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Nut disaster

So... I'm doing my first refret and I start to go to work on making the nut.  It's a maple neck with maple fingerboard. There was no nut in…

Started by Craig Denney in Luthier Talk

1 Nov 8, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

adding pre-amp to Martin DX1

Hi Guys , I am about to add a Fishman preamp to to the side of a DX1 with HPL body . Do I need to stiffen the area , or will it be ok ? Its…

Started by Len Biglin in Luthier Talk

6 Nov 5, 2010
Reply by William F.Eden

Old Gibson: loosen fingerboard extension

Greetings, I'm about to undertake a neck reset on a '32 Gibson flat top (neck was never off the guitar).  I want to ask your opinions befor…

Started by onewent in Luthier Talk

3 Nov 5, 2010
Reply by Howard Klepper

Tuning issue with electric guitar

Hi all. I have a Cort Special Series SP-3 electric guitar, which is basically a copy of a Stratocaster. I have an issue with tuning. I have…

Started by Arthur Sweeney in Luthier Talk

19 Nov 5, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

Super jumbo fret wire 6000

I am looking for a source for the jumbo fret wire. I have a 72 P Bass that have been re-fretted with this wire. It took a hard cymbal hit a…

Started by Tom Krebs in Luthier Talk

5 Nov 3, 2010
Reply by Tom Krebs

Dixie Brand Tenor Banjo W/ Fingerboard Seperation

Hello All,So I have this tenor banjo in for repair. I'm not really familiar with the brand. Maybe someone knows a little more about them? T…

Started by Justin in Luthier Talk

4 Nov 2, 2010
Reply by Justin

Going from medium frets to jumbo frets

I'm doing my first refret, in fact it's almost done.  One thing I wish I would have done differently, and this is my question...Should I ha…

Started by Craig Denney in Luthier Talk

24 Nov 2, 2010
Reply by Craig Denney

How is neck attached on Samick mandolin?

This is a kind of recycling project. I intend to remove a bendy bad-grain neck from an arch-top A-model Samick 'greg bennett' mandolin, and…

Started by Alys And Simcha in Luthier Talk

0 Oct 31, 2010

Quartersawn Ebony on Vintage Martins

Does anyone know if Martin specifically used only quartersawn ebony for their fingerboards and bridges on their vintage guitars? I can buy…

Started by Stephen P. Johnson in Luthier Talk

10 Oct 31, 2010
Reply by Paul Hostetter

Help in Identifying Make of Banjo Part

One of my part-time hobbies is metal detecting and a member of our detecting club recently found this item and was asking for help to ident…

Started by Mark Wallace in Luthier Talk

7 Oct 31, 2010
Reply by Paul Verticchio

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