Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Steve, I know Ive asked you about this a while back but can you remind me about the procedure for setting up the neck/body join. You make up the body with the neck block with mortise already cut and the neck with tenon cut and bolts set up. Do you do a rough neck rake setting at this stage and then ...

Gramil on right is a Schneider gramil. Got one in my shop that gets a lot of use.

Julian wrote: ↑

Tue May 16, 2023 10:19 am

You could probably make fret wire out of the buloke it's that hard!

Don't let Stewmac find out!!

A few years ago for reasons that aren't worth discussing we imposed a 30 minute editing limit on posts. I've just changed the settings. BTW, if you want to edit your own posts you will notice three small icons in the top right corner of your post, and one of them looks like a pencil. This is the edi...

Posts can only be edited for a short time after posting......its a long story but it involves some characters who kept changing their stories.

Dave M wrote: ↑

Fri May 12, 2023 8:19 am

Bejesus how do I edit a post!?

Ive got shit loads of nut files but my favourite set are these ones plus a set of Japanese files that are pretty much identical to the Stewmacs.

https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... ing-files/

LOL....you never fail to impress with the clear and neat labeling of everything in your photos. Impressive.

WJ Guitars wrote: ↑

Sun May 07, 2023 8:50 am

Here are some photos showing my fox bending machine of a cutaway. Of recent times I now use spring steel slats.

Wayne

Cutaway Bernding.jpg

I'm an old fashioned outcast...I kitted up with bending forms and blankets but ended up going back to my trusty bending iron.

One advantage of a bending iron.....you never doze off while using it. Two pairs of shorts with holes burnt into them is proof of that!

Nice save Taff.

Thanks for the post David and welcome to the forum. I hope you'll stick around and join in the conversations and give us a peak at some of your builds. Cheers Martin Hello everyone, David form Salz guitars here. I love how the discussion evolved from my instagram photo. As Steve wrote, the top is no...

Pics mate...or it didn't happen

WilliamDavidReynolds wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 8:25 am

Went in mail to client yesterday.

LOL Rick was an interesting character.....brilliant luthier but can't say I agree with everything he said. Its my understanding that the CF on top of and below the braces is their to resist cold creep of the brace and add stiffness. I don't see how the back or the top can function to resist cold cre...

Worth reading this old thread. Trevor goes into the reasoning for running CF tow on top and under falcate braces.

http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?t=9063

Be warned the above quoted thread contains a healthy dose of p*ss taking and robust Aussie humour.

Discussed here. The guy involved briefly joined the forum but didn't stay long :mrgreen: http://www.anzlf.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1327&p=16775&hilit=hemispherical#p16775 Thanks Nigel. Who was the guy a few years back who tried to claim semi hemispherical fretting as his own? I believe there were som...

Thanks Nigel.

Who was the guy a few years back who tried to claim semi hemispherical fretting as his own? I believe there were some legal threats made at the time.

I've always marveled at Ralph Towner and his ability to play with his nails on both classicals and 12 strings

Alan wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:23 pm

However, as a mainly nylon string player, I find them hard to play.

If I didn't already own two sets I'd grab them at that price

Bob_H wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 25, 2023 2:15 pm

Second hand set just listed on Facebook Marketplace. I do not know the seller, but they appear reasonably priced

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 355194873/

Yeah those Savarez strings have a bit of tension when they're strung up...especially the reds. How you go about a neck reset depends on how the neck is attached to the body. If the guitar is built Spanish method then the neck is supported against the back by the spanish foot. Changing neck rake invo...

If you were Philip Lowe you'd tell everyone the book won't be available until 2014....and then release it a few months later.

Trevor Gore wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:52 pm

Kitwn wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 22, 2023 9:02 am

Trevor,
Any indications of when copies will be available? There must be quite a waiting list by now.

Unfortunately, my crystal ball is no better than Philip Lowe's.

Thanks for the detailed run down Wayne.

I just managed to squeeze the pad transducers in between the falcate braces on the two falcate builds I fitted with K and K minis. I recommend under saddle over transducers for falcate as the falcate braces can prevent ideal transducer location. Mind you I did install a K&K trinity pro recently and ...

LOL.....first send your wife off for a holiday and set yourself up with regular visits to a psychologist. The stress levels during this task were incredibly high. The blocks making up the central mosaic alone will drive you nuts and the herringbone....that's about the most finicky stuff I've ever ha...

A few pics of a rosette Ive just finished for a classical based on a 1968 Fleta. Of course you can buy these rosettes ready made up for a few bucks...but I thought Id go back to basics and make up a rosette from scratch. Time to install a ready mate rosette...about 3 hours. Time to make up a rosette...

I use K and K western pad style piezo type pickup systems in all my guitars (classicals and steel strings).

https://www.kksound.com/