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Purplish Strain When Ebony Cleaning Fretboard

I also posted about this on a classical guitar forum but have you guys ever gotten a very dark purple sort of stain on the cloth after clea…

Started by Brent Hutto in Luthier Talk

10 Mar 12, 2010
Reply by Rob Mercure

Univox dread... double courses on D and G. any thoughts?

I've got a customer with an old univox dread. He wants to put octave strings on for the d and g. There seems to be enough room for a couple…

Started by Randy King in Luthier Talk

15 Mar 11, 2010
Reply by Randy King

to frank ford... since you dont list an email. not guitar related at all.

a while back, i ran my own website. it compiled A LOT of information about a certain topic. my users wanted to be able to search. i found a…

Started by Muff in Luthier Talk

6 Mar 11, 2010
Reply by Frank Ford

Old National Steel needs screw-on jack

Hi Guys , I have a cool old National lap steel (with a lever to change tunings ). The output is via a screw-on jack (about 5/8 across) with…

Started by Len Biglin in Luthier Talk

2 Mar 10, 2010
Reply by Len Biglin

Warped flat top tops

Some time ago I found an old Japanese Morris, Martin 000-18 copy, at a flea market ($10). Laminated top, but the building quality seems goo…

Started by Bob Steinarsson in Luthier Talk

0 Mar 9, 2010

GIBSON RE-FINISH QUESTION/opinions

Hey folks, I have a Late 40's LG3 or possibly LG2 that had been stripped of its original finish long before I acquired it. I am not sure of…

Started by RETROROD in Luthier Talk

4 Mar 7, 2010
Reply by RETROROD

1954 Gibson J160E mystery glue

I have a 1954 Gibson J160E in for work. This is the first year of issue for the J160E, it's an interesting piece. The top and back are gl…

Started by Paul Breen in Luthier Talk

14 Mar 7, 2010
Reply by Paul Hostetter

Martin pickguards.

Howdy.  Have Martin pick guards always been the same size? I have a 1967 D-12 that is all curled up on the edges, and prefer not to cut my…

Started by Rick Gentry in Luthier Talk

8 Mar 6, 2010
Reply by Rick Gentry

New Titebond date code

For those who don't know yet, this from Titebond:   We have had two lot numbering systems for the wood glues. The old one was: The first di…

Started by Jack Lord in Luthier Talk

7 Mar 5, 2010
Reply by Grahame Myers

Look what I just bought!!

Bought this one from a customer today for €20! He brought it in for repair, but after finding out what the repair would cost, he decided ag…

Started by Grahame Myers in Luthier Talk

10 Mar 4, 2010
Reply by Karsten Topp

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