Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thanks Frank, that was the first kind of one I suggested but he and me thought that they were all the same this one you posted looks a little different. He was worried that if he let go it would just come crashing to the ground lol I guess getting older has it's drawbacks.

I was playing uke with our club today when during the break one of our members asked about fitting a strap button to a charango. Not having heard of this intrument before I did some quick research online and saw that the thin shell of the body might not take one. Nor have I seen his, so I don't know...

http://lukethier.blogspot.com.au/2015/0 ... est-1.html

http://lukethier.blogspot.com.au/2015/0 ... nding.html


My Cartridge heater works well enough as far as temp goes

Thanks

AGMS?
Can you expand on this acronym please

Thanks

http://lospensamientosdehollow.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/por-que-pienso-que-este-luthier-te-va.html?m=1 While a guitar and Uke player, in the past I've been asked to play bass in several bands even though I hadn't a clue. There's a single stringed instrument in this lot I could have used as its all I...

Pete Seeger Banjo Bridge, And Other Stuff
https://youtu.be/7gkprOVqjwA

http://banjobridge.com/stu.htm

Recreating a Legendary Banjo Bridge
March 2010
In the 1960'ies Stu Jamieson and Allan Hjerpe designed and built an unusual banjo bridge for their friend, and legendary folk singer,

A woodworker called Savvas Papasavva often has some humorous ideas when it comes to woodworking
and this double necked guitar is no exception.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpbAV72W_JY

http://www.laguitare.com/guitare-lutherie-julien_regnier-newbird_au_salon_de_la_belle_guitare-guitares_au_beffroi_2015-8629-0.html Anyone know how the scallops in picture 5 * (from the top) are achieved? Are they solid blocks of timber or are they flat pieces bent and magically glued into position?...

http://boingboing.net/2015/03/09/why-violin-makers-adopted-the.html Why did violins slowly develop f-shaped sound-holes? Because it makes them more acoustically powerful than their ancestors, which had holes shaped liked a circle -- as a team of MIT scientists recently concluded. Back in the the 10...

Hi Quinny, I'm a lefty, getting into building slowly and the uke is now my instrument of choice. I play a tenor and own a soprano and baritone, and find the tenor to be the closest to what feels comfortable but I'm going to make my next build at 18'' rather than 17" the 19" Baritone is a little larg...

http://liutaiomottola.com/formulae/fret.htm
http://liutaiomottola.com/formulae/compensation.htm

http://www.guitarworld.com/mark-tremont ... itar-video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ISS2YkweE

Try this
http://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/
it will even calculate fanned fretting

Thanks again everyone
I found this chart of Jenka hardness for Aussie timbers
http://www.mountaintimberproducts.com.a ... ss-ratings

QUOTE If any of you have interest in such things, here's a PDF file of an electric bending iron I put together a while back. Right click on the PDF below and select Save Link As.. to download. Enjoy! http://handmademusicclubhouse.com/forum/topics/electric-bending-iron-pdf Another one here http://ww...

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If any of you have interest in such things, here's a PDF file of an electric bending iron I put together a while back. Right click on the PDF below and select Save Link As.. to download. Enjoy!

http://handmademusicclubhouse.com/forum ... g-iron-pdf

Thanks Col I'll check them out.

Hi my name is Luke (53yo) and I've played guitar on and off for years, and recently took to playing the Ukulele. I did this because of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren's_contracture in my right hand and find the smaller size of a uke much easier to play. I'm also lefty and have always had trou...