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easiest wood to bend

which is the easiest tonewood to bend will it make any difference if the side wood is same as back or diferent than the bak wood  

Started by Happy Builder in Luthier Talk

0 Mar 29, 2010

bracing width

i am making a guitar as per a plan according to the plan where i need 16 mm bracing i have only 15 mm where it says 10 mm i have 8 mm will…

Started by Happy Builder in Luthier Talk

0 Mar 29, 2010

RG560 Ebanez Elc. Guitar Sticker

Hi my friends I am in trouble I just refinished the neck of a RG560 Ebanez for a coustomer and a piece of the masking has taken some of the…

Started by William F.Eden in Luthier Talk

5 Mar 28, 2010
Reply by William F.Eden

kerf continous or fully cut

i would like to use cut kerfs i mean seperate pieces of tringular woods not connected to each other at all will it make any difference and…

Started by Happy Builder in Luthier Talk

10 Mar 28, 2010
Reply by Happy Builder

Cello bass bar repair.

Howdy.  Let's say that a fella found a cello with a missing bass bar. Let's say also that said bass bar was actually cut in two pieces, may…

Started by Rick Gentry in Luthier Talk

12 Mar 27, 2010
Reply by Frank Ford

Top repair after bridge removal

I am restoring an old Harmony mahogany body flat top.  The bridge had already been removed and some top wood apparently came off with the b…

Started by Robert Bander in Luthier Talk

12 Mar 26, 2010
Reply by Mark Dobbins

Do players need help with music?

When you talk to players do you find they need help with music or different keys at all? Or are they all fully trained in every key.Is ther…

Started by John Cadd in Luthier Talk

46 Mar 26, 2010
Reply by Robert Bander

Soft lacquer?

I recently finished a couple of guitars with some old mcfadden's lacquer that was given to me.  As I understood it, old lacquer is fine to…

Started by Ry Charters in Luthier Talk

6 Mar 25, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

Martin Pickguard Crack

I've recently acquired a near show room clean, including hang tags, D-18 vintage 1973.  However, it had the requisite pickguard crack.  Usi…

Started by onewent in Luthier Talk

12 Mar 25, 2010
Reply by onewent

1937 D-28 Repair Blog

A couple of weeks ago, I started a new repair article for FRETS.COM - It's a sort of "blog" style account of a project - neck resetting, ne…

Started by Frank Ford in Luthier Talk

7 Mar 24, 2010
Reply by Tom Krebs

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