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Martin Pickguard Crack

I've recently acquired a near show room clean, including hang tags, D-18 vintage 1973.  However, it had the requisite pickguard crack.  Usi…

Started by onewent in Luthier Talk

12 Mar 25, 2010
Reply by onewent

1937 D-28 Repair Blog

A couple of weeks ago, I started a new repair article for FRETS.COM - It's a sort of "blog" style account of a project - neck resetting, ne…

Started by Frank Ford in Luthier Talk

7 Mar 24, 2010
Reply by Tom Krebs

Slide guitar

HelloI had a old Kay acoustic come in my shop and the guy would like it setup to play bottle neck and chords. The neck radius is flat. I ha…

Started by Michael P. Lemieux in Luthier Talk

4 Mar 23, 2010
Reply by Tim Mace

Keeping the stain off of the binding?

Hi. Can anyone tell me how to keep from changing the color of my binding during the staining process?Should I tape off the back, sides and…

Started by Tim Warn in Luthier Talk

5 Mar 23, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

Nick Lucas L-00

In the thread about recycling timber for instruments I mentioned using the packing case from a new dishwasher (German spruce) for bracing i…

Started by Mark McLean in Luthier Talk

19 Mar 22, 2010
Reply by Harry Spring

Anbody used this?

Has anybody any experience with Titebond Polyurethane glue? I have just ordered some to tryout, as it's much cheaper than Gorilla glue here…

Started by Grahame Myers in Luthier Talk

6 Mar 22, 2010
Reply by Russell Vance

structural integrity of the heel block

howdy there. i have an old hagstrom twelve string that is almost useless, save open tuning with six strings and a slide. the top is cracked…

Started by andy savina in Luthier Talk

5 Mar 22, 2010
Reply by Frank Ford

Too simple a wiring question for this forum...

...so before I start, I'll send a big thanks to everyone  the forum - I'm a big fan of the Frets website (thanks Frank!) so I thought I'd a…

Started by c. winn in Luthier Talk

14 Mar 21, 2010
Reply by Rob Mercure

Innovative Design and finest quality from China :-)

I don't know whether to laugh or cry after seeing this today: the music shop that I do jobs for asked me to look this guitar over and "tidy…

Started by Grahame Myers in Luthier Talk

17 Mar 21, 2010
Reply by Rob Mercure

wood dust issues

i build a guitar once in a while i read somewhere that wood dust is a major health hazard is it true will it be bad if occasionally i do sa…

Started by Happy Builder in Luthier Talk

10 Mar 21, 2010
Reply by Happy Builder

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