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Drilling the Truss Rod Access Hole Through the Upper Bout Cross BraceThis shows the jig used to drill the hole through the upper bout cross brace to allow truss rod nut accessibility on a just installed trus… Started by Dave Hanna in Luthier Talk |
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Feb 6, 2018 Reply by Dave Hanna |
Wide Levelling BeamsHi, does anyone here use levelling beams that cover the width of the the fretboard for fret work? Any pros and cons? Cheers. Started by Mark in Luthier Talk |
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Feb 4, 2018 Reply by Ron Frazier |
Lyon & Healey Guitar Bridge IssuesFound this guitar at an estate sale last week. The bridge was pulled off, but held in place by the strings and bridge pins. It looks as t… Started by George Roberts in Luthier Talk |
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Feb 4, 2018 Reply by George Roberts |
Remove A Maple FingerboardHi All, My customers bring the greatest stuff... I have in a Shawn May 5-string bass made of many laminates of lovely woods. Issue: The c… Started by Dave Domizi in Luthier Talk |
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Feb 3, 2018 Reply by Russell Vance |
aliexpress??I found the site aliexpress and it has some pretty cheap luthier tools on there. I checked on the review sites and they are mostly negativ… Started by Jim Figurski in Luthier Talk |
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Jan 30, 2018 Reply by Palle Clausen |
Bowlback mando tuners...My better half recently started learning the mandolin and she has a decent import F-model to use, but I thought I'd restore an old bowlback… Started by Mike Kolb in Luthier Talk |
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Jan 28, 2018 Reply by Ned Knepp |
Reset Involving Non-adjustsble Truss RodHello again All. Been a while. Its nice to see that Frank is still here posting, among others of course. I currently have on my bench an o… Started by Andrew in Luthier Talk |
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Jan 27, 2018 Reply by Andrew |
Extra Long Triangle FileIf you use triangle files for fret work; this idea might be of use. Especially when doing re-crown jobs with wide flat tops on the leveled… Started by Thomas James in Luthier Talk |
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Jan 26, 2018 Reply by Thomas James |
Old Italian mandolin: opinions and advice soughtHi guys, I've been asked to repair the inlays on a lovely old mandolin that used to belong to my customer's grandfather. My eagle-eyes, how… Started by Keith Somerville in Luthier Talk |
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Jan 26, 2018 Reply by John Yungbluth |
are there different colors and textures of the same wood?Ok, super-newbie question here. I have a Lucero LC100 classical acoustic. It had 5 holes on the top (not going all the way through, more… Started by Jim Figurski in Luthier Talk |
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Jan 26, 2018 Reply by Jim Figurski |
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