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1932 Martin 00-17 repair photo-documentation

Hello Frets gang!  I wanted to share an old "barn find" of a badly damaged old Martin guitar.  I could not resist the charm of this instru…

Started by Stephen Boyd in Luthier Talk

5 May 7, 2014
Reply by Kerry Krishna

White glue for top cracks and cleats?

So, I am a hide glue adherent. (See what I did there?) My buddy who has roughly 50 years of experience repairing instruments strongly sugg…

Started by Mark Pollock in Luthier Talk

3 May 7, 2014
Reply by Ned Knepp

Pore-filling around bridge mask?

Hello Everyone, I'm very new and starting my first build, but this will be the 3rd time finishing (or refinishing) an instrument. I'm in t…

Started by joeguam in Luthier Talk

15 May 7, 2014
Reply by joeguam

Which acoustic guitar strings do you use?

Hi my friends. I want to try to experiment with different guitar strings. In the past, I have used D'Addario Phosphor Bronze extra light st…

Started by Arthur Sweeney in Luthier Talk

14 May 7, 2014
Reply by Robbie Collins

A few (most actually!) of my 20s, 30s Kay Kraft guitars

 So I started this mad quest in 2010, when I was visiting Winnipeg, and met long time Facebook Friend Marcel Desilets. He showed me a 14 fr…

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

2 May 7, 2014
Reply by Robbie Collins

Vintage National resonator. NO TRUSS ROD?!?!!?

Hello everybody. My name is Bob Abernathy. I am a Roberto-venn graduate and i have stumbled across a exciting repair. A national reso. Need…

Started by Bob H Abernathy III in Luthier Talk

6 May 7, 2014
Reply by Ron frazier

Pictures of the tools you use to take out bridgeplates

 I had kinda a hard day yesterday. I spent about 3 hours building a bridge heating caul out of half inch aluminium and swivel mounting it o…

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

10 May 6, 2014
Reply by David Farmer

1931 Martin 0-18

I was fortunate, I think, to buy a 1931 0-18 needing repairs which I think I have the ability to make.  My intention is to make a solidly r…

Started by Larry Pederson in Luthier Talk

15 May 6, 2014
Reply by Mark Pollock

Silvertone/Danelectro Wiring

I am trying to fix the wiring in an old Silvertone solid body with two "lipstick" pickups. The pickups work but evidently someone attempted…

Started by sylvan in Luthier Talk

11 May 6, 2014
Reply by sylvan

New to Forum

Hi all, I've been browsing the forum for about a month now. I started with the first threads in 2008 and am reading my way through as many…

Started by Kurt R in Luthier Talk

28 May 6, 2014
Reply by Kurt R

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