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Cleaning a sticky neck

So i've an 18 yr old guitar now.. i've cleaned it with naptha, even steel wool, but it still feels abit sticky.. i don't want to go too har…

Started by Hann in Luthier Talk

17 Mar 15, 2010
Reply by Hann

Thunderbird Issue

I put together a Thunderbird from a body blank and vintage neck for a customer. He gave me all the parts so I don't know their exact histor…

Started by David Payne in Luthier Talk

7 Mar 14, 2010
Reply by David Payne

1963 Gibson SG cracked headstock

I just took in a beautiful 1963 Gibson SG for repair with a cracked headstock. The headstock is still intact I can't open up the crack to g…

Started by Scott Pike in Luthier Talk

6 Mar 13, 2010
Reply by Scott Pike

1957 J 45 With " Bubbled Top " issues

 The patient,..A 57' J 45..It's been ridden hard and put away wet....The bridge has been replaced with a solid saddle hand made affair that…

Started by thefishinmusician in Luthier Talk

13 Mar 13, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

neck tenon

 what is your technique of choice when repairing a neck tenon on an old kay archtop. It chipped on both sides when disassembling.

Started by Gerry Garavaglia in Luthier Talk

12 Mar 12, 2010
Reply by Ned Knepp

Mystery truss rod rattle under the 1st fret!

I have a guitar in the shop (a D-18 clone 'made in India' only marking) that has a functional truss rod with a rattle under the 1st fret. T…

Started by Jerry Ryan in Luthier Talk

7 Mar 12, 2010
Reply by sugeng supriyadi

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

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