FRETS.NET

Forum Discussions (4,417)

Discussions Replies Latest Activity

tone cap question

Hi, I have on the bench an Epiphone Explorer with EMG active humbuckers and what looks like the standard EMG control harness. It all seems…

Started by David Reilly in Luthier Talk

11 Oct 20, 2011
Reply by David Reilly

tail piece buckled 12 string top

A friend of mine gave me this espana 12 string. I am by no means a Luthier. I do own a furniture restoration shop so I know my way around a…

Started by John Anderson in Luthier Talk

11 Oct 19, 2011
Reply by Ned Knepp

Circa 1980's Yamaha neck re-set

I have an FG-512 slot head 12str. that I'm going to take to someone here in Alberta for a neck re-set and I wonder if I could please get so…

Started by keith angus in Luthier Talk

9 Oct 19, 2011
Reply by Ian Barker

Power fret slotting jig I built...

  With my Kay Kraft Guitar obsession in full swing, I needed to  start being able to build fretboards from scratch... Here is the Facebook…

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

14 Oct 19, 2011
Reply by FRANK

"Planning" for my first guitar build

After researching the heck out of doing my first guitar build, I'm STRONGLY thinking that I'd be doing myself a disservice by buying a kit.…

Started by Tom Mitchell in Luthier Talk

6 Oct 19, 2011
Reply by Mike Kolb

Need technical advice: building electrical frame-saw (3 blades)

Hello to you all!I’m in the process of making a “frame-saw”, a frame holding multiple saw-blades (3). I have managed to make a “hand oppera…

Started by Bart van Weperen in Metalworking, Machining, Tool & Fixture Making for Luthiers

10 Oct 18, 2011
Reply by Bart van Weperen

Arch top guitar to pin bridge conversion......

 Has anyone here actually done this work? Out of the 14  Kay Kraft two points that I have right now, I have 2  that are both written off ca…

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

12 Oct 17, 2011
Reply by Ned Knepp

Finishing question...

Other than doing spot-repair & touch-ups on structural work, I'm really not experienced with complete instrument refinishing.  As a per…

Started by Mike Kolb in Luthier Talk

7 Oct 17, 2011
Reply by William F.Eden

Help with Failed Attempt to Repair Top Cracks

I had a guitar I built come back with a couple of top cracks that the owner said occurred when the bridge came loose, although looking at t…

Started by Philip Secrist in Luthier Talk

18 Oct 16, 2011
Reply by Ned Knepp

Convert floating bridge to pin bridge

I have a 50's birch silvertone that i'd like to convert from a floating bridge to a pin bridge. The reason I want to convert it is because…

Started by John McDonald in Luthier Talk

12 Oct 16, 2011
Reply by Magnus Hultin

RSS

© 2025   Created by Frank Ford.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service