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Borescope - Interesting Tool

Expensive, but would make it easy to look inside Archtops and Mandolins: (Having a hard time posting a direct link - It is at GarrettWade.…

Started by Tom Krebs in Luthier Talk

4 Oct 19, 2009
Reply by Tom Krebs

Where to aquire antique rectangular frets?

I restored a 1925 Martin 0-18K. Everything was saved as original and fully restored right down to the French polish, even after being left…

Started by David Payne in Luthier Talk

9 Oct 17, 2009
Reply by Eric Steven Johansen

Do I neck reset a guitar that has been reset in the past?

Hi all I have a golden rule that I don't reset necks on guitars that have already had neck resets. The reason is that if they used the wro…

Started by Jim Fleeting in Luthier Talk

12 Oct 17, 2009
Reply by Chris Sisson

E-335 re-finish.

Help! I've been given a Heritage E-335 Cherry Red with a badly marked back. It's down to the wood, so the only option has been to strip the…

Started by Dave Yelverton in Luthier Talk

18 Oct 16, 2009
Reply by Russell Vance

neck/body joint type ?

Would like to reset the neck on a Gretsch 6118 anniversary model for a customer. I'm not sure what kind of joint gretsch used . There is a…

Started by Dale A. Bender in Luthier Talk

3 Oct 15, 2009
Reply by Jim Fleeting

neck reset on 60's Harmony flatop

Hi gents, I'm a French beginner amateur luthier and need to reset the neck of a H165 (all mahogany). My problem is that when I drilled the…

Started by Jeff Berdollt in Luthier Talk

11 Oct 14, 2009
Reply by Jeff Berdollt

Harmony Sovereign needs help ASAP

Hello everyone! Here is another Sovereign post for ya. My cousin, for whom I pay bass, had a string break and he was unable to get the guit…

Started by John Cartwright in Luthier Talk

8 Oct 14, 2009
Reply by Ned Knepp

bridge saddle placement with zero fret

When positioning a new bridge on a retopped yamaki guitar with a zero fret do I measure from the nut or the zero fret to place bridge and s…

Started by David Chudnovsky in Luthier Talk

4 Oct 14, 2009
Reply by David Chudnovsky

Gibson A2 neck reset

I've had a customer bring me a Gibson A2 mandolin that's roughly eighty years old. It could use a neck reset. I've done lots of guitar neck…

Started by jeff henry in Luthier Talk

15 Oct 14, 2009
Reply by Ned Knepp

Glue for Dan Armstrong Plexiglass body

Got this guitar from a friend who had loaned it to another guy, who used it to whack his wife over the head, which got him a one way ticket…

Started by Eric Steven Johansen in Luthier Talk

6 Oct 13, 2009
Reply by Antonio Cotichini

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