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Wow. really nice.

Would it be possible to get a sound recording soon?
Cheers

LOL Kim best advice I've heard in a long time....

What about sand? or coffee sediment? would they work well for chladni patterns?

haha, smoking poppy seeds

Hi,
what's that bit of dowel you screwed the blade on to, it looks like its from one of those wooden racks used for wine bottles...?

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks very much for the replies folks :) Which tuners is a very open question. It depends very much on the style of the guitar, and the budget. What are you planning? cheers Mark I'm planning something similar to Peter Coombe's OM using Tassie Oak from Bunnings (although, obviously it wont be nearl...

Wow, nice!! I guess if you want to carve braces and necks in style then this is the way!

Thanks for sharing!

Hey guys :) Where do you get your neck blanks/stock from? I noticed Mr. Spittle doesn't have any listed. I'm looking for QLD maple and that sort of thing... I've seen StewMacs stuff but not particularly interested in mahogany :mrgreen: Also what sort of tuning machines do you recommend for acoustics...

Hey archaic! looks like you'll have at least a little bit of fun for your Year 12

Let us know how it goes. I've nearly finished my last year and am hoping to make a guitar as well once exams are all finished.

Cheers

Woops....
Sorry mate!

Hey guys

Thought I'd share this link, its an interesting show about old-fashioned woodwork using unseasoned wood. I suppose it could be a follow-up to Sergy's thread on early tools.

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/program/836269

Enjoy

[quote="colin north"] What IS the difference between Epoxy resin and Epoxy Glue anyway? [quote] I can't really help you with the bracing issue:mrgreen:, but I'm 99% sure that epoxy glue is the combination of Resin and the catalyst/hardener. Araldite is a typical epoxy and comes in the two parts as y...

Hey folks!

I thought I better tell you guys that I finished my school project on guitar building, with a decent mark as well, so this is a big thankyou to everyone that answered my nooby questions

Cheers

Looks sweet!! Thanks for sharing.

Wow Kim....where did you say you worked? Sounds like politician material there....

Although, that is a good point... one might say they are slight alterations in your/the customer's vision of what the instrument is going to be!

rocket wrote:I don't like gloss finishes on guitars

Neither do I That's why I asked..

Thankyou everybody for helping me!

Got a sound recording for us?

Hi everyone!

I have yet another question to ask. I'm probably getting ahead of myself, but I would like to ask if anyone knows how to do a satin finish instead of gloss. Kind of like on Matons, for example.

Cheers Oh and I'm 18 today!! just thought you'd like to know..

Thanks everyone for the quick replies

Ok so it seems what I'm planning should be able to work...

Cheers

Hello everyone (again)

I've got another question: is it possible to use steel-string guitar body shapes for a nylon-string instrument? For example using one of the smaller bodies and simply using different bracing, bridge and so on...?

Thanks.

Hey guys

So for my first build I want to use one of the Christophe Grellier plans, my question is how to re-size the PDF on a photocopier to get it full-scale for making construction forms, molds etc?

Thanks.

Wow...simple yet very pretty. If my first guitar was one of those I would be extremely happy!

Great job!

mmmmmmmm, CyberKibble! WOOF

yeh...thought that was a bit weird. any reason why?

Thanks Dan, i was thinking along the same lines, just not sure how to say it. Cheers for your voice of reason in this discussion.

For me it would be Peter Combe (not the one on here, but the children's entertainer :) ) Everyone should remember him from their childhood (or remember singing the songs with their kids) and he's still touring! how good is that? :cl He could write a song called 'wash your fretboard with orange oil' ...