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Removing UV catalysed finish

Does anyone have experience in removing these new UV catalysed finishes from acoustic guitars?   David.

Started by David Harman in Luthier Talk

7 Jun 16, 2010
Reply by Russell Vance

my latest guitar to almost be done I am proud because it is salvaged lumber look

i am so excited to see this happening for me i am building guitars from salvaged lumber black walnut tree i saved and a ceder top wow ,the…

Started by FRANK in Luthier Talk

13 Jun 15, 2010
Reply by FRANK

Canary wood?

I am interested in using canarywood from Papa's Shoppe in Colorado.I wonder if any of you have used canary wood. if so, how did it sand? Wa…

Started by Topher Gayle in Luthier Talk

2 Jun 14, 2010
Reply by Rick Gentry

New shop

Hey everyone, Just wanted to let everybody know I opened my new shop! Here is my contact info. Thanks www.fixmyaxe.com Nick Anthony

Started by Nick Anthony in Luthier Talk

7 Jun 14, 2010
Reply by Nick Anthony

overwound pickups

does overwinding a pickup make the magnet stronger,and should they be adjusted farther away from the strings, than a normal stock pickup? t…

Started by Mark Dobbins in Luthier Talk

2 Jun 12, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

Finish lifted

  I recently removed the bridge from a guitar I had made to correct a problem and a patch of finish lifted when I removed the bridge. It's…

Started by Jack Lord in Luthier Talk

6 Jun 11, 2010
Reply by Jack Lord

Can this be fixed?

Hello folks,(just a reminder, I'm in the process of learning the trade mostly on my own with kind friends lending me some pretty torn up st…

Started by John Cartwright in Luthier Talk

12 Jun 10, 2010
Reply by John Cartwright

Spray finishing

I saw a video a lil while ago and it had to do with doing a sunburst finish on a solid body guitar.here's what I saw :  The guitar was spra…

Started by Donald A. Fortune in Luthier Talk

5 Jun 9, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

Intonation 2007 Howard Roberts Fusion 3

Reasonably good guitar, frets o.k.@ the 12th then becomes flat towards the nut and sharp from 12 fret towards the bridge.Is this a common p…

Started by James McCarney in Luthier Talk

5 Jun 9, 2010
Reply by Tim Mace

Question regarding Neck Resetting

Hey all, as a new member to the forum I'd like to say I'm pretty excited to have found Frank's websites; I do have a quick problem, mainly…

Started by Jon Bruns in Luthier Talk

1 Jun 8, 2010
Reply by Greg Mirken

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