Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Smallman guitars are amazing instruments. I own a 2001 with the adjustable neck feature. My Smallman is so easy to play. Very little effort is needed to create music on it. The dynamic palette is very broad. The volume is nice, but that isn't the main reason for the design IMO. It is the ease of pla...

No need for it. The retaining bolt is only there for when you take the strings off or loosen them so the neck does not fall off the body. The hole in the frame is oval shaped so the bolt can pivot along with the neck. It doesn't tighten down on the frame, in fact the bolt floats and only touches the...

The internal frame is made of baltic birch or apple 3/4" multi-ply not the cheap hardware store softwood ply. The weight is about 2 x that of a standard classical guitar. The neck design is not mine, but based on Greg Smallman's design. The heel floats and hinges on a pivot. This video explains it: ...

Hi Jeremy, I'm attaching it with Cyanoacrylate(sp?) aka "super glue". There is a 5mm surface under the arm rest. Using a pipette I put the c.a. glue on the arm rest, then flip it over and onto the guitar. Do this slowly and accurately! Once you commit to the position, that is were it goes. Once it i...

Thanks for the nice comments guys. I think this one was my best one so far. I made the back and sides a little heavier this time.
Here is a link to the build diary in case you are interested. http://schrammguitars.com/nemanja.html

Here is a video of my latest lattice guitar. Hope you enjoy it.



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Still a side project for me. Although a machinist friend of mine is very interested and is making some molds for me. Greg's lattice guitars have had a lot of influence on classical guitar construction, but his fingerboards haven't caught on yet. Maybe most players don't even know they are carbon fib...

Just curious if any of you Aussie luthiers make carbon fiber/epoxy fingerboards like the ones made by Greg Smallman and sons for the past 10 years or so? I don't hear much talk about them here in the USA, so I wondered if maybe it was something catching on down under.

Here is a video I took the other day at my friends shop. He is restoring his 1915 M.Ramirez with original tornavoz.


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What is the difference between a Conversion Varnish and Catalyzed Lacquer?

Thanks Bob!

Cool link! Looks like a top notch thread cutter! Thanks for posting that link. I now have a source for an awesome thread cutter in my favorites.

Hauser soundboard clamps are now available! These are made for Hauser Guitars and must meet Hermann Hauser's approval before being shipped! For nostalgias sake, these are the same style clamps Hauser Sr. used to make the famous 1937 guitar for Segovia! Below is a video of them. http://www.youtube.co...

Is this lute built using the David Van Edwards cd-rom course?
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/

For the video I used a Creative Vado HD video camera. No external mics, editing, processing, etc... The close up is so the internal mic can pick up the sound easier. The sound on the second video is much better than the first. Both have a good full bass sound. I don't think the internal mic of my Va...

Comparison of a 2001 Greg Smallman and 2010 David Schramm lattice guitar.
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Thanks to Mattia Valente for the great translation:
Here's the link:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~mvalente/Publicat ... NGLISH.doc

Much better translation!
Do you have this complete article translated?

Thanks, but I already did that. Still needs work. I did it a paragraph at a time. The above is the results.

Here is what I got with Google. Still trying to clean it up. If anyone can help that would be great! Page 1 D aniel Friedrich Emile Leipp June 1977 No. 92 Guitar Operation GAM Bulletin of the Group of Musical Acoustics University PARIS VI Tour66 4 place Jussieu 75005 Paris Page 2 PRINCIPLES OF OPERA...

Google translation turned out much better!

Here is a link to an old D.Friederich article I've been searching for: http://www.lutherie-guitare.org/docsPublics/Bibliographie/Publications/La-Guitare-Friederich-et_/La%20guitare%20FRIEDERICH%20ET%20LEIPP%20bulletin%20GAM%2092.pdf Awesome info. Scroll down to the last 7 pages for some cool illustr...

I have a whole series of videos on how I build my lattice tops here http://schrammguitars.com/wu.html

You are viewing a re-constructed thread by the ANZLF recovery team. For more information click here . " Originally Posted on:Wed Aug 18, 2010 " Here are a couple solos on the Les Paul I built. Doesn't sound too bad for my first electric. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy81oMdXNCg http://www.youtube...

>>>I'm thinking that this method must involve a considerable amount of trial and error to get the mix just right.<<< That is correct. I like what you have done. I hope to hear some sound samples. I encourage you to make more and experiment. Shape the lattice like a mountain. Don't taper the brace en...