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"Nice looking old timer! At 1897, it predates the invention of the first truss rod by…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 26, 2012 to E.J.Berg 1897

 19 Oct 2, 2012
Reply by Ian Barker

"Thanks for publishing these tools!  I agree, the arch calculator is terrific.  "

Frank Ford replied Sep 16, 2012 to Online tool for luthiers, under progress

 15 Sep 28, 2012
Reply by Eros Nicolau

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Frank Ford replied Sep 14, 2012 to Gibson LG-1 Questions

 16 Sep 16, 2012
Reply by George Roberts

"They did.  Try the D-18 Authentic, for example - solid T-bar neck reinforcement (non…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 14, 2012 to glued saddles, why?

 25 Sep 18, 2012
Reply by mirco riccò

"It's a production thing.  Early Martins had drop in saddles, hand fitted with square…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 13, 2012 to glued saddles, why?

 25 Sep 18, 2012
Reply by mirco riccò

"Yep, that's the deal - it's a guitar banjo, made for playing like a guitar with guit…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 11, 2012 to 6 string banjo

 11 Sep 18, 2012
Reply by Steve Bettesworth

"Lots of folks get good results with either or both methods.  We bought the StewMac f…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 4, 2012 to Refret jobs: hammer or press???

 15 Sep 9, 2012
Reply by Michael Shaw

" I believe those pickguards are indeed made of hard rubber, and that stuff is notori…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 3, 2012 to warped Lyon Healy pickguard

 8 Dec 1, 2013
Reply by David Farmer

"Scraping is a great way to avoid and remove abrasive scratches, but if you need to g…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 2, 2012 to Removing scratches on an ebony board

 11 Sep 4, 2012
Reply by tadej bratkovic

"I faced that issue for the n-th time recently, and finally made a "tool" that does t…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 1, 2012 to Removing scratches on an ebony board

 11 Sep 4, 2012
Reply by tadej bratkovic

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