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Spraying lacquer over poly....?

I have an early 80's tokai Les Paul, a nice electric but it was knocked over one jam night and the back of the headstock was slightly crack…

Started by Allan Lang in Luthier Talk

24 Feb 26, 2013
Reply by Todd Mylet

Question on what kind of Humidifier

I would like to know what type of humidifier you pepole would pick to put in your Guitar?? Bill.....

Started by William F.Eden in Luthier Talk

2 Feb 25, 2013
Reply by Jason Gatewood

I am in power tool maintenance/repair mode right now...

  In the middle of a shop clean up  a few weeks ago (a year overdue!) I started doing all the maintenance repairs on my broken tools.      …

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

12 Feb 24, 2013
Reply by Kerry Krishna

exactly what kind of neck joint is this

  I have figured out most of what I need to know about neck resets with the exception of what kind of neck joint I am dealing with,    I ha…

Started by Peter Laine in Luthier Talk

21 Feb 24, 2013
Reply by Paul Verticchio

Takaminie neck reset

 I'm not sure if this is the accepted way of asking a question on this forum, pls check me if I'm out out of line I have a Takamine TAN 16c…

Started by Peter Laine in Luthier Talk

2 Feb 23, 2013
Reply by Peter Laine

Cracked Side

This is a guitar that I bought at an outdoor antique show.  I believe it may be a Washburn, because of the truncated pyramids on the ebony…

Started by George Roberts in Luthier Talk

21 Feb 22, 2013
Reply by Kerry Krishna

Any info on this Del Oro?

Just picked this up for 10 bucks and it is going into the pile of future projects. Anyone know anything about these? Looks like a Kay produ…

Started by David Edward Helmer in Luthier Talk

1 Feb 22, 2013
Reply by Steve Bettesworth

Needing a photo essay on rebuilding 20s/30s banjo machine heads...

 The Kay Kraft tenor guitars (and sume of the uber- nice  6 strings) all come with several different brands of banjo machine, and the vast…

Started by Kerry Krishna in Luthier Talk

7 Feb 20, 2013
Reply by Mark Pollock

Hofner Tuning Key and Bushings Needed.

I'm looking for bushings for 7mm shafts and a single replacement machine head. My client bought a set of vintage keys off of eBay but one o…

Started by Robbie Collins in Luthier Talk

0 Feb 20, 2013

Neck positioning during fret work?

Hey everyone. I was reading Erlewines repair guide and he was discussing using bags of shot on both sides of the FB tongue while supporting…

Started by David Edward Helmer in Luthier Talk

2 Feb 19, 2013
Reply by Paul Verticchio

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