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Method for cleanly cutting back fretboard.

I am needing to adjust the front edge of a strat's nut slot to accommodate an LSR roller nut. How do I make the cuts parallel and clean--I…

Started by Jeff Smith in Luthier Talk

18 May 23, 2009
Reply by Mike Kolb

Neck block glue failure

Neck block glue failure is splitting one side of top near sound hole. Not the more commom 2 sides. I can slip a gauge tool into about 1 inc…

Started by Michael in Luthier Talk

9 May 23, 2009
Reply by thefishinmusician

guitar building tools must take all

I am going back to my first Love I was Trained years ago as a Concert Guitarist i am asking $35,000 for all the exotic hard woods /tools bu…

Started by FRANK in Luthier Talk

7 May 23, 2009
Reply by Jerry Mercer

Intonation Question

I was checking the intonation on a new guitar I just received. All strings intonate well when checking using the 12th fret harmonic and the…

Started by gordon in Luthier Talk

10 May 22, 2009
Reply by danove

'68 Martin D-18, install adjustable truss rod or not? Opinions..?

Hi! I have just restored a '68 D-18. The guitar was "upgraded" a long time ago; scalloped braces, enlarged soundhole, replacement ebony fin…

Started by peter in Luthier Talk

8 May 21, 2009
Reply by peter

page numbers

I can see pages 1 to 7--then 52 to 54.But what`s in between? Or have I got a blind spot?Somebody pull a lever please.

Started by John Cadd in Luthier Talk

1 May 21, 2009
Reply by Ned Knepp

Recomended source for good quality bone classical saddle

Hello, I would like to put a bone saddle in a Yamaha CG151C. Is there anyone that you folks know of or can direct me to that may be a good…

Started by For-The-Luv-That-Playing-Brings in Luthier Talk

6 May 21, 2009
Reply by Ron Frazier

Implications of a High Saddle/Shallow Neck Angle

My main steel-string guitar is a cedar/mahogany OM, built very lightly and setup for light-touch fingerstyle play. I've previously posted h…

Started by Brent Hutto in Luthier Talk

12 May 20, 2009
Reply by Tim Mace

Kay Peghead logo. Is this a kelvinator logo?

I have come across this old logo and I would like to know if it has a proper name assigned to this design. It appears to be tin, stamped wi…

Started by Matt Haugen in Luthier Talk

2 May 19, 2009
Reply by Tim Mace

Electric glue pots

I would like to try using hide glue, but the only supplier I can find in the UK for an electric glue pot is Touchstone Tonewoods who want £…

Started by David Gibbon in Luthier Talk

28 May 18, 2009
Reply by Steve Baker

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