tassie Oak from Bunning's??!! How many pieces did you have to sort through to find some good enough for luthery? Anyway, I guess the savings can go towards those nice looking (bu...
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:31 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: Video Demo - Buffing Lacquer
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17147
Re: Video Demo - Buffing Lacquer
Thanks Allen. In <4 minutes of video you have told me heaps that I wanted to know and got me over my anxiety about trying this sort of approach to a gloss finish.
cheers
Mark
cheers
Mark
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:41 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: crazy questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6431
Re: crazy questions
You do see some acoustics with hardwood soundboards, eg all mahogany Martin 15 and 17 series, Guild M25 (Nick Drake style), and there are lots of stunning looking all koa guitars around. Also, check out the Taylor W series (all walnut). You are right that the tops on those can be made thinner (at le...
- Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:38 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Grain/Pore Filler
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17796
Re: Grain/Pore Filler
You could just go with an oil type finish all the way. Scandinavian oil doesn't harden as much as some of the other options such as Tru-Oil or PNZ Hard Oil. I have used Tru-Oil on two acoustics and it hardens up well (after a few weeks of curing). I used the PNZ on the latest one and I think it is e...
- Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:16 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bob - can you explain your neck join system?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6801
Re: Bob - can you explain your neck join system?
Thanks Bob. That picture explains it well. I'll give it a go with the one I am starting now. But don't hold your breath - I build slow.
You are right Kim, that double bolt looks like you could tow a boat with it. A very tidy system.
Mark
You are right Kim, that double bolt looks like you could tow a boat with it. A very tidy system.
Mark
- Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:57 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bob - can you explain your neck join system?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6801
Bob - can you explain your neck join system?
Back in November there was a thread about neck bolting systems. http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2604&hilit=neck+bolt Bob, you posted a picture of the system that you are using with a butt joint of the heel to the body, but a fingerboard extension that sits in a routed slot in the body. It l...
- Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:02 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Does bracing need to be quarter sawn?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9823
Re: Does bracing need to be quarter sawn?
Hi Daniel Yep, you want your bracing to stay nice and straight. All wood will swell and shrink with inevitable changes in humidity. Quarter sawn wood will tend to do that only in one dimension, whereas wood with a curve in the line of the grain will be inclined to bend, skew or twist. If it is a bra...
- Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:48 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: hi, I am new to the fourm.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11334
Re: hi, I am new to the fourm.
Hi Daniel Welcome to the daft world of DIY guitar building - a very addictive hobby. I agree with the advice that you have been given so far. I started fairly recently and have built 3 instruments. Interestingly, my second was a mahogany and adirondack (red spruce) L-00, so we have similar thoughts ...
- Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:57 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Australian Tonewoods New Web Site
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6434
Re: Australian Tonewoods New Web Site
Looks good Tim. Very easy to navigate and looks clean and efficient. I'll be laying down the credit card soon!
Mark
Mark
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:12 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: OM#5 finished - and an opinion on pickguard sought
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7784
Re: OM#5 finished - and an opinion on pickguard sought
Dave that is a truly unique looking guitar and beautifully executed. The quilting on the back and sides is hard to believe. I haven't seen Rewarewa used for a rosette and headstock like that and it is really nice - a perfect accompanyment to the other timbers, and a good NZ signature. I am not alway...
- Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:06 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Australian woods for tops
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24292
Re: Australian woods for tops
Hey Bob, congratulations on the award. That is really impressive!
- Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:39 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: A recent OM
- Replies: 18
- Views: 20969
Re: A recent OM
Tim
That is just beautiful all round - the instrument, the tune and the playing. I can see why it would bring a lump to your throat.
Keep making them!
Mark
That is just beautiful all round - the instrument, the tune and the playing. I can see why it would bring a lump to your throat.
Keep making them!
Mark
- Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:07 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Bracing and other questions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4157
Re: Bracing and other questions
Hi Aidan I used the Kinkade book for my first guitar and thought it was very good. You definitely need a detailed plan. The book comes with one for a 000 or OM. If you want a different style you can get plans from many places (see the plans section of this forum). If you don't want an OM a L-00 is a...
- Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:19 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Build progress on #2 -- the top is done
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3577
Re: Build progress on #2 -- the top is done
Looking very neat and sweet Paul. Centre join cleat and soundhole binding are nice touches. How thick is the soundboard? I am interested in other peoples experience with the "PMTE". I have included something similar in a curent build. I believe that Mario Proulx usually makes them from hardwood rath...
- Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:20 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - rosettes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5041
Re: New Luthier Tips du Jour video - rosettes
I really loved this one Robbie. Very clear, as always. It is great to see that gallery of rosettes at the end - really inspirational, and makes me realize what a great sharing community the luthier world is.
Mark
Mark