Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Tidy little film. I'll have to get some of those machines.

This is a common way to make a cove moulding. The fence angle determines the radius, many shallow passes. I haven't made sanding blocks but have made many metres of moulding. Don't use short bits of timber. You can boggie up something to mimic the grabber. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOEdWrBQa_g

Slip, slop, slap was so obvious, I thought it was a trick, the cricket and a few others got me.

18/25 true blue. Even a yank can do it, after 32 years.

That poor old dog must have got his tail caught in a belt. I want to see the still house, there must be one close by.

Top job Steve,
How about some close ups of the inlays? Is that a gator on the head?

Cheers John,
I'm as guilty as they come. This verandah boot cupboard is old stringers and treads.

I posted these boxes on another site and it occurred to me these are probably safe from future harvests.

The carved box is my "Four Seasons ", different view from all corners. Four Seasons is not finished polished.

The licensed distributors and retailers have had us in a barrel for years and have treated us like mugs. Case in point: Last week I made a new bridge for one of my early basses and changed strings. Bruce bought some d'addario helicores that he paid $300 for. Last time I checked Bris retail for helic...

JJ model wrote:Jim, you forgot to add a few slices of those tiny red chillies

Muy picante

"....and a good time was had by all." Sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for the song Decka, I'm waiting for the " Regrets, Where's My Laser? " follow up.

Just as an aside, the lira ( after the rebec ) is still played today, it can have as few as 3 strings. The strings are stopped with the fingernail on the side of the string, not depressed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Han9bpsGdw

My first Archie originally had only an under soundboard piezo. My mate bought it and wanted an end of fb Kent Armstrong. He has now added a Gretch pu , suspended at right angle from the pick guard, an inch from the bridge. This space has about I in. hgt. to work with. The piezo is always on, the two...

I think the pickups and bridge will influence how hollow it can be. If standard elec bass hardware is used, I would think a solid
lump down the middle would be needed.

Thx Alan.

As that piece stated it was probably wise of Abbot to avoid a debate on the economy. A debt analogy making the rounds the last month........." govt. debt is comparable to someone earning $100,000 a year having a mortgage of $10,000." I have yet to hear a counter analogy from the Coalition. As simple...

Has anyone been following the betting odds for the fed. election? I don't gamble but this is the real pulse. http://oddsscanner.dailytelegraph.com.au/specials/politics-and-election/australian-politics/federal-election-winning-party Gillard as pm.......coalition 1.03 labor 14.5 Rudd as pm after 2 day...

You have set the art meets craft bar very high.

Surely that fb could be harvested and turned into pen blanks.

Cross tuning a fiddle to AEAE from standard GDAE is common but not many do it with their good instruments. Going back and forth wears the strings so most just leave it. I have ones I keep in AEAE and GDGD, much more easy on fiddle and string.
My bush viola is CGCG from standard CGDA.

Cheers fellas, kind words indeed. The poor old Viola is the butt of all the string jokes but really is just the crusty but loveable old sheriff.

My big fat bush fiddle, 15 1/2 in Viola. I built this over 1 year ago and only just started playing it again. My playing is probably as good as it will ever get, it sounds much better with guitar and double bass. I plan on another Viola, more finished than this one. I have six fiddles ( 1 a 15yr old...

Ai Weiwei is well known for transforming the works of others. I have seen his furniture works, shocking at first ( to a lover of Chinese domestic furniture ) but in the end very satisfying. He has imposed his will on the work of others but the original work can still speak. None of my comments are ...

Ai Weiwei is well known for transforming the works of others. I have seen his furniture works, shocking at first ( to a lover of Chinese domestic furniture ) but in the end very satisfying. He has imposed his will on the work of others but the original work can still speak. None of my comments are m...

The people that are going to harvest our guitars to make lampshades haven't been born yet.