Thread: About to start first acoustic !

Hi Nick! Good luck with it! I can't tell you much about The Qld walnut, although I've heard its hard to bend, so I'd be interested to hear how it goes!
jack

Welcome to the forum Nick,

Your choice of timbers....like Jack Ive got a concern about the walnut and its ease of bending. Are you going to be using a bending jig or the old fashioned pipe bender?

Cheers Martin (from a bit further up the hill)

Hey RG (man) A man of many guises !!

Looking forward to your acoustic build thread. If it's as good as your electric build projects on P.G. , it'll be great !!
I'm looking forward to one day doing the jump to acoustics. Until then I'll remain green with envy !!!

cheers , Stu

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Welcome to the forum Nick,

Your choice of timbers....like Jack Ive got a concern about the walnut and its ease of bending. Are you going to be using a bending jig or the old fashioned pipe bender?

Cheers Martin (from a bit further up the hill)

I will probably go with the old fashioned/cheap way, seeing as the general consensus is that it is difficult to bend, and this being the first acoustic i think it would best for me to use IR, simply as it is easy to bend.

Stu, i have no doubt that when you do take the leap into acoustics, it will be one amazing instrument, after seeing your first build!

I should be about ready to start building after a few current projects, i wish i could start now but i have too many things to finish and not enough time!

Cheers!

Busy is good, RG !! And you certainly are that.
Are you planning an in depth build thread or a spasmodic update ?
I don't want to tighten the screws too soon, but It'd be good to see the progress documented with pics.
Heck.......I've gotta learn from someone, right?

I ordered cumpiano's book from Bruno at ALS yesterday, so I'm on the way also. Also eyeing off an ibex bending iron for bindings and the like.
And I'll post the finished first build here soon, once I pluck up the courage.

cheers, Stu

Stu,

If youre using Camipabos book heck out his website as well....hes updated some of his thinking on certain things sine the book came out (eg neck joints etc).

Originally Posted by oz tradie

Busy is good, RG !! And you certainly are that.
Are you planning an in depth build thread or a spasmodic update ?
I don't want to tighten the screws too soon, but It'd be good to see the progress documented with pics.
Heck.......I've gotta learn from someone, right?

I ordered cumpiano's book from Bruno at ALS yesterday, so I'm on the way also. Also eyeing off an ibex bending iron for bindings and the like.
And I'll post the finished first build here soon, once I pluck up the courage.

cheers, Stu

I may also order cumpiano's book, probably better than kinkead's book, i am also eyeing off that bending iron!

If i do do an in-depth build thread it will probably be at one place or the other, then eventually both when i have the time, but it seems that uses the luthier forums here are on PG aswell anyway.

Campiano covers classical and steel string building in one book while Kinkead covers only steel string. Campiano also goes into a bit more detail than Kinkead. I'd go for Campiano..

Kinkead's book is a bit slack, more of an advertisement for his company, i will buy cumpiano's book when i order next at ALS.

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Stu,

If youre using Camipabos book heck out his website as well....hes updated some of his thinking on certain things sine the book came out (eg neck joints etc).

I have heard cumpiano's using outside molds now as well for most of his builds rather than the method illustrated in the book.
I have read both books and they both offer great ideas that you can adopt into your own way of doing things.....but cumpiano/natelson's book is such a comprehensive documentation that i constantly refer to see how he tackles certain tasks ...
I think Robbie O'briens DVD on building is also wonderful.