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"Izzat guitar from the 1920s?  Hard to tell from this photo, but it looks like a vint…"

Frank Ford replied Mar 7, 2014 to Folkway's Mark Stutman has found a super unusual 00028 Martin...

 19 Mar 13, 2014
Reply by Ned Knepp

"Thanks for adding "retracing" to the title. I agree - while it may be more work to…"

Frank Ford replied Mar 4, 2014 to Rebracing a ladder braced guitar: X bracing THROUGH the Soundhole?

 7 Mar 4, 2014
Reply by Frank Ford

"And, what exactly IS the question?  If it's "scalloping braces working through the s…"

Frank Ford replied Mar 4, 2014 to Rebracing a ladder braced guitar: X bracing THROUGH the Soundhole?

 7 Mar 4, 2014
Reply by Frank Ford

"Get a semi-hard cotton buff, and some stainless steel compound - it'll buzz off gold…"

Frank Ford replied Mar 4, 2014 to What chemical to strip gold plating?

 3 Mar 4, 2014
Reply by Kerry Krishna

"Offhand, I figure if a cheap or modest semi-dead instrument is left for more than a…"

Frank Ford replied Mar 2, 2014 to Abandoned Instruments...when are they mine?

 8 Mar 18, 2014
Reply by Philip J. Hoffmann

"An old topic, indeed, but always interesting.  As with any technique, it's more the…"

Frank Ford replied Mar 1, 2014 to Thinking of trying leveling beams

 54 Mar 27, 2014
Reply by eliya

"NO - this is the kind of guitar we consign to the dumpster at the rate of one or two…"

Frank Ford replied Feb 28, 2014 to old acoustic, worth fixing??

 13 Mar 13, 2014
Reply by Arthur Sweeney

"If it's that one with the big block under the end of the fingerboard it could well b…"

Frank Ford replied Feb 19, 2014 to Gibson J55 Neck Reset

 16 Apr 30, 2014
Reply by Dan Elliott

"Precisely - that's why I use the spline despite its obvious cosmetic downside. "

Frank Ford replied Feb 14, 2014 to Mandolin peghead scroll break

 15 Feb 16, 2014
Reply by J R Emmett

"When you pull strings through holes like  that,  you may find that the hole gets a b…"

Frank Ford replied Feb 13, 2014 to Substitute For Teeter Tuner Clamps

 17 Feb 13, 2014
Reply by George Roberts

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