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Noyce Guitars
Ian Noyce
P.O. BOX 99
Mount Clear
Ballarat, Victoria
Australia, 3350
+61 3 5330 2244
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G'Day and welcome to my web site
At Noyce Guitars, we build most types of guitar and repair
guitars and other musical instruments.
"I have spent over 35 years designing and developing
a range of electric and acoustic guitars, basses, mandolins
and other hand crafted products. This web site contains
information about the products and services available through
Noyce Guitars as well as useful technical information I've
compiled and published over the years."
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"I hope you find my website of interest."
- Ian Noyce
Luthier
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The Noyce Product Range
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Having recently become a Grandfather,
I finally got around to building myself a Tenor Ukulele.
With lots of good advice from my friends Scott Wise, luthier and musician, and Skip Sail, musician and collector, it turned out beautifully!
It's built with Blackwood body and neck, Indian Rosewood bridge and fingerboard, using hide glue and finished with shellac french polish.
It's ideal for playing whilst watching TV and traveling in the car as a passenger!
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And...
I really wanted a Rocking Horse as youngster so just had to make one for my newly arrived Grandson!
The horse is built out of ex 6" x 2" Poplar with a Huon Pine stand and Rock Maple teeth.
The saddle, bridle and reins were very kindly made by my mate, multi-instrumentalist and multi- talented, Jez Fogaty. |
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Noyce Product Range
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Examine the full range of Noyce Instruments including:
- Acoustics
- Electrics
- Basses
- Mandolins
as well as the many other products
we manufacture.
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Introducing... "The Deco"
It's not very often that we add a new model to our electric solid-body range. |
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In 2007 a good mate of mine, Don Newman, approached me with the idea of recreating the retro style of the classic Italian "Eko" solid body that was popular during the '60s.
This instrument was built as a custom order with Don enthusiastically contributing to the guitar's overall design, finish, and choice of hardware as well as some hands-on work building the guitar. |
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 Neck Breakage
Restoring a neck broken at the 5th fret |
Featured Repair Job
In our Repairs section we've included a special section, the Luthier's
Work Bench, featuring detailed pictorial descriptions
of interesting repair jobs that we have undertaken.
On these pages we show exactly how we've approached instrument repairs
with lots of colour glossies outlining the steps
taken to complete the job. |
Technotes
Find technical data about guitar making for the student or
interested party. There are a range of articles written by Ian
Noyce for various magazines and publishers including Choosing
a Guitar and basic Guitar
Maintenance.
You can also find out about our Manufacturing
Processes with detailed examples of instrument
construction using our in-house designed NC
Machine. |
NC carving Dolphin body blanks |
A view of Noycelands at twighlight |
Noycelands
I live on a 5 Ha (13 Acre) bush property on the outskirts
of Ballarat, Victoria about 100 Km from Melbourne. Many
years ago a friend with a sense of humor dubbed it "Noycelands"
and it kind-of stuck. This area contains a collection
of stories about Ian
Noyce and the evolution of Noyce Guitars.
Check out the Gallery containing pictures of the many people - muso's and
others - that we've come to know over the years. |
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