Hello from Melbourne

[Jef Long]

Hi there my Name is Jef Long, Im in the outer East of Melbourne. Ive lurked on your forum for quite a while and wow theres some awesome talent about. I think I dont really fit in with you guys because I do weird things, not really guitars, I already got a bunch of nice fenders and gibsons and stuff, plus I dont spend much on my builds at all, I use recycled lumber and logs I find in the bush and the cheapest hardware i can get. anyhow heres a recent one to give you some idea, and thanks so much all you guys who put up such outstanding pics, youre real inspirers











i think the neck is some kinda walnut and my neigbour told me the body is boxwood. the back on it is cedar wall panelling from someones kitchen. the knobs and output jack thing are turned from a fallen eucalypt stick, and the dots and inlayed mr twig are from sticks and twigs.
the pickups are wound around the magnets from a dead hardrive and shielded in a chopped up cookie tin.
bone from my sisters dog, cheers jasper

[Ball Peen]

Hi Jef, I really like your guitar ! What tuning? I love a bit of folk art, could you post some of your others? Sound?

[Jef Long]

well thanks Mr Peen.
yeah folk art is a good description, tho they certainly play in tune and sound and feel good. I do as much of it myself as I can and love to salvage materials from hard rubbish day and stuff

salad bowl banjo.. goat hide head painted with ink and woodstains


little cookie tin strummer thing



some carved heads



















hmm well theres plenty more but thats probly enuff of your bandwidth on my old junk
theres some you tubes too i'll get some embed codes soon
all the best, cheers

[tea lady]

Love it! Hope the dog doesn't try and get its bone back while you are out!

[Jef Long]

Hey tea lady the dog lives in belgrave too. Im in narre, we nearly neighbours. I don't take his bones til he's quite finished with em. Mr peen thank you sir I made you a reply with more pix I thinks it's waiting on approval. It in open d, dadf#.

[_fly_]

I like very much. You'll have to let some of us come and have a look a real look.


There is a shop to the left of chemist warehouse in dandy that has some guitar bits for sale. closing 25th March. Mostly nuts and tuning keys. Think I paid 50c for the tuning keys and 20c for the nuts (electric and acoustic ones.

Maybe I'll show you native american flute and you can show me guitars.

[tea lady]

Hey tea lady the dog lives in belgrave too. Im in narre, we nearly neighbours. I don't take his bones til he's quite finished with em.

I have dabbled in weird instruments myself. Did a totally wood turned "tincan" banjo! Sounded quite good to. Not quite assembled at the moment though!

[Jef Long]

Hi mr fly. Wow ok better get my butt into dandenong. I love a bargain. Get most of my straps at savers there btw, dandenong ladies discard the tackiest belts, perfect to bonJovify any lame attempt at a guitar. Cheers man and yep stop by sometime I'm right under that stupid big white arch in the highway. Bring me a flute for a swapsy? I love those.

Ms tea wow that's beautiful just my thing. Did you fabricate that tailpiece? Te top is awesome

[tea lady]

Ms tea wow that's beautiful just my thing. Did you fabricate that tailpiece? Te top is awesome

Tail piece was made out of a bit of red gum fire wood. Everything else turned. Top is laminated Northern silky oak!

[_fly_]

That shop has straps as well, they are down the back on the right wall, pegs and nuts are in the plastic box under it. They had packets of strings as well a few months back but didn't see and this time. I will come at some point for a visit as soon as I work out what the white arch is at narre.

Peter

[Jef Long]

Just past the Hallam on the highway at the bottom of the hill before Westfield mate.

[Jef Long]

Hey Peter I wouldn't go back for tuners mate I bought the whole lot for $40. Sorry.. Guess you will hafta visit if u need more. Thanks for the heads up