Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Those guitars on the youtube sound great!

Wayne

Bob, these mandolins look great and are built excellently built! I like the hard shellac finish.

Wayne

Thanks All for the comments for this posting. Jeez Wayne......I think you've just surpassed yourself with that detailed set of videos and instructions. No excuses for anybody to stuff up fitting one of these pickup systems now!! :mrgreen: Bloody nice looking guitar. Yes Martin, I probably have reach...

This a great loss also to me. Their range of general and special items that LMI have grown was great. I will miss not being able to purchase some of their quality products that will now be harder to find elsewhere.

Wayne

Taffy your very versatile to the client's request. Great Result.

Wayne

On a previous posting: ‘Pickup for falcate classical or steel string by JurgenV, 19th April 2023’ , I indicated that on my next guitar build that I would be installing the new ‘L R Baggs Hi Fi Pickup System’ and the ‘L R Baggs Lyric Microphone’ together as a customised blend system. I have now compl...

I am also familiar with the no money problem. I repaired, restored and fitted new strings to a very old Maton classical style guitar. I trusted the client, however, after sending the invoice three times over a three month period of grace I never got paid. I learn my lesson about how to handle the mo...

Like the details. Interesting bridge shape.

Wayne

Another great guitar build. The rosette for the sound hole shape looks like a lot of careful and thoughtfully work.

Wayne

Congratulations Taffy on your fifty years of marriage. This is a special guitar well thought out and inlay heart details are very appropriate reflecting the 50 years.

Wayne

Recently, I have installed Hemi Spherical shaped frets onto a fretboard. The fretboard is attached to the bolt on neck. I created a Measuring Template for measuring the lengths of the Hemi Spherical frets. The installation onto the fretboard was achieved with an even 0.5mm offset from the outer edge...

Martin It must be frustrating not yet being able to resolve the woof note issues. Could there be a small area where the bridge is attached to the top having a spot location with a gap between the bridge and the top causing this problem?

Wayne

I have been using a sanding radius block to shape my fretboards and this takes a long time and effort to do. I have seen various router jig setups to do this task, however, I recently saw a youtube showing a router table with a 'Precision Radiusing Router Bit' to radius the fretboard. There are a nu...

The guitar and the finishing is looking great Bob with the hard shellac. I think it also time now for me to also try out the hard shellac.

Wayne

Taffy, a very effective circular hand cutting tool.

Wayne

Thx for the pic's Wayne, looks impressive, are you happy with the productivity of this unit? I'm about too build a similar set up . Dm sent. Cheers, Gaz Thanks Gaz for your comments. I am happy with my air purifier. So far I have found that 30 minutes running time is all that is required after mach...

In my workshop I have a Jet Dust Extractor with a Pleated Filter that is connected to: Jet 22-44 Drum Sander Jet Belt / Disc Sander Powermatic Band Saw Recently, I added further pipes and connections from the Jet Dust Extract to: Jet Oscillating Spindle Carbatec Drill Press Router Table While the du...

LOL....you never fail to impress with the clear and neat labeling of everything in your photos. Impressive. 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 Thanks Martin. I hope that providing more detail is ...

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

Wayne

Hello everyone, David form Salz guitars here. I love how the discussion evolved from my instagram photo. As Steve wrote, the top is not yet glued to the rim. The photo was only a work in progress photo, staged to show my progress. There are however CF strands under the braces, I'm building the se t...

Great timber choices and well crafted guitar build.

Wayne

Be interested to know the forum's thoughts are regarding the bracing with no CF for this guitar hybrid design build. Im more concerned about the lack of UTB on that top..... :shock: :shock: :shock: However, on closer look at the photo, i reckon that top is not glued to the sides yet (otherwise why ...

Hey Wayne, thanks for posting that video, it's just what I needed to spur me along. However, I can't offer any comments on the falcate bracing, I know nothing about it, but I will be learning slowly hanging out here. Cheers Taff Yes Taffy, there is lots to learn about falcate braced guitars. I wond...

I was looking at a recent Tom Sands youtube video see link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmtnACzaZ6k&t=261s Tom was talking about some luthiers guitar builders and one of the samples included a Falcate braced guitar build by 'Salz-Guitars'. The guitar shown was a falcate braced guitar and appeare...

Thanks a lot Wayne. That´s a very detailed answer which helps me a lot. I hope that this information will be helpful to you. There are a lot of acoustic pickup on the market and what is important is to find what suits your client. Some musicians are looking for a natural acoustic guitar sound and m...