Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hey guys :) I was wondering what material you like using for head and tail blocks. I've heard and read that mahogany gets used a fair bit, but if there is any (cheaper) alternatives that would still work well? Also has anyone made their own scraper blades before? If so could you kindly share how you...

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Do you make that binding yourself? It looks sweet.

Hmm I see your point, but that was just a rough example; I know that there are much better guitars, and hand built ones are almost always gonna sound better that mass produced factory ones. But I still think bunya has a fair bit of potential if you ignore the bracing factor. I've read plenty of revi...

Hey guys :) A few weeks ago I found out about this Christian-based organisation which promotes music (particularly praise and worship) and the gospel by providing guitars to people all around the world. Tommy Emmanuel is quite involved, having donated several of his own guitars to them. Read all abo...

Hi! :) I'm new as well, but I've been doing quite a lot of research on different tonewoods, and I'm fascinated by the number of species we have here in australia that can be used for instruments. Maton does use bunya, but another company, Cole clark (whose CEO is an ex-maton employee I believe) uses...

Thanks for all the replies everyone. :D I have another question: What is your opinion of tap tuning/tap tone? I've read and heard that it's a sort of lutherie 'voodoo' and that it doesn't mean much in terms of the overall sound. What do you think?? is he right, or is there something particularly sig...

Hey everyone. First let me say hello, I'm new here, At the moment I'm doing a school research project on acoustic guitar building, and I have a few questions. 1. How much importance do you as a luthier place on the planning stage of making an instrument? 2. Do you ever go back and change your idea m...