Templates or guides for drilling steam holes
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Since drilling holes in fretboards to steam necks off is such a common occurrence, are there templates with hole placements, or a list of placement, angles, etc,of these somewhere?  Or is it 'just…Continue

Tags: reset, neck, steam

Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Kolb Sep 3, 2018.

Advice on 12 string bridge height short of a neck reset

This is for the Guild F112 my brother is letting me experiment with.  I'm a fair novice so I'm moving slowly. The bridge had pulled up and the belly bowed. My brother attempted to fix it with bolts…Continue

Tags: neck, angle, string, 12, height

Started Sep 3, 2018

Bridge blank mockups
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Hey all,I'm looking for a suitable wood to make some test bridges, mostly to gain experience but also to use as mockups.  I obviously don't want to use valuable stuff like rosewood, ebony, etc. but…Continue

Tags: wood, bridge

Started this discussion. Last reply by Bruce Erickson Aug 20, 2018.

12 string bridge reglue problem
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I'm a newb to the world of lutherie , but looking to make this my retirement hobby. A long time player and tinkerer on my own stuff I realized I enjoyed doing this and thought I'd work start slow and…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Bruce Erickson Aug 1, 2018.