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Pre-War Unidentified Gibson Acoustic

Greetings! I just inherited a Pre-War Gibson that I believe is an L-00 or L-01, but am turning to the experts for opinions. Unfortunately,…

Started by Aaron Grubbs in Luthier Talk

6 Dec 8, 2010
Reply by John C. Murray

SHELLAC EXPERTS ??????

hi folks, been through the whole   "should i use sand/sealer"   argument recently and i'm left wanting to try SHELLAC but have had NO exper…

Started by nick-p in Luthier Talk

21 Dec 8, 2010
Reply by John C. Murray

Bag of pre-made Cleats???

Someone told me in one of the forums that you can buy a bag of pre-made cleats. Does anyone know where you can buy them?

Started by Jeff Perkins in Luthier Talk

5 Dec 8, 2010
Reply by John C. Murray

What would you do?

I made a perfect scarf joint,headstock.great alignment on the new mandola neck and then realized I had fouled up on my mahogany grain orien…

Started by Tim Mace in Luthier Talk

16 Dec 8, 2010
Reply by Tim Mace

Gluing-in a bolt-on neck

I'm in the process of building a Les Paul Style guitar. Although it was made to be a bolt-on neck guitar (like a Fender), I'm wondering if…

Started by Richard Barbera in Luthier Talk

8 Dec 8, 2010
Reply by Len Biglin

Figured maple for a Weissenborn slide guitar-thoughts?

Hi,I'm wondering if any folks on frets can help me out in articulating to a potential customer the likely sound qualities of a figured mapl…

Started by Rory in Luthier Talk

2 Dec 6, 2010
Reply by FRANK

HAIRLINE LACQUER CRACKS,ON BACK OF AMERICAN STRAT NECK.

DOES ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTIONS,HOW I CAN REMOVE,LACQUER CRACKS,LEFT-BY SLOPPY WORK DONE BY A GUITAR TECH,WHILE,DE-RADIUSING,THE FINGERBOARD.…

Started by STAN BEDDOW in Luthier Talk

2 Dec 6, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

Pickguard Static

I've just completed a telecaster, and wired in a pair of brand new Lace Sensors. Bridge is standard, with standard ground wire run to the v…

Started by Randall Curtis Bowman in Luthier Talk

6 Dec 5, 2010
Reply by Brady Anderson

I'm looking for a place where I can find cheap scraps of wood??

I'm looking for a supplier who sells small scraps of spruce, mahogany, ect. to use for testing colors and odd repairs. I'm tired of spendin…

Started by Jeff Perkins in Luthier Talk

22 Dec 4, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

Removing Aliphatic Glue

Once in a while a straightforward repair job starts to grow in complexity upon deeper inspection.  An older Martin came in, the owner reque…

Started by Robert Sherman in Luthier Talk

6 Dec 3, 2010
Reply by FRANK

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