Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

At long last I have managed to complete this years three guitars. The three sisters proved to be more trouble than I imagined, that' sisters for yah! The details of the guitars are in the conversation string. I have attached sound profiles using REW software and UMK-1 mike. Any thoughts on these fil...

Thanks Mark for you input. I have elected to leave both the X brace angle an the length of the bridge the same. The drawing had what might be considered an oversized bridge plate and I modified it such that the leading edge of the bridge will be just behind the plate edge about 1mm. and the back edg...

Thanks for the responses, I have calculated 145 lbs for the short scale string tension and the bridge and bridge plate (wenge) weigh 21.5 and 6.5 grams respectively. The wing ends are 2mm thick and in this case extended by 4.7mm each end compared to Martin bridge. I could save a few grams by changin...

Hi, this is my first post to the Forum. Last year I built three engleman spruce/black walnut OM's. Builds 3,4&5. I will note that they are loud compared to Yamaha I own with more sustain and base. They were gifted and all are pleased. This year another three builds only WRC/Mahogany OM's using the s...