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Stainless steel frets- premature wear

This thread is not a debate of stainless vs nickel frets...I have a question about stainless frets & wear for those of you with any exp…

Started by Rory in Luthier Talk

7 Jun 3, 2010
Reply by Rory

Looking for bar frets. Restoring an 1860/70's Martin.

Trying to find bar frets. Also looking for a set of "jerome" tuners for this old Martin.

Started by Brian Aulbach in Luthier Talk

2 Jun 2, 2010
Reply by Brian Aulbach

Hard Down Strumming

  I have a Martin 000-28EC and have been having one heck of a time controlling 6-4 (EAD) from clashing. I have a moderately heavy downstum…

Started by Peter Vilardi in Luthier Talk

9 Jun 2, 2010
Reply by Frank Ford

Lacote guitar image - use on wikipedia

Hello Mr. Ford!Currently I am re-working the English Wikipedia article on Classical guitar. I wish to expand it substantially with historic…

Started by John Rocher in Luthier Talk

4 May 31, 2010
Reply by Frank Ford

a new experiment acoustic guitar prodject

i am building a 1 piece top and 1 piece back take a look it is the box in the middle has anyone built like this recently here is the deal h…

Started by FRANK in Luthier Talk

3 May 30, 2010
Reply by Pierre-Antoine Roiron

Why are my frets going in wavy?

So Im utterly confused.  I'm re-fretting an old Ibanez archtop.  Beautiful guitar. - It has binding.    - The new fret wire has a radius sm…

Started by Christian A Salisbury in Luthier Talk

7 May 29, 2010
Reply by MORCILLO

Ditson/Martin 2-17

I just found out that the Ditson I own was made by Martin. It was made in early 1923 and has couple of repair issues. It was near mint when…

Started by Robert M Johnson in Luthier Talk

1 May 29, 2010
Reply by Frank Ford

Question for Frank (and others) on removal of old pickguard

Hello Frank (and others of course),I was told to seek your advice on the pickguard issue described below:I’ve recently gotten this lovely o…

Started by Hanzalot in Luthier Talk

9 May 28, 2010
Reply by Hanzalot

Super shrunken fretboard problem...

 This board in on a '33 Kaykraft '0'  that I bought a few weeks ago. The board is just barely glued onto the neck, and needs to come off to…

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

9 May 25, 2010
Reply by Kerry Krishna

Classical guitar, BONE ROLLERS

does anyone make tuners with bone rollers?   if not anyone know wwhere i could find turned bone blanks? thank you

Started by kyle lumpkin in Luthier Talk

3 May 24, 2010
Reply by Eugen C

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