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Video: Patrick Edwards On Working With Hot Hide Glue

An informative overview: Hide (& Animal Protein) Glues: Background, Selection and How to Prepare

Started by Doug Berch in Luthier Talk

2 May 14, 2012
Reply by Brad Elbein

Any info on a "V. Spadea" 10 string guitar?

I just got an old 10 (ten) string guitar (five double string courses) labeled "V Spadea Factory  2204 2nd Ave NY" tapped into the face of t…

Started by Kurt Jay Fiedler in Luthier Talk

1 May 13, 2012
Reply by Todd Cambio

Donald 'Duck' Dunn 1941-2012

Really sorry to hear of the passing of one of my all-time bass heroes, Duck Dunn. He passed in his sleep in Toyko, Japan after playing two…

Started by Mike Kolb in Luthier Talk

3 May 13, 2012
Reply by Donald A. Fortune

Unable to access Frets.Com

Are others having this problem?  Although I can get on the sight, and see the listing of topics 'Of Interest to Luthiers", the articles the…

Started by Dave Richard in Luthier Talk

19 May 13, 2012
Reply by Jeff Perkins

Has anyone tried the StewMac Fret Erasers?

Seems as if they work like soft little Japanese water stones.

Started by Thomas James in Luthier Talk

13 May 12, 2012
Reply by Bob Steinarsson

Recommendations for Radius blocks?

I think it may be time for me to purchase a set of fretboard radius blocks. As a hobbiest, I have managed fairly well up to now but there a…

Started by Ned Knepp in Luthier Talk

22 May 9, 2012
Reply by Ned Knepp

Stainless - The End All To Be All....

I recently read a thread on a builder forum where one builder proudly proclaimed that stainless frets once installed require no leveling/dr…

Started by Hesh Breakstone in Luthier Talk

32 May 8, 2012
Reply by Ned Knepp

jigs/fixtures for radiusing fingerboards

Hello all.  My name is Brian and I work as a folk harp builder for Stoney End harps here in Red Wing, MN.  I went to school for guitar repa…

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

10 May 6, 2012
Reply by nick-p

K and K Mini output as compared to a single coil or humbucking...

 I have been told that a K and K mini signal output with a 6 foot cord and no preamp would be  about 15/20 % of that of a single coil Strat…

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

12 May 3, 2012
Reply by Paul Verticchio

Adding volume and tone pots to a Dean Markley transducer?

I have been ask to install a Dean Markley Artist stick-on transducer pickup (inside jack-no internal preamp) in an old acoustic guitar.The…

Started by Steven D. Wilson in Luthier Talk

5 May 2, 2012
Reply by Paul Verticchio

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