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by JJ model
Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:52 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: 'The Mango Tree'
Replies: 28
Views: 28257

Re: 'The Mango Tree'

Jim, you forgot to add a few slices of those tiny red chillies :P
by JJ model
Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:57 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: 'The Mango Tree'
Replies: 28
Views: 28257

Re: 'The Mango Tree'

Here you go, the mango is ready ( for Healdsburg Guitar Festival ).... :dri
by JJ model
Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:46 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: 'The Mango Tree'
Replies: 28
Views: 28257

Re: 'The Mango Tree'

Thanks Folks!
Nick, I just cut out a circle from some promotional materials ( plenty of free paper! ) and using masking tapes to cover up the hole.
by JJ model
Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:43 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: 'The Mango Tree'
Replies: 28
Views: 28257

Re: 'The Mango Tree'

Hi Nick, My mango wood doesn't gives me any problem. I bought some from a vendor from Indonesia and its smelly and oily to the core. Someone bought a piece of land and there was a mango tree ( 180 years ) 3 generations , and he bulldozered everything to the ground and i was fortunate to savage half ...
by JJ model
Tue Jul 09, 2013 10:42 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: 'The Mango Tree'
Replies: 28
Views: 28257

Re: 'The Mango Tree'

Thanks Folks! Thanks to the Creator and nature has got plenty of surprises ! I hope guitar making is not boxed and confined to a certain traditions and myth. I have tried and will try anything as long as it can make a good sounding geetar!. Nick, where did you get your mango wood? from Indonesia? th...
by JJ model
Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:02 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: 'The Mango Tree'
Replies: 28
Views: 28257

Re: 'The Mango Tree'

started the finishing journey....... looking more like ' mango' now
by JJ model
Wed Jun 26, 2013 12:27 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: 'The Mango Tree'
Replies: 28
Views: 28257

'The Mango Tree'

Here's some shots taken before spraying the finishing of a special build for the coming Healdsburg Guitar Festival.......
looks like quite a number of luthiers will be displaying their 'tree' at the show, should be interesting. :dru
enjoy!
by JJ model
Mon Jun 10, 2013 1:06 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?
Replies: 20
Views: 23434

Re: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?

Did some recording with the full mango guitar. Hope it sound like a guitar.... enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyQe-6eu1Is
by JJ model
Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:16 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?
Replies: 20
Views: 23434

Re: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?

Thanks Markus! I find there are more interesting wood than the few traditional used wood. 8)
Today I braced the top, as usual using hardwood instead of spruce.......
by JJ model
Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:36 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?
Replies: 20
Views: 23434

Re: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?

Thanks Bill. Yes, its illegally totally rejected wood. :oops:
by JJ model
Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:02 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?
Replies: 20
Views: 23434

Re: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?

did the rosette today
by JJ model
Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:24 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?
Replies: 20
Views: 23434

Re: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?

back braced.
by JJ model
Thu May 30, 2013 8:37 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?
Replies: 20
Views: 23434

Re: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?

A New project for the coming Healdsburg Guitar Festival 2013 in California.
by JJ model
Thu May 30, 2013 8:34 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?
Replies: 20
Views: 23434

Re: Mango wood? Any good for instruments?

this mango guitar was a hit at the recent Tokyo Handcrafted Guitar Festival.
by JJ model
Wed May 29, 2013 4:29 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: merbau for fingerboard
Replies: 6
Views: 12376

Re: merbau for fingerboard

Merbau is a very good wood and using it for fretboard is much better than many rosewood . you are not going to play your guitar in the rain so there is nothing to worry about the sap. I have used it for my guitars and i can tell its as good as any rosewood if not better. :shock:
by JJ model
Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:30 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Cypress macrocarpa Soundboards ? Freebies !
Replies: 21
Views: 25289

Re: Cypress macrocarpa Soundboards ? Freebies !

I would love to have a set and try it on my guitar!
I hate to waste wood. :wink:
I uses all hardwood ( 100% ) on my guitars
by JJ model
Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:41 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: MIGFEST 2013
Replies: 0
Views: 4477

MIGFEST 2013

Hi Folks,
Welcome to party at MIGFEST 2013 2nd Edition.
Check out more www.migfest.com
Thanks.
by JJ model
Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:28 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Banjo Tuner broken
Replies: 2
Views: 3880

Re: Banjo Tuner broken

Thanks Folks, She and the whole gang has gone back to the US after touring Asia.
by JJ model
Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:05 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Banjo Tuner broken
Replies: 2
Views: 3880

Banjo Tuner broken

Hi Folks,
Anyone staying around Brisbane or Sydney area who can help to replace Cathy Fink's banjo? She is on tour and need help urgently.
or you can also contact me at [email protected]
Thanks.
by JJ model
Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:54 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Suitable Tasmanian soundboards
Replies: 78
Views: 70415

Re: Suitable Tasmanian soundboards

yes, its monkeypod! i got that from under my pile of scraps..... sometime crappy wood are more stunning than those normal stuff.
by JJ model
Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:52 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: "The Warrior" new build.
Replies: 14
Views: 14058

Re: "The Warrior" new build.

Wow! Taff, thats a super beauty!
btw, whats that tree behind? :roll:

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by JJ model
Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:48 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Are Guitarists getting smarter?
Replies: 47
Views: 40576

Re: Are Guitarists getting smarter?

I attended a talk by a great company CEO and he said 60% of the price tag goes to marketing. so if their guitars are priced at 10K, 60% goes to that fat guy behind the desk...... so if a luthier sell his guitar for 4K that means he's got to do everything from cutting ( maybe ) to making the guitar c...
by JJ model
Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:38 pm
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Suitable Tasmanian soundboards
Replies: 78
Views: 70415

Re: Suitable Tasmanian soundboards

A Happy New Year to you folks! you tasted the New Year a couple of hours ahead of mine. anything NEW? :dru wow, I didn't know the topic of wood can go so funny.... Thanks Bob for mentioning my crazy experiment with local ( HARD ) wood. I have scored some huge jackpot just before 2012 passed away. I'...
by JJ model
Sun Dec 23, 2012 2:46 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: Malaysia International Guitar Festival 2013
Replies: 0
Views: 4386

Malaysia International Guitar Festival 2013

Malaysia International Guitar Festival 2013 ( MIGFEST 2013 )
From 26-29 March 2013

Hi Folks,
Anyone interested to showcase your guitars at the festival?
Please send me an email. [email protected]
Thanks and hope to have some of your presence at the show.
Jeff
by JJ model
Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:24 am
Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
Topic: fruity wood
Replies: 13
Views: 15729

Re: fruity wood

Thanks Folks, I thought I'm the only outlaw in the luthiery world working on these unlawful wood..... :oops:
I definately welcome anyone who can lent a hand to chop up these beauties into blocks where I can fit it into my microwave.
Cheers!