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I get mine from Hong Kong - I also have an interest in model aircraft, so I purchase other stuff too. But it is very cheap, I always buy the cheapest, especially if you get a few bottles at a time, the freight is not bad. Who knows, you might even be inspired to get into models as well! www.hobbykin...

I have used jarrah for making pickup mounting rings

Very nice pickup John, I always have my eyes open on local kerb decorating days. Found some good stuff over the years the most recent being some 5/8 birch ply salvaged from an old BW TV. It was a top of the wuzza Chrysler from the 60's so no surprise that the ply had a nice mahogany veneer each sid...

ash wrote:I love the look of the Homebush top.

Thanks, Ash.
The idea was to portray a pile of rubble, which much of the building was after Sept.

Welcome to the forum Bruce hopefully the transition from lurker to poster hasn't been to scary for you :wink: Are you based in Chch? I'd love to come see these beauts 'in the flesh' sometime before the auction and generally have a chat about all things geetars :D Nice to include a piece of Gage's k...

I said I would post some photos of the seven 7.1's I made for Heartstrings, so here goes. Not been overly computer savvy means I may make a mistake or two so please bear with me. I'd rather be in the "shed" anyway!!! The project started about a week after the September earthquake. Getting the timber...

I confess! I am the culprit who made these guitars. I have been a member of this forum for some time and enjoy reading comments of others, without anything much of my own to say. However, maybe I can provide some enlightenment re these guitars. There are seven in all, series named 7.1 after the Sept...