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Whoops! What would you do?

A ridiculous mistake I made that Im paying for at the staining stage. I dont think I need to tell you what I did, thats pretty obvious...…

Started by Andrew in Luthier Talk

17 Feb 13, 2014
Reply by Andrew

Substitute For Teeter Tuner Clamps

I hope I'm not re-inventing the wheel with this.  I have been trying to glue cleats to the inside of a long side crack.  I wanted to use HH…

Started by George Roberts in Luthier Talk

17 Feb 13, 2014
Reply by George Roberts

Help with blend pot in active bass

I recently installed an Aguilar OBP3-TK in my customer's Ibanez BTB bass.  I utilized all of the factory pots, which were all 50k.  Aguilar…

Started by Brian Hart in Luthier Talk

2 Feb 11, 2014
Reply by Jeff Highland

I know this site is not for drummers but.....

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Started by Tim Mace in Luthier Talk

9 Feb 10, 2014
Reply by Tim Mace

Hot Hide Glue vs. cold glues

I'm almost ready with my shop to have to do the first glue applications. I was wondering what you guys favor, hot hide glue or cold glues?…

Started by Micha Schellhaas in Luthier Talk

11 Feb 7, 2014
Reply by Micha Schellhaas

Blister in Nitro Lacquer on the Back of Mandolin Neck

Hi, I am a new member to the site (although I have been a regular visitor to Frank Ford's wonderful website for years to get me through my…

Started by Andy Morton in Luthier Talk

8 Feb 7, 2014
Reply by Ian Davlin

What blade to get for this Bandsaw?

It's a Universal Products 3 Speed Bandsaw, model is UBS14UL, 0.3 hoursepower. It's my friends and we want to use it for a few simple tasks…

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

5 Feb 6, 2014
Reply by eliya

Cheap heat blankets

Greetings.  As you know it's often difficult to find inexpensive guitar repair tools if do repairs as just a hobby.  Back in December I pur…

Started by Steve G in Luthier Talk

11 Feb 5, 2014
Reply by Steve G

Clamping a neck into a back-bow

Hello everyone, I'm new to this board and also fairly new to guitar repair. I tried using the search function to find previous threads abou…

Started by eliya in Luthier Talk

24 Feb 5, 2014
Reply by eliya

Neck Reset, Carlo Greco 12 string

Is anybody familiar with the neck joint that Carlo Greco used on his flat top acoustics? I can post up a couple pictures tomorrow too.  …

Started by Matt Hannafin in Luthier Talk

3 Feb 1, 2014
Reply by LARRY KLOSE

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