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DRY-PRESS IN - - - - OR GLUE FRETS INTO BASS NECK ????

About to fret my jazz bass project neck. is it ok to simply press/hammer frets in or would you reccomend i glue and clamp them solidly in ?…

Started by nick-p in Luthier Talk

6 Oct 18, 2010
Reply by thefishinmusician

fingerboard extension

Fellow brought me a Collings Dread with a .025 drop off at the end of the fingerboard. Neck angle is correct, 1/32 over bridge, dead straig…

Started by Rick Matei in Luthier Talk

4 Oct 18, 2010
Reply by Rick Matei

This is a true story!

Like the title say, this is really true, I'm not making this up. A guy buys a cheap guitar (€ 99 with a tuner and gigbag), and after a whil…

Started by Grahame Myers in Luthier Talk

13 Oct 18, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

Hard-to-read fonts?

Does anybody else suffer this malady?..... About a month ago, for some undetermined reason, the "headline" fonts on my main discussion page…

Started by Mike Kolb in Luthier Talk

8 Oct 17, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

HOME - MADE DRUM SANDER see pics

hi, i get help from you folks so hope i can help some of you also ??...not sure how much help this will be to any of you but i'm new on FRE…

Started by nick-p in Luthier Talk

3 Oct 16, 2010
Reply by nick-p

What kind of Gibson is this?

I have this Gibson acoustic in for repair. I'm not sure what it is, and I would like to let my customer know what it is. The only identifyi…

Started by Justin in Luthier Talk

5 Oct 14, 2010
Reply by onewent

FILLING A PITTED ABELONE PIECE ???

just set a nice 10mm abelone dot in my 12th fret position, trouble is, although it's beautiful as dots go, it has fine holes that really ou…

Started by nick-p in Luthier Talk

3 Oct 14, 2010
Reply by nick-p

What to do about a stripped truss rod nut?

Alrighty,So I was wondering what some of you out there do about stripped truss rod nuts? I have an acoustic here that has a severely stripp…

Started by Justin in Luthier Talk

2 Oct 13, 2010
Reply by Gregory Hites

bulging soundboard,loose bracing,

Hi all, yep it's me again, i have another guitar to practice on, this is an Aria AW-100C. it is a bit of a battle axe, looks like it has se…

Started by geoff in Luthier Talk

13 Oct 12, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

A tremolo pedal installed into a guitar body

 I would love to put a on board tremelo unit into my masonite sandwitch baritone guitar....2 knobs and an off and on switch....People run a…

Started by thefishinmusician in Luthier Talk

10 Oct 12, 2010
Reply by Mac Walker

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