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Black Oil Stain....

....applied on fretboard. What are your experience from using this? Guess it might wear off by time, but roughly how durable would you est…

Started by danove in Luthier Talk

8 Nov 9, 2008
Reply by danove

Fingerboard finishing

I'm down to the finishing stages of my first guitar and I'm unsure about how to treat the fingerboard. Do you even put a finish on the fin…

Started by Doug Collins in Luthier Talk

3 Nov 9, 2008
Reply by Allen Sandberg

Gibson " A" Style Mandolins

Frank, I'm in process of a fairly extensive repair on a 1914 A1. Having taken off the fingerboard,I notice what seems to be a Maple insert…

Started by Eric Carswell in Luthier Talk

5 Nov 8, 2008
Reply by Eric Carswell

bending real ivory bindings

Hi I am currently restoring an 1895 Martin 028. I have obtained the needed ivory strips to rebind the back 5/32 tall x 1/16 wide They came…

Started by alex gray in Luthier Talk

5 Nov 7, 2008
Reply by Frank Ford

C A Guitars

I have a Composite Acoustic Bluegrass performer guitar in for some fret work. The fingerboard is graphite composite. Heat turns the frets l…

Started by David Houchens in Luthier Talk

0 Nov 6, 2008

Really wide fret slots

Patient is a 60s yamaha. Customer wants a refret for sentiment. Fret slots are .030. I'm thinking LMI wire FW75 with .037 stud width. Fret…

Started by Christian Johnson in Luthier Talk

10 Nov 6, 2008
Reply by Jeffrey L. Suits

reddening of mahogany when applying nitro

Here's a problem our shop has been grappling with for years without an adequate solution: When shooting nitro finish on bare mahogany durin…

Started by Mike Horan in Luthier Talk

3 Nov 5, 2008
Reply by Donald A. Fortune

Building My First Acoustic Guitar

I am going to apologize in advance because you all are probably sick of this question. It's not gonna stop me from asking it mind you, but…

Started by Doug in Luthier Talk

15 Nov 3, 2008
Reply by Allen Sandberg

Strat Neck Restoration

Here's a good example of a use of "Friendly Plastic" which I used to make a cowl to glue down a maple veneer over a strat neck that I resto…

Started by Allen Sandberg in Luthier Talk

3 Nov 3, 2008
Reply by Allen Sandberg

wrong site

maybe i am in the wrong place to be hunting where would be a god place to find out info on a global guitar thanx

Started by mac morris in Luthier Talk

0 Nov 3, 2008

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