Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hi guys, thought this site might be of interest to those of you interested builing instruments with bowls: http://www.khalafoud.com/Jameel_OudConstruction.htm Its a photo documentary of someone making an oud. Its a bit of a pain in the butt, as its 14 pages long and you have to scroll back to the to...

Which ever route you take will be a compromise and one or the other of the sounds you want won't be the dominant, with an acoustic electrified being the lesser evil of a compromise. I've mostly played electric instruments in the past, and thats where my enthusiasm lies. I've got an el cheapo "entry...

ok,ok,ok, how's this one?? :twisted: What if (brace yourself here!) I had the neck go right through? It would support the sound board where the two sheets would join, and the sound board would be sandwiched between the bridge and the neck. I would imagine that with the neck meeting up with the solid...

The volume of the space will end up substantially smaller. You only have a total of 89mm body thickness when you glue together the boards, and you were talking about carving out a lute shaped dish. You want the volume to support the Low D note you are intending for your drone. This is where I was g...

The thicker back & sides will still however alter the end sound which I imagine will be more at the thin end of the spectrum, if this is the sound you want then you won't be disappointed. If you'll excuse my complete ignorance for a moment :lol:, what is it that brings out a full sounding bottom en...

IMHO You are not going to end up with a satisfactory acoustic response. because of the limited internal volume... I'm estimating that the empty chamber will be roughly 400mm x 300mm x 100mm deep. Surely thats not much smaller than a small acoustic guitar? You could just about hide a ukulele in ther...

why don't you just buy a cheap pawnshop guitar and replace the fretboard with one fretted to the scale you need replace the nut and string it with drones and paired strings to your requirements That would have to be the quickest, cheapest, and easiest way to end up with a playable instrument strung...

Thanks guys. I've sort of taken my lead on the acoustic side of things from ovation guitars. They have a composite bowl for a back and a regular soundboard on top. They don't have a standard sound hole near the middle like most acoustic guitars, they have a number of small holes in the sound board u...

Let me just start by saying that I have no wood working skills whatsoever, let alone luthier skills (or tools for that matter), but inspiration has struck nonetheless. I have been a guitarist for around 15 years now, but have always been fascinated by eastern and middle eastern music. In recent year...

I'm looking to make an instrument with a bass/drone string, so I'd like to know how to intentionally get this effect. Any tips?