News and Updates:
Stevens and AXL steels and extension nuts back in stock!
Good news! The local agent for the AXL and Stevens steels and extension nuts informed me today that he has received his stocks much sooner than expected, so I've just picked up some of each. We're back in the game!
Rocky Mountain Slides
The Rocky Mountain Slides exercise was educational, and the first order sold well enough to make placing a second order worthwhile. I'll be ordering more of the Rock-It and Poncha Bullet bars as well as the Swamp Frog medicine bottle slides as soon as funds become available. I still have a few slides listed on eBay at discounted prices, so if you're interested please see those listings here.
Mahogany
My timber supplier increased their minimum invoice value earlier in the year, so I had to save up my pennies to meet their requirements. For those of you who've been patiently waiting for instruments your necks and bodies are probably coming from the mahogany in the photo! And yes, I'm still months behind with orders.
Website
I'm planning to rationalise my website. Part of the challenge of offering custom instruments is the time spent discussing specifications and negotiating prices, often for no return at all, but even if the order is forthcoming it's followed by the dread of actually building the thing! Successful makers like Steve Ryder, Kevin Schwabb, Jonathan Mann, Joel Eckhaus and even Risa Music offer a standard range of  instruments and upgrades at realistic prices. I still won't be asking as much as they do, but if I'm going to keep playing this often fun but sometimes frustrating game I have to work smarter.
"Build Your Own Stomper" eBooks
For some time now I've been making my Stompers. I've spent some time taking photos and documenting the processes involved with making these fun little beasts, and I'm planning to have a "Build Your Own Stomper" eBook ready soon. I hope to follow this up with eBooks on building lap steel instruments, electric mandos, ukes and tenor guitars.
Rob - 03 September 2008

My name is Rob Dick, and I’m Jupiter Creek music. I’m a small volume home based maker of solidbody electric mandolin and ukulele family instruments, tenor guitars, lap steel guitars, octave guitars, bouzoukis, six string guitars, the dulcimer derived "Strummer From Downunder", and the "Stomper" electric percussion effect. My aim is to build good sounding affordable instruments and effects. I also keep stocks of slides, tonebars, extension nuts and some spare parts, all available in my Online Store.

If can't forgive the odd sanding mark or scratch, or the lustre of a hand sprayed finish, then please don't buy a hand-made Jupiter Creek Music instrument. These minor blemishes and imperfections are your guarantee that this instrument was built in my home workshop in suburban South Australia. Choosing an instrument by Jupiter Creek Music gives you something different. A unique instrument made with care by one person for another, giving satisfaction to the maker and pride of exclusive ownership to the player. 

All instruments by Jupiter Creek Music are hand-made from Australasian timbers such as Jarrah, Tasmanian blackwood, Australian oak, Fijian mahogany, Hoop pine, Queensland maple, Queensland silver ash, Ironwood, Queensland blackwood, Brigalow and Sheoak, complemented by hardware, strings, frets and pickups from makers such as Gotoh, Wilkinson, Martin/Darco, Jim Dunlop, Stewmac, EMG, WSC, and GFS.

NEW! Buy slides, bars and extension nuts from my Online Store!

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Page last updated 03 September 2008.