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- Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:57 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Talk about Jeff Babicz?
- Replies: 51
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Interesting what he writes about sides not vibrating. In the world of double bass, I think it's generally thought that it is important to keep the sides as thin as possible so that they can vibrate, or at least, twist, while staying structurally strong enough to keep the thing together. I dont know ...
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:04 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Repairing Guitars
- Replies: 6
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Repairing Guitars
On violin family instruments, it's a fairly common thing to open up an instrument and make repairs to the insides, and/or replace the internal bracing (bassbar) or to change the thicknesses of the top, etc. Do guitar luthiers do the same thing to finished guitars that for some reason have for exampl...
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:56 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Talk about Jeff Babicz?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 67151
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:18 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Where to get black vulcanized paper?
- Replies: 30
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- Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:48 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Talk about Jeff Babicz?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 67151
Talk about Jeff Babicz?
Has anyone here played one of these? His string anchoring looks ungainly to me, but to my mind makes sense structurally.
http://www.babiczguitars.com/
http://www.babiczguitars.com/
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:20 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: veneers between laminates
- Replies: 4
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veneers between laminates
I've seen a bunch of laminated guitar necks and usually, the main wood strips are separated by a thin dark veneer strip.
Is this purely to hide the epoxy glue line? Or are there functional reasons?
Is this purely to hide the epoxy glue line? Or are there functional reasons?
- Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:15 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Show Us Your Joint
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49773
Normally, no. The bridge height and saddle are more easily adjustable. My bass neck is removable to allow easier travel! Sometime a glued neck is reset to a lower angle if the top gets choked by too much pressure or if the top is inherently weak. And sometimes, another lutjier will look at this shal...
- Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:19 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Gee that's a big guitar
- Replies: 108
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I tend to eschew power tools because I don't like the noise or the dust. But this means I need some big gouges and a solid worktable ... http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2156/1532546069_353c3a3043.jpg The small gouge is a pfeil 30mm #9 on a converted table-leg. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/1532...
- Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:05 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Show Us Your Joint
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49773
A double bass has no frets, and the scoop is planed into the fingerboard. No truss rod at all. String height is typically adjusted with screw adjusters set into the feet of the bridge. Some makers make necks with adjustable rake, but most basses are set up as above. Each string has about 70lbs tensi...
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:35 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tiger Myrtle from Steve Kinnaird at the OLF
- Replies: 25
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- Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:34 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Show Us Your Joint
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49773
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:49 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Show Us Your Joint
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49773
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:45 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Tiger Myrtle from Steve Kinnaird at the OLF
- Replies: 25
- Views: 28523
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:48 pm
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: New kids on the block!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14163
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:01 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: The humble Tasmanian Oak
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15834
Been kicking myself ever since for not buying it, would have been perfect for guitar necks. Yeah I;ve had that. You can get some nice wood a bunnies and Mitre Ten, you just have to check the racks. in any cut there is usually one that is close to quarter sawn. Mitre ten in canterbury still has some...
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:52 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: The humble Tasmanian Oak
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15834
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:59 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: The humble Tasmanian Oak
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15834
The humble Tasmanian Oak
Here's my back wood. I found this lovely long 300 x 20 plank of quartersawn Tassie Oak at Mitre Ten. I went back three weekends in a row before I bought it but I'm glad I did. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2304/1533411332_ed04aab8f8.jpg The boys at Gerard Gilet's shop resawed and thicknessed it for...
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:31 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Blackbean or Sassafrass Anyone?
- Replies: 17
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I am going to try sassafras as a neck wood for my #2 double bass. my only experience carving it so far is that it seems a bit splintery at end-grain so I'll have to be really careful with the gouges. I'll be starting soon so I'll keep you posted if anything interesting happens. http://farm3.static.f...
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:45 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: 12 string finished
- Replies: 48
- Views: 49733
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:19 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: 12 string finished
- Replies: 48
- Views: 49733
I suppose that's the tradeoff for using a flat soundboard with no inherent strength. I didn't think of that before. I had assumed that the whole of the soundboard on a guitar is free to vibrate, not just the lower part. Hmmm. What would happen if you increased the width of the neck block substantial...
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:03 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: 12 string finished
- Replies: 48
- Views: 49733
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:32 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Gee that's a big guitar
- Replies: 108
- Views: 91882
Nicely figured Tassy oak ribs (from mitre 10!) bent with a combination of heat blanket and supersize bending iron to touch up the curves. They are about 2.8mm thick and 220 wide. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2179/1505441724_dbb7dcfd03_o.jpg Above, I'm using the heat blanket when clamping to the ne...
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:07 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Hygrometer a hair better
- Replies: 19
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- Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:53 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Hygrometer a hair better
- Replies: 19
- Views: 33009
Problem with a controlled environment is that when the instrument gets "out there" the environment becomes totally uncontrolled. The idea with the humidity cycling is to get all the extremes of warping and twisting over and done with while in the shop. This allows the maker to adjust and "tune" the ...
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:30 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Gee that's a big guitar
- Replies: 108
- Views: 91882