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"It happens occasionally, and a loose heel is the current test for whether a reset wo…"

Frank Ford replied Sep 4 to Martin dovetail neck joints coming loose?

 4 Sep 4
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"Got the report, dumped her this morning (I think)"

Frank Ford replied Aug 31 to NEW MEMBERSHIP DENIED?

 25 Aug 31
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"I generally advise not to "clean up" the old gluing surface, because I've found that…"

Frank Ford replied Apr 20 to Re-glue Celluloid fingerboard

 3 Apr 23
Reply by onewent

"It's possible that the necks are butt-glued and mortised into the neck block without…"

Frank Ford replied Mar 4 to The Most Difficult Neck Reset .. need ideas

 18 Mar 18
Reply by onewent

" Unlike Martin guitars, the finish on those old Gibsons is notoriously thick and bri…"

Frank Ford replied Feb 13 to Gibson neck heel damage

 3 Feb 13
Reply by Greg Mirken

"Sorry about that  - another one slipped through yesterday.   I don't hesitate to dro…"

Frank Ford replied Feb 4 to NEW MEMBERSHIP DENIED?

 25 Aug 31
Reply by Frank Ford

"Thanks  -  I heard about that today and dumped that "member!""

Frank Ford replied Feb 4 to NEW MEMBERSHIP DENIED?

 25 Aug 31
Reply by Frank Ford

"Spurts, yes. I got the same advice from a luthier who had done a lot of binding rep…"

Frank Ford replied Jan 19 to Rotted binding on a Gretsch 6122

 13 Jun 12
Reply by Dave Richard

"Some of the early frets had a kind of "knurling" or a series of machine-produced den…"

Frank Ford replied Jan 18 to Old Frets - General Question

 4 Jan 18
Reply by onewent

"I vote MAHGONY. Harmony made a lot of stuff for Sears under the Supertone label.  Th…"

Frank Ford replied Dec 26, 2020 to Curly Koa or Curly Mahogany

 15 Jul 11
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