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Any hope for this one?

This one is "fresh from the barn" where it has been for awhile. The owner wants to know if it can be repaired- I give him the "anything can…

Started by Hector Trevino

6 Oct 24, 2009
Reply by Matt Haugen

Luthier Jokes?

I was going to post this one on the Delcamp Forum, but you guys are alot more fun. Anybody got one? or two? Bob

Started by Bob Webster

37 Oct 23, 2009
Reply by Donald A. Fortune

cheap brace jack

I have a really cheap-o Franciscan acoustic I'm working on. My son's buddy was moving and threw it in the trash. My son rescued it and brou…

Started by Bob Gaddis

2 Oct 22, 2009
Reply by Bob Gaddis

herringbone purfling

Does anyone know where I can get the correct size herringbone purfling for a1946 Martin D-28? I am in the process of restoring one now and…

Started by Jack Dillen

5 Oct 22, 2009
Reply by Jack Dillen

Special caution when cleaning tuning machines with ivory knobs?

Hi I recently bought a ca. 100-year old instrument (in very bad shape) with ivory knobs on it's tuners. I would be glad if somebody here…

Started by Markus Schmid

2 Oct 22, 2009
Reply by Markus Schmid

Has anyone here ever made an electric cello?

Am considering butchering an old acoustic cello and glueing a maple block on for a body, and adding some electronics, ala Leo. The Steinbe…

Started by Rick Gentry

5 Oct 22, 2009
Reply by Rick Gentry

OM 18p conversion

I got a 1931 OM-18p from Lundberg many years ago - (around 1973) that was converted to 6 string with a D-18 neck. I loved it. Unfortunately…

Started by bruno coon

1 Oct 21, 2009
Reply by Eric Steven Johansen

Hello, and a question about lacquering a maple neck

Hello all. I've been lurking here for a while, but never signed up. You guys really are a well of information. I have a question regarding…

Started by Stuart Morrow

4 Oct 20, 2009
Reply by Stuart Morrow

Classical guitar neck angle geometry

I have always wondered about the Hauser and Torres type designs in that they are true flat tops and have a zero neck angle. If a negative n…

Started by David Payne

2 Oct 20, 2009
Reply by Tim Mace

Borescope - Interesting Tool

Expensive, but would make it easy to look inside Archtops and Mandolins: (Having a hard time posting a direct link - It is at GarrettWade.…

Started by Tom Krebs

4 Oct 19, 2009
Reply by Tom Krebs

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