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1930 Martin 0-18T tuners? And look alike identity.

I believe that the Martin tenor originally had the straight through Grover tuners.  Were they the ones with or without the ears?  This guit…

Started by George Roberts in Luthier Talk

9 Oct 14, 2012
Reply by George Roberts

Anyone familiar with this instrument?

A Regal fretless acoustic bass guitar.  Uber rare.  Can't wait to get it on the bench for restoration. Any general info is appreciated. Tha…

Started by Paul Verticchio in Luthier Talk

2 Oct 13, 2012
Reply by Paul Verticchio

Cleaning an old strat pickguard.

I'm cleaning and repairing  an old Squire Strat for a friend.  He got this guitar used and the original owner had put stickers all over the…

Started by Joe Arnold in Luthier Talk

4 Oct 13, 2012
Reply by Joe Arnold

info on Cuban Tres'

Hi to all, I’m wondering if anyone here on frets.net has experience building and/ of repairing Cuban Tres’. (after all: these are fretted i…

Started by Bart van Weperen in Luthier Talk

17 Oct 11, 2012
Reply by Ned Knepp

Order of operations for a Guild neck removal

So, I picked up another project. This one is a Guild D35 from 1982, which suffered a shattered neck and some really, really bad epoxy and c…

Started by Mark Pollock in Luthier Talk

7 Oct 11, 2012
Reply by Ian Barker

Very odd course tuning request for a build...

A customer who has come up with some weird requests has come up with another....A 6 string , tuned similar to a violin...He'd like the low…

Started by thefishinmusician in Luthier Talk

2 Oct 9, 2012
Reply by Alexander López

Re-Finish??

Hi, I would welcome all your opinions and advice please. I have just bought a used Ibanez AFB200 hollowbody bass that is lightweight (ideal…

Started by Brian T. Williams in Luthier Talk

8 Oct 9, 2012
Reply by Brian T. Williams

'73 Gretsch White Falcon

I have this guitar in for wiring issues. It would certainly be easier to diagnose if I was certain what all these switches were for. Anybod…

Started by Joshua Levin-Epstein in Luthier Talk

8 Oct 6, 2012
Reply by Phil Keener

anyone else lousy at drilling?

I just realized that all of the worse faults in my first build are from drilling actions. Free hand or with a press, I can screw it up. May…

Started by brian mastro in Luthier Talk

18 Oct 4, 2012
Reply by brian mastro

Wurlitzer 1900 ? parlour .

Hi Guys , this one just came in , quite cute , laquer really bad/dirty , many cracks in one piece back , 2 tuner buttons gone , very low ba…

Started by Len Biglin in Luthier Talk

2 Oct 3, 2012
Reply by Eric Steven Johansen

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