Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

haha my first guitar's body looked like this unintentionally ........ hahahh

Quite nice looking build thus far doc, and your quite right about the price of these, though maton makes beautiful knock offs on the cheap that sound like angels crying ....or screaming if that's what your into ..... I have got one that was floating around in flood water for a week, so i rescued it ...

nice to see there is another luthier on the coast drsoda, is there any other good local places to obtain tonewood round the noneshine coast?

hahah the chefs always get it bad, howd you get rid of yours?

ok ive got a few questions about some of our traditions when it comes to guitar making. 1,) why do we use soft woods for a soundboard? hardwood seems to be the wood of choice for some intsruments such as a marimba, where all of the vibrating plates are hardwood? im thinking you could get a thinner l...

so does that mean it has alot of springback once its bent ?

i recently purchased some black hearted sassafrass for my next nylon string guitar and was after some info on what kind of sound i can expect from it, and any issues that i might encounter and precautions to avoid this ..... i do not have a heating blanket so it will have to be bent on a homemade be...

I am building a uke from Tasmanian blackwood, it's nicely figured and is around 2.2 mm thick on the front and back, the sides however are also the same thickness, so my question is how thick should a uke side be ? I don't really have the means of thicknessing it very accurately as my workshop has a ...

i will upload some photo's as soon as i find my camera ......

well my bearings seem to be only stopping it from moiving to one side, it has two sets of blocks (one above, one below that can keep it in place but it seems to have no back support ... i tightened the blade and it cut well for ten minutes then the blade slipped of the wheel .... scared the hell out...

yeah ...im one of those poor kids working at a local cafe ... ( actually a apprentice chef, but the wage is the same)
lol.

thanks for the quick reply guys, one thing i have noticed is that the bad saw has only one bearing above the table and one below, it is not missing any, it just doesn't have them, i am possibly wondering if this could be the cause of my woes. how tight should the blade be ? is there a test or a way ...

oh and i realise i have acadentally called by band saw a baned saw in the title, this is a misstype..... it kind of makes my witticism a little less witty.

I have recently purchased a large freestanding band saw, i am unsure of the brand but it is perhaps 20 years old and very solidly built. i am trying te resaw tops and sides for a ukelele out of some camphor i have stashed away, however my band saw seems to cut unevenly. This baffles me as i have che...

*learn off you, not of

im sure that there would be lots of newbies willing to be slaves for your wealth of luthiery skills ....hahah if you lived closer to me i would have offered my helping hand and a couple of 6 packs to learn of you ...

hey while were on the topic i am just wondering what some of you guys would charge for a classical/spanish guitar, i know that they are are all individual and would be priced acordingly. I am saving for a high end classical guitar to do a similar style to lisdsay buckingham, i would be after america...

i have your guitars brother .... hahah mine the back and sides are perfect, neck is pretty straight .... i pulled the soundboard and fretboard off and never got around to a rebuild ... guess i should ......if memory serves me correct the fretboard was some sort of weird mdf/chipboard stuff :shock: ....

i've built an electric guitar from camphor, it seems fairly stable and easy to work with. tonewise it has a very sharp snap when the string is first hit and then it mellows out to a fairly warm midrange, but i've only built the one so i guess it probably varies alot. The fragrance is very strong, bu...

what actaully is the issue with having a hardwood top?

hahah not that its particularly related to this ..... im after an implement to bend my sides .... am i better of with a bending iron or a heat blanket ? sofar i have been using the side of my wood fire heater thing ...... not that im complaining... _________________ " i reject your reality and subst...

Hey I'm in a similar predicament to you, I'm year 12 and looking to get into luthiery, I reckon the best way is just to start building one .... Sofar I've built an acoustic, electric and half done a ukelele ... If you just get stuck into it it isn't actually that hard ... Plus you got a maton custom...

So does nomex change the sound much ? Is it an improvement or what?

And you probably already know this but luthier mercentile sell nomex
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Hey Ive got a peizo pickup under my tanglewoods bridge, the problem is that it picks up the two middle strings ( D and G) much too loud, and barely picks the others up at all. The guitar itself has a fairly well balanced voice, so how can i fix this ? as far as i can tell the bone nut is contacting ...

i reckon i'd have logged arond 7000 hours ....