Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

kiwigeo wrote:America didnt rate too well......

Yeah but who cares...

Allen bro it's great to hear that there is another Cohen fan here - I absolutely love his music and have been a fan for decades. In fact I got to meet him and chat with him a bit about 15 years ago. I asked him a few questions about how he grew up in Montreal and the fact that his dad was an army of...

Has anyone rated the sheep in different locations of the world?

Great looking rosettes Taffy! Using a form is something that I never considered but I will now - thanks!

Hi Jeff my friend! Wow both of these two guitars look fantastic but your guitars always look fantastic! :) I am wondering about the seal coat, or that is what it looks like it might be, that we are seeing on the inside of both bodies. Is that shellac? What ever it is is it sprayed and how many coats...

Hi kiwinoz62 and welcome to the ANZLF! Humidity issues have caused a great deal of pain to builders for all of time but only when they disregarded RH and some of the great advice already posted in this thread and others. But since you understand this in advance you will do fine I am sure. As mention...

Right! With a thread title like this one you are probably wondering what this whack-job is talking about... :D When I was a kid it was Elvis who first turned me onto the guitar followed shortly thereafter by the Beatles. I am only mentioning Herman's Hermits, a chick band..., because I had a sister ...

When I attended the HGF in 2007 I had the pleasure of meeting Ervin in person and he permitted me to take a few photos of him as well. I also had the opportunity to play a couple of his guitars. It was very early in the day and even though I was near Ervin's table in the hall the crowds had not yet ...

Bunburry????

Oh no, not me man - I am not saying another thing in this thread....

Yeah, turf it and get another pair of sides. You'll only be storing up trouble for down the track. Of course, not everyone will agree with me, but that's what I'd do. I agree with Paul and this is what I would do too - turf that sucker.... :D Unless of course you wanna build a thin body guitar as R...

Martin what did the women look like?

Seriously - thanks from me too for being a good guy/person!

Absolutely Jeff!

Ervin achba!

Regarding Ervin's books they are excellent - the best read on guitar building that I have ever read. It's interesting to me that in matters regarding Ervin as discussed on a couple of guitar building forums there always seems to be a bit of a disconnect between those who have been exposed to Ervin's...

Oh Ron

Lillian Ron has had great success getting some of the nicest true oil finishes that I have seen. Perhaps he will weigh-in here and enlighten us.

Jeremy bro it was very cool to not have to leave my own shop to take Robbie's class. I could also turn off my camera and pick my nose (with a sanitized finger mind you...) if I wanted.... :D No dust on my computer screen but I am very glad that I learned to use the delete key - scrapping the White-O...

Hi Pj2 - what our friend Lillian is referring to is called French polish. French polish is a very old process of padding on shellac and building the coats over time, again padding it on, until you have an acceptable result. Since the materials used can be pretty safe to use, not always but they can ...

Outstanding in all respects Waddy bro!!

Even though I have said this before I really, really like your head stock shape and design - it's very classy.

Great work as always bro.

Nick is that you? Cool hat!

My god that's a lot of dust!!!

I hope that you guys have some industrial strength vacs there or perhaps you should just invite Sarah Palin to come and speak....

Another thing that I am really enjoying that is in Ervin's books are the pictures of some things that you will rarely see on the forums. The kind of stuff that some builders keep to themselves. For example how many times have you seen deflection testing rigs pictured on the forums? I have only seen ...

I hope that everyone is OK - I saw this on CNN last evening. Question: When this happens how much of this dust settles on things and how much clean up is required? I know Paul wanted to wash the car so I am wondering how thick the residual dust is? This kind of reminds me of the film Apollo 13 where...

Nick buddy I agree with Rich that the books are VERY good! There is nothing else like them available and I have been reading and rereading mine for a couple of weeks now. The first book that Ervin suggests that you read is the Responsive Guitar and after reading it I would agree that you really need...

Update: Well duuugh.... :D my mistake... The reason why I could not get a good shot of the brass plates on the cases is that they have a covering of plastic that peels right off.... Reminds me of the first time I ever purchased a black pickg*ard and spent an hour rubbing it with micro-mesh pads tryi...

My first shipment of cases from Cedar Creek arrived today! :) This is approx. 1 1/2 weeks earlier than the promised delivery date and I am very happy to say that everything looks great. Take a peek and excuse me in advance for the not so great pics it's a very gloomy day here in Meechigan.... with p...

Hi Alan - I like my Performax 10-20 just fine. It's small, not as expensive as some, and once one understands that this is more of a finishing or skim sander and does not try to hoark off too much material in one pass it works great. Another consideration when selecting a drum sander is that dust co...