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Head Cleaning

I read Mr. Ford's article on cleaning banjo heads, and I just wanted to point out that you can also use Mr. Clean Magic Erasers (or Melamin…

Started by Vega

0 Jan 19, 2009

Ancient Martin repair question (sorry, improperly posted 1st time round)

Hi Frank - I read with great interest your article on the restoration of your 1887 Martin parlor guitar. I recently inherited a very simila…

Started by Andrew Black

3 Jan 18, 2009
Reply by Andrew Black

plans

Hi Just Joined today I build steel string acoustics Can anyone help me find plans in the UK for a baratone Ukulele. My next guitar will be…

Started by john porter

5 Jan 18, 2009
Reply by john porter

Homemade Heating Blanket For $1

Hi all, I just wanted to share this idea for new broke repair-people like myself. I've made a lot of investments in specialized tools from…

Started by hobocaster

8 Jan 18, 2009
Reply by Ron Frazier

glueing spruce to carbon fibre - which glue?

Hey everyone, I'm about to repair a carbon fibre Martin for the shop. I have a new back for it and the old braces are off and cleaned up..…

Started by steve curtis

4 Jan 18, 2009
Reply by Ron Frazier

Peavey EXP with an intonation mystery...

(first of all, did everybody leave town this week?! This board hasn't been this quiet since the minute it started....) But I digress On th…

Started by Mike Kolb

9 Jan 18, 2009
Reply by Ron Frazier

How can I easily fix a slightly overset neck?

Hello! I could not find any other discussions on this topic, so here is my first post: A while ago, I did a neck reset on one of my own gu…

Started by peter

10 Jan 18, 2009
Reply by Ron Frazier

Brass frets?

I'm doing a neck reset and partial refret on a fine old Kay archtop. I couldn't talk the owner into a full refret, nor (hence) could I talk…

Started by Mike Kolb

11 Jan 17, 2009
Reply by Ron Frazier

Stella Harmony

Just became the proud owner of a 60's something Stella by Harmony. Needed a project to develop some skills with some of the more advanced r…

Started by Brian Farrell

6 Jan 17, 2009
Reply by Ron Frazier

Thickness Sanding Warped

I have a walnut bookmatched back that I need to thickness sand/plane. I don't have a drum sander, usually use the Wagner Safe-T-Planer. The…

Started by sgodbe

9 Jan 17, 2009
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