adriaan(ZA) Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 where can i download an ebook of melvyn hiscock? im from south africa and i cant order it.im tired of looking and finding nuthing. please help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Melvyn nor his publishers have made this available as an ebook but you can dowload THIS as an ebook which most people rate as highly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted October 27, 2007 Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 Hi Adriaan I too am from South Africa (Cape Town) where are you living? You can order the book from Amazon. I received Benedettos Archtop book a while back with out any problem. If you are in the Cape area Tokai library has a copy of Melvyn's book. He's also a VIP member of this forum. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adriaan(ZA) Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 im from jhb.24 and tryin 2 build my own guitar.and as u know Keith there isnt much resources in this country.what guitars have you build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 I'm not sure about JHB but Cape Town has plenty of resources! Rare Woods sells tone woods (Spruce tops and Indian Rose Wood backs and sides for acoustics) Hardware can be bought from any number of music stores as well as Terry's Importers. TOMS in JHB had a lot of spares as well last time I contacted them. Anything rare, not available locally,can be ordered from Stewart-Mcdonald via mail order. Power Tool Centre has tools, and books. Books can also be very easily ordered from Amazon.com. Marc Maingard rated in the top ten of luthiers worldwide operates locally out of Scarborough! Mervyn Davis, also a world class luthier operates, I think, out of Broederstroom, but definitely somewhere around Gauteng, so resources must be available. I have been building guitars on and off for over 30 years. I have built several electrics for myself and friends, some Bass Guitars, and a few acoustics. I have also been involved with Afri-Can Guitars which use Oil Cans for the bodies. Peter Buck of REM bought one when they were in SA. I have also done quite a few repairs on instruments, the last being a modification to the neck mounting of a 12 string Hofner for the Bass player for Kobus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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