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"Best Glue? Hot hide glue is what I would use. Once the guitar is finished you should…"

Jim Bancroft replied Jan 4, 2009 to Brazilian Rosewood repair

 11 Jan 7, 2009
Reply by Michael Tulloch

"No, you don't need glue. Binding normally goes on before the frets are installed. So…"

Jim Bancroft replied Jan 3, 2009 to frets. glue or no glue?

 14 Jan 9, 2009
Reply by Mark Dobbins

"No, you don't need glue to hold the frets in place, especially on a new fretboard.…"

Jim Bancroft replied Jan 3, 2009 to frets. glue or no glue?

 14 Jan 9, 2009
Reply by Mark Dobbins

"The question I have is how much saddle is protruding above the bridge now??? You can…"

Jim Bancroft replied Dec 29, 2008 to How can I easily fix a slightly overset neck?

 10 Jan 18, 2009
Reply by Ron Frazier

"The contact cement is probably OK for the case repair, but not for instrument work.…"

Jim Bancroft replied Dec 28, 2008 to Traces of glue

 7 Dec 28, 2008
Reply by Jim Bancroft

"Contact cement has it's uses, but not for gluing bracing or most anything else on an…"

Jim Bancroft replied Dec 28, 2008 to Traces of glue

 7 Dec 28, 2008
Reply by Jim Bancroft

"I second Bob's idea. I recently reset an older Martin that had the neck reset in the…"

Jim Bancroft replied Dec 19, 2008 to Neck reset

 13 Jan 3, 2009
Reply by FRANK

"You forgot to mention that you have to remove the guitar neck from the body, as the…"

Jim Bancroft replied Dec 15, 2008 to traditional style 00-21 has too wide a neck

 12 Dec 26, 2008
Reply by mike carne

"It's possible, but, what I would suggest is present the idea to the Luthier that bui…"

Jim Bancroft replied Dec 15, 2008 to traditional style 00-21 has too wide a neck

 12 Dec 26, 2008
Reply by mike carne

"I repaired a bowed Vega Professional about a year or so ago. What I did was remove t…"

Jim Bancroft replied Dec 13, 2008 to Vega Tenor neck

 5 Dec 13, 2008
Reply by thefishinmusician

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