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When to re-top an old Martin?

Bought a 1947 D-28 "fixer upper" recently for a low price.  Has lots of issues. Multiple long repaired top cracks, two in the upper bout wh…

Started by Stephen P. Johnson in Luthier Talk

29 Dec 27, 2010
Reply by mike carne

String Intonation

This is a question regarding intonation on a jazz hollow body archtop with a common rosewood, moveable bridge like that shown in Frank's Re…

Started by J.T. Devine in Luthier Talk

6 Dec 27, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

High E String detunes when executing a pull off mostly on the 3rd fret

My 2004 Les Paul Standard has a problem on all frets. Whenever i accomplish pull offs on the high e-string, it gets a little bit stuck and…

Started by jalexquijano in Luthier Talk

4 Dec 23, 2010
Reply by Paul Verticchio

GIBSON FLYING V BODY / NECK ANGLE ??

just about to start a flying v project. plans i have are pretty good but need to know the angle of the neck relative to the body..  i'm tol…

Started by nick-p in Luthier Talk

5 Dec 22, 2010
Reply by Paul Verticchio

Repacing a Gibson plastic bridge

I recently acquired a '63 Gibson LGO and the plastic bridge needs to be replaced. I don't want to invest a lot of money in a $400 guitar so…

Started by C Baker in Luthier Talk

6 Dec 22, 2010
Reply by Gary Fried

Side Crack - My son sits on Death Row awaiting your advice

No need to get into the gory details, but my 93 Guild D50 was accidently banged and a 3" crack has opened up on the treble side. My son (an…

Started by Alan Cangemi in Luthier Talk

5 Dec 19, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

My new baritone baby

Just gave birth to a bouncing 9 pound baby Bari this afternoon...Bigsby, Joe Barden in bridge, Chandler lipstick in the middle....Hollow Ma…

Started by thefishinmusician in Luthier Talk

2 Dec 19, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

Deadhead sander

Hey everyone! i make guitar parts, mainly les paul style bodies and necks, and was wondering if anyone had any decent resources about buyin…

Started by Tom Bartlett in Metalworking, Machining, Tool & Fixture Making for Luthiers

6 Dec 16, 2010
Reply by nick-p

The Banjo Project

Stumbled on this really great site:   http://www.thebanjoproject.org/ Nice videos.

Started by Tom Krebs in Luthier Talk

0 Dec 16, 2010

Computer Drawing Tool for Guitar Plans

I'm looking for a cheap, basic computer drawing tool. Something easy to draw stuff in 2D. Thanks for any input you may have.  Tom

Started by Tom Krebs in Luthier Talk

9 Dec 15, 2010
Reply by Tom Krebs

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