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Removing rust from a guitar pickup ?

How can you remove rust from the poles on a humbucker pickup ? I bought a Stratocaster from a guy that lived next to a river. He claimed th…

Started by Alan in Luthier Talk

1 Feb 14, 2018
Reply by Joshua Levin-Epstein

A hairline crack? (pics)

There's a hairline looking crack on my sound top. I am not sure whether it is a crack or not, I hope you could tell me that. I'm currently…

Started by Arash in Luthier Talk

24 Feb 8, 2018
Reply by Mike Kolb

Split Saddle Adjustment Q

Good Morning- I have an Avalon guitar with a split saddle.  I'm installing a new set of saddles and need to adjust just the wound string sa…

Started by Gordon in Luthier Talk

5 Feb 7, 2018
Reply by Andrew

Drilling the Truss Rod Access Hole Through the Upper Bout Cross Brace

This shows the jig used to drill the hole through the upper bout cross brace to allow truss rod nut accessibility on a just installed trus…

Started by Dave Hanna in Luthier Talk

4 Feb 6, 2018
Reply by Dave Hanna

Wide Levelling Beams

Hi, does anyone here use levelling beams that cover the width of the the fretboard for fret work? Any pros and cons? Cheers.

Started by Mark in Luthier Talk

23 Feb 4, 2018
Reply by Ron Frazier

Lyon & Healey Guitar Bridge Issues

Found this guitar at an estate sale last week.  The bridge was pulled off, but held in place by the strings and bridge pins.  It looks as t…

Started by George Roberts in Luthier Talk

11 Feb 4, 2018
Reply by George Roberts

Remove A Maple Fingerboard

Hi All, My customers bring the greatest stuff... I have in a Shawn May 5-string bass made of many laminates of lovely woods. Issue: The c…

Started by Dave Domizi in Luthier Talk

5 Feb 3, 2018
Reply by Russell Vance

aliexpress??

I found the site aliexpress and it has some pretty cheap luthier tools on there.  I checked on the review sites and they are mostly negativ…

Started by Jim Figurski in Luthier Talk

4 Jan 30, 2018
Reply by Palle Clausen

Bowlback mando tuners...

My better half recently started learning the mandolin and she has a decent import F-model to use, but I thought I'd restore an old bowlback…

Started by Mike Kolb in Luthier Talk

9 Jan 28, 2018
Reply by Ned Knepp

Reset Involving Non-adjustsble Truss Rod

Hello again All. Been a while. Its nice to see that Frank is still here posting, among others of course. I currently have on my bench an o…

Started by Andrew in Luthier Talk

7 Jan 27, 2018
Reply by Andrew

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