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overwound pickups

does overwinding a pickup make the magnet stronger,and should they be adjusted farther away from the strings, than a normal stock pickup? t…

Started by Mark Dobbins in Luthier Talk

2 Jun 12, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

Finish lifted

  I recently removed the bridge from a guitar I had made to correct a problem and a patch of finish lifted when I removed the bridge. It's…

Started by Jack Lord in Luthier Talk

6 Jun 11, 2010
Reply by Jack Lord

Can this be fixed?

Hello folks,(just a reminder, I'm in the process of learning the trade mostly on my own with kind friends lending me some pretty torn up st…

Started by John Cartwright in Luthier Talk

12 Jun 10, 2010
Reply by John Cartwright

Spray finishing

I saw a video a lil while ago and it had to do with doing a sunburst finish on a solid body guitar.here's what I saw :  The guitar was spra…

Started by Donald A. Fortune in Luthier Talk

5 Jun 9, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

Intonation 2007 Howard Roberts Fusion 3

Reasonably good guitar, frets o.k.@ the 12th then becomes flat towards the nut and sharp from 12 fret towards the bridge.Is this a common p…

Started by James McCarney in Luthier Talk

5 Jun 9, 2010
Reply by Tim Mace

Question regarding Neck Resetting

Hey all, as a new member to the forum I'd like to say I'm pretty excited to have found Frank's websites; I do have a quick problem, mainly…

Started by Jon Bruns in Luthier Talk

1 Jun 8, 2010
Reply by Greg Mirken

1st and 2nd annoying shrill ring on my acoustic

I recently posted a question regarding open 3-6 string vibe on my 000-28ecb and was able to get satisfactory results by working with the se…

Started by Peter Vilardi in Luthier Talk

2 Jun 8, 2010
Reply by Tim Mace

Replacing kerfed Lining on a Guitar

Hi all. I need to put some small sections of kerfed lining on a project and was wondering what methods you all have used to do this sort of…

Started by Matt Haugen in Luthier Talk

3 Jun 7, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

Zaya-Ruzo Strings is back in business

These high quality copper-wound nylon strings are available in 5 meter coils and 25 yard spools. I am the exclusive retailer of these amazi…

Started by Steven Sorli in Luthier Talk

0 Jun 6, 2010

The 50-50 Rule

After waiting a long time was able to get my hands on a PB elephant ivory blank nut and saddle to match the 16inch radius on my fret board…

Started by Rob in Luthier Talk

4 Jun 5, 2010
Reply by Rob

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