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"You bet it's fine! That's a great we all learn stuff - by sharing. For those who ma…"

Frank Ford replied Nov 19, 2008 to Tips, Discoveries, and so called trade secrets

13 Dec 2, 2008
Reply by Bob Webster

"Martin bent the ivory binding for guitars. In fact, ivory can be bent to radical sha…"

Frank Ford replied Nov 7, 2008 to bending real ivory bindings

5 Nov 7, 2008
Reply by Frank Ford

"That's right, the maple reinforcement is just that, a stiffener added when the neck…"

Frank Ford replied Nov 7, 2008 to Gibson " A" Style Mandolins

5 Nov 8, 2008
Reply by Eric Carswell

"I got through to tech support at NING, and it turns out to have been a software bug…"

Frank Ford replied Oct 31, 2008 to Why pick on "glue pots"?!

8 Oct 31, 2008
Reply by Ned Knepp

"John - I'm glad to hear of another Concert Grand! Seems they must not have sold ver…"

Frank Ford replied Oct 30, 2008 to Concert Grand autoharp

1 Oct 30, 2008
Reply by Frank Ford

"I agree with Jim about the glue, too. As to oxidation, it's my experience that it's…"

Frank Ford replied Oct 25, 2008 to More hide glue stuff

7 Oct 27, 2008
Reply by Christian Johnson

"It's a dovetail. more or less under the 15th fret. Glue - I dunno, maybe hide."

Frank Ford replied Oct 20, 2008 to Gibson LGO neck joint

2 Oct 28, 2008
Reply by Matt Hayden

"Marty - Hey, welcome to the forum! I think the guy to talk to is David LaPlante - h…"

Frank Ford replied Oct 18, 2008 to 3 piece neck reset

5 Oct 19, 2008
Reply by Jim Bancroft

"Neck relief is a personal thing, too. Some players need a lot of relief, and others…"

Frank Ford replied Oct 17, 2008 to Fretboart curvature

4 Oct 20, 2008
Reply by danove

"HIde glue is fairly stout stuff, and it can take a fair bit of abuse. According to t…"

Frank Ford replied Oct 17, 2008 to Hide Glue Temperature

16 Oct 24, 2008
Reply by David Houchens

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