Thanks for that, it's appreciated. My comments here are made purely with the intention of being helpful. Not often interested in the bitter humour which seems often to creep into these forums... That aspect crops up in all sorts of forums. I've seen it in a lot of Pocket PC discussion groups and other tech forums. The difference here is that it's often an older generation engaging in it, where with the tech groups one often finds it's the 14 year old boys doing the snide thing.
As for talking with Mr. Gliga... wow. I'd not thought to approach the man himself. By reputation (I've never seen his handiwork in person) he was a modern master, and from what I have seen of his higher end production instruments his influence is very strong with his stable of luthiers. Makes it all that much stranger when I see white glue in the basses which make it out this way. At a guess, I'd say perhaps the Wet Coast reputation for rain might have a role there, as perhaps outsiders expect everything to fall apart in Vancouver as it does in the tropics. Not the case at all, except in the odd cold snap when people crank up the furnace and don't bother using a humidifier. When the humidity plunges below 25% for a week, that's when my phone really starts ringing for all the opened seams and lower belly cracks. Doesn't much matter then what glue was used; wood will shrink, and crack at seams or weak parts of the grain, especially in those areas with the widest panels. The difference comes in the repair bill, where a luthier simply must charge more for having to painstakingly carve through stubborn synthetic glue, when hide glue would pop open without much fuss for access to a proper repair.
As for talking with Mr. Gliga... wow. I'd not thought to approach the man himself. By reputation (I've never seen his handiwork in person) he was a modern master, and from what I have seen of his higher end production instruments his influence is very strong with his stable of luthiers. Makes it all that much stranger when I see white glue in the basses which make it out this way. At a guess, I'd say perhaps the Wet Coast reputation for rain might have a role there, as perhaps outsiders expect everything to fall apart in Vancouver as it does in the tropics. Not the case at all, except in the odd cold snap when people crank up the furnace and don't bother using a humidifier. When the humidity plunges below 25% for a week, that's when my phone really starts ringing for all the opened seams and lower belly cracks. Doesn't much matter then what glue was used; wood will shrink, and crack at seams or weak parts of the grain, especially in those areas with the widest panels. The difference comes in the repair bill, where a luthier simply must charge more for having to painstakingly carve through stubborn synthetic glue, when hide glue would pop open without much fuss for access to a proper repair.
