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Belly top

Hi, everyone, I've a question to experts Gibson owners, How to determine the normal belly top on a guitar ? which's normal belly value ?…

Started by brums in Luthier Talk

8 Mar 23, 2009
Reply by Jim Bancroft

Hand rubbed urethane finish

Hey everyone! A martin X-Seried came into the shop recently for some crack repair and needs some lacquer touch on it. I know from the marti…

Started by Eclipse Wizard in Luthier Talk

4 Mar 23, 2009
Reply by Eclipse Wizard

HOW I DO IT unedited photo essay on building a Tedrow Concertina

If a picture is worth a thousand words, we will have quite a novel when I am done with this concertina. I am building a custom Tedrow Zephy…

Started by Bob Tedrow in Luthier Talk

2 Mar 22, 2009
Reply by William F.Eden

Source for fret wire with wider tang width

I’m looking for a source for fret wire with a wider tangs to be used to straighten a mandolin neck with a slight bow. The neck has a nonadj…

Started by Fletcher Brock in Luthier Talk

4 Mar 21, 2009
Reply by Mike Kolb

Getting an odor out of a guitar

Is there any way to get an odor out of a guitar? I have a guitar that I traded for that has an odor about it and I would like to get it out…

Started by Mark Camp in Luthier Talk

3 Mar 21, 2009
Reply by Magnus Hultin

Pickguard Restoration

On Jan 8th, I started a discussion entitled "pickguard retoration" (sic) (sorry for the misspelling). Here's the problem: I had a Yamaha F…

Started by Robert Filippi in Luthier Talk

0 Mar 20, 2009

So, a guy I know's got a rosewood log....

Sounds like the start of a terrible joke, but it's true. One of my shopmates got given a small rosewood log by an old ex-merchant marine fr…

Started by Andrew Black in Luthier Talk

10 Mar 19, 2009
Reply by Andrew Black

1971 D-41 Martin that was scalloped too much.

A friend has a 1971 D-41 that has a caving top. A few years ago he had the top braces scalloped and apparently they took too much off. Is t…

Started by Patrick Niedermeyer in Luthier Talk

5 Mar 19, 2009
Reply by Steve Frost

Tuning Machine Trade...Anyone?

I have a pair of the 1940's Kluson strip tuners with brass string posts. I am in need of a pair of Kluson tuners with the enclosed housings…

Started by Matt Haugen in Luthier Talk

1 Mar 19, 2009
Reply by Matt Haugen

Carbon fibre (fiber) neck reinforcement

It's nice to be able discuss ideas with you all. I first subscribed to Frank's site a few years ago and he's helped me with a couple of que…

Started by Alan Hudson in Luthier Talk

4 Mar 17, 2009
Reply by Alan Hudson

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