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rickenbacker tuners

I am restoring a 4001 rickenbacker bass, looking for original tuners its a 1964, i was lucky enough to have the pickup and bridge assembly…

Started by Mark Dobbins in Luthier Talk

0 Jun 30, 2009

Fell into fire pit, fell on Martin guitar, bounced.

Yesterday my Martin DR-1E cushioned my fall onto a steel campground firepit, but suffered a badly cracked face. One large crack to the left…

Started by Michael Dempster in Luthier Talk

13 Jun 30, 2009
Reply by Antonio Cotichini

Removing Shiny Poly Finish from back of Neck

Pretty self-explanatory, but what's the best way to remove that shiny poly finish on a newer guitar (2004 Ibanez hollowbody jazzbox) to get…

Started by Dave Trickey in Luthier Talk

10 Jun 30, 2009
Reply by Randy King

Tele neck p/up is 42 guage wire ok ?

Hi again all , I have a couple of tele p/ups that are dead , but I cant seem to get #43 wire . Has anyone trien the #42 on a tele neck , an…

Started by Len Biglin in Luthier Talk

4 Jun 30, 2009
Reply by Len Biglin

Kentucky KM-675 broken neck

I have a elderly friend who has an older KM-675. Good sounding little mandolin, but it had a broken neck when he bought it. It had been "re…

Started by Bob Gaddis in Luthier Talk

7 Jun 28, 2009
Reply by Bob Gaddis

Dropped Guitar

I live in Indianapolis and have a repair question regarding my Larrivee LV-03-12 guitar. My virtually unused guitar was hanging on a guitar…

Started by Matt Bates in Luthier Talk

5 Jun 28, 2009
Reply by danove

Advice on repairing this soundboard?

So I picked up a cheapo Yamaha for $5 at a garage sale today....with the intent to repair the soundboard, so It will become a decent beach/…

Started by Kevin O'Hara in Luthier Talk

2 Jun 28, 2009
Reply by Antonio Cotichini

Lowering action filing frets

Hi, my name is Stefano, I'm Italy based and I would like to make you a question : Is possible to lower the action on acoustic guitar filin…

Started by Stefano Damonte in Luthier Talk

3 Jun 27, 2009
Reply by Antonio Cotichini

Neck Reset on Ashborn Parlor

Hi everyone! Does anyone have any experience doing a neck reset on an Ashborn guitar? The guitar I'm working on is very similar to one that…

Started by Ted Kritikos in Luthier Talk

2 Jun 26, 2009
Reply by Guitar Fixer

wives versus guitars

I have noticed on more than one guitar site that wives in the background seem like a bigger threat than the Taliban.Come on admit it there…

Started by John Cadd in Luthier Talk

26 Jun 26, 2009
Reply by Bob Gaddis

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