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fixing this guitar top

What would be the best way to fix the top of this guitar. I think it is a KG 11 Kalamazoo. I did put some small cleats inside but is there…

Started by jerry mc hugh in Luthier Talk

2 Jun 1, 2015
Reply by jerry mc hugh

Gold flake source

Greetings all, I am about to spray a finish on a custom guitar that I'm building and I want to spray it it a "Gibson Gold Top Gold". Where…

Started by Gregory Hites in Luthier Talk

6 May 28, 2015
Reply by Donald A. Fortune

Curved Razor Scraper

I hope I'm not the first to think of this - I was scraping some drop fills on an archtop guitar and wanted to keep clear of the parts aroun…

Started by Carl Mesrobian in Luthier Talk

5 May 27, 2015
Reply by Ned Knepp

20 hour failed repair job=Mandolin meets steel post

Well for the second time in my life,  I wrapped an instrument around a tele=pole in the basement here late last night.  This particular axe…

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

10 May 24, 2015
Reply by Andrew

Ibanez SRT Preamp Issues

I've got a Ibanez 12 string with the SRT Preamp with B-Band under saddle pickup with no output. It uses 2 AA batteries which I just changed…

Started by Rob Sutton in Luthier Talk

2 May 24, 2015
Reply by J R Emmett

compact Collins fret buffer

After the radial bristle wheel discussion, this is what I came up with. The right two wheels slide forward or back on a pair of oak keys. T…

Started by David Farmer in Luthier Talk

4 May 23, 2015
Reply by David Farmer

Floating Bridge

I'm having to make a new floating bridge, I think that's the correct term, the type which is used with a tail piece, for an old parlour gui…

Started by Steve Bettesworth in Luthier Talk

5 May 19, 2015
Reply by Thomas James

Blue Comet Mandolin rattle

I have an interesting mandolin here, a Blue Comet with the double chamber that is "not a resonator".  Whatever is in there is very loose an…

Started by Brian Hart in Luthier Talk

0 May 19, 2015

break ins

I know we all have problems with stealing .  In my music store we have in the 20 years that we have had a store fount  we have been broken…

Started by Ron Frazier in Luthier Talk

11 May 18, 2015
Reply by Kerry Krishna

re-gluing braces

Greetings.  First time posting here.  Most times I'll find the answer I'm looking for by using the search function, but I'm coming up empty…

Started by Aaron Howell in Luthier Talk

11 May 18, 2015
Reply by Paul Breen

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