Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hi Lacrombie, For what it is worth for all. I once had some damaged Bunya pine and by the time I had it sanded smooth , the thickness was less then 1.6mm. I decided to glue two pieces (soundboards) together and finished to the required thickness. The steelstring guitar I used this board on sounds go...

Toejam.

I tried to make some close ups as requested.
Hope you like what you are seeing.

Regards

Ted

local timbered classical guitar. I have build this locally sourced timber classical with the following timbers. Back and sides are silver wattle (Plenty around) Neck, fingerboard and bridge are blackwood (Dandenongs) Soundboard is bunya pine.Although normally not grown in Victoria(Ithink), this piec...

Nice to read something about Bozo and the fact he is still alive and making guitars. I still have a classical guitar made by Bozo. Serial number B5. I bought this instrument in Holland in 1980 and took her with me to Australia. I have not played her too much and now made my own guitar . This guitar ...

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I accidently found out about this a month ago.
Theresa (my lovely lady) and I will be there all day and night on saturday to pick brains as much as possible , to meet likeminded people and to enjoy guitarmusic. I do expect millions of people to attend !
Hope to meet you.

Regards

Ted

Allen. That blackwood log went to a friend of mine with a mobile sawing rig. He also promised me the best part of a three meter long 1meter diam. white ceder log. We are going to cut up the timbers ,quartersawn, and I,ll then take it home. I planned to erect a Flowersgrowing igloo in the backyard an...

Thank you all for your friendly reactions. I will try to answer in one hit the questions so far. Martin---- The neck and body joint is a dove tail connection. Whilst I used a drawing of a Ramirez guitar , my instructor preferred Dovetails and who was I to argue at that stage. I have been reading the...

Hello All. My name is Ted . I have been studying classical gitar now for three years and recently built a nice guitar using building lessons at Harold Lloyd guitars in Melbourne. The buildingbug got hold of me and I am preparing myself to do some work at home in the shed. I am looking at some tools ...