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  1. A question for those that finish with oil products.
  2. Fifteen-string bass
  3. Oil finish on contrasting woods
  4. Ziricote fret board
  5. Opinion: Which neck/fingerboard combo?
  6. "Drop top"
  7. spreadsheet: string spacing layout: equal centers vs. equal gaps
  8. Conklin BD7
  9. pre-slotted nuts
  10. Name that wood !
  11. redo the finish on my neck
  12. SR5 Nut Slots
  13. Neck thickness vs tone?
  14. hipshot or schaller bridge
  15. When do you not have a ground wire goin to the bridge?
  16. any opinion about lane poor and avadore?
  17. Beeswax On Ibanez Mahogany Body Bass
  18. Just waiting on some strings...
  19. FullerPlast in Canada?
  20. Minwax stain under a wipe-on poly?
  21. Dry transfers for logos?
  22. Wet sanding
  23. Neck taper jig
  24. Alstonia?
  25. Thunderbird Shape.
  26. The Shop Tools Thread...
  27. Taking your bass on flights..?
  28. Laminate neck and the ability to make one
  29. Dig the Big Pig's Jig Rig
  30. Logos
  31. Graphite neck reinforcement gluing
  32. Finally a good pup mounting method
  33. Mango Bass Completed!
  34. Bass making update
  35. Fill your workshop with new/used tools challenge!
  36. Woohoo, Low Budget 1st Time Bass Build Complete!
  37. Will this do? first bandsaw / does this look ok?
  38. Minimum neck thickness behind truss rod
  39. How to fix nut slot cut too deep?
  40. no clue what size tuner pegs to buy...please help!
  41. lining a fretless fingerboard...
  42. Chambering for less weight
  43. Black korina; Fill grain or not?
  44. Has anyone ever built a bass with a Moses graphite neck?
  45. Making particle board?
  46. Modulus Fret Jobs
  47. Che-Chen
  48. Matching pickups to your build
  49. New neck for an old odd-ball bass
  50. Bridges with TIGHT string spacing, part 2
  51. building the bass body... need help
  52. Resawing
  53. 8 String Bass In Progress
  54. Bass mod. Where and how much?
  55. wireing help needed
  56. Pickup Question
  57. Finish Question
  58. my first project! and a question
  59. Radius the back sides of neck with router
  60. finger board info
  61. Bass building question
  62. Major Metal...this bass is for you...
  63. Source for bridge saddles?
  64. Pinstriped finish.
  65. Need a battery compartment
  66. What kind of laquer for a refin?
  67. I like 'em natural, so point me in the right direction
  68. "Gecko small 5 string neck"?
  69. Build update (ongoing)
  70. Smoothing out a laquered neck
  71. LightWave System
  72. Shielding
  73. Chambering the body
  74. Filling whammy route, pickup cover repair??????
  75. Swapping necks on an SX P-ho
  76. Wenge, Padouk or Bubinga?
  77. My first project, almost complete too
  78. Finish Suppliers
  79. Machine Head
  80. The body design choices that you make/made
  81. Thought this might be helpful...
  82. Pickup Spacing Applet
  83. Radius question
  84. Anyone know a good luthier in the cleveland OH area
  85. Building an EUB, where to start?
  86. Finishing-up my Fodora
  87. How to get this type of finish on maple...
  88. Building My First Custom bass
  89. Truss Rod Repair?
  90. Tung oil
  91. i wanna b a luthier
  92. question to those who use Minwax wipe-on poly
  93. George Furlanetto Interview - 2001
  94. Electronics rework
  95. set neck cracked at neck pocket....fixable?
  96. fixing stripped holes
  97. Truss rod question
  98. Fretboard question
  99. Neck Construction and routing
  100. Defretting a Zon
  101. Rolled fretboard edges
  102. Cutting the nut
  103. Bart preamp problems
  104. Help with mold invated bass guitar
  105. A question of internal dimensions
  106. Out of the box Thinking Questions
  107. Paint Probs
  108. My five... :D
  109. Oil finishing easier than painting?
  110. HELP PLEASE
  111. blend or 2 vols?
  112. Maybe you guys know, DIY EQ
  113. Asking luthiers for help
  114. 1/4 sawn neck?
  115. PA speaker for bassguitar ?
  116. Wiring for...um...slow people
  117. Minimum string spacing for 5 string
  118. European hardware manufacturers
  119. Flatten, thickness, joint rough wood with hand planes
  120. strange input jack with preamp. can I rewire?
  121. A quick question regarding pots...
  122. bridge options advice please
  123. Cracked lacquer
  124. ding dang
  125. Change a headstock
  126. KSD
  127. I am building a short scale six and have some questions.....
  128. finish question
  129. Fred Bolton's Birthday
  130. Hipshot Ultralite question
  131. Gluing down an exotic top
  132. Finish a bass with epoxy?
  133. neck tapering...
  134. veneer instead of drop top. good idea?
  135. Touching up a Geddy Lee Fender J-Bass
  136. lets talk about making pickup covers
  137. Selector Switches
  138. Custom back panel and knobs for novice?
  139. finishing a maple fingerboard
  140. Gearless Bass Tuners
  141. THANKS!!
  142. proof that God exists and that he loves me.
  143. Tiny pickguard
  144. Gotho's machine (tuner) .. help
  145. any parts sources take paypal yet?
  146. Am I the only one?
  147. Nut width/thickness?
  148. hello all..? on neck finish
  149. two more basses in progress
  150. Source for black walnut
  151. Sealing the body
  152. Sawing and regluing a headstock: necessary?
  153. flamed maple knobs?
  154. One in paint
  155. passive to active
  156. Change finish on neck?
  157. Question on finishing a bass...
  158. great invention
  159. Bass scale, and bridge position help
  160. ABG ready
  161. 34 scale, 24 fret bass necks?
  162. Figured Mahogany as a Neck Wood?
  163. quick and dirty fretless
  164. What spokeshave do you use?
  165. Fitting purfling strips as fretlines
  166. my carl thompson
  167. Need Help with Repair issue
  168. Mirindiba Buchenavia capitata wood
  169. grounding issue
  170. frettless bass building..
  171. EBAY PUP WATCH: EBO SPACING
  172. Add LED's to any bass
  173. donde esta?
  174. is a 3 inch fingerboard wide enough?
  175. How many of you have had truss rods and/or rod nuts break, and where was the rod from
  176. Joey G music?
  177. quick trussrod question
  178. How do you achieve Fbass Ceruse Finish?
  179. achieving round neck ends...
  180. Need dome help with electronic parts...
  181. Beach and or Birch for necks?
  182. 9 inch crack on fingerboard ( Oh Lawd!)
  183. Hey folks, is Mr. Yancey around?
  184. bass body wood
  185. bach-instruments EUP
  186. fretless fingerboard woods...
  187. Build a travel bass
  188. Epoxy Fretboard Finish
  189. And another epoxy fretless thread
  190. Polishing paste / grain
  191. limba (korina) of swamp ash for body
  192. Anyone buy their wood from eBay?
  193. Sanded my neck, now what?
  194. I need to smooth out my fretless neck
  195. From the ashes of my parts bin....
  196. Santos Mahogany?
  197. Using Cherry for bodys?
  198. Converting a neck-through to a bolt-on
  199. My '65p needs frets. Is there someone in Nashville you guys can recommend?
  200. Fretless MIM jazz, someone used roundwounds... >_<
  201. What would you pay for this piece, assuming you liked flame maple
  202. Nooooo! I stripped a screw!
  203. need a custom neck made......
  204. Walnut in necks.
  205. Specs on a Standard Jazz bass bridge cover?
  206. 7 string ?
  207. Fretless and Tremolo
  208. How to start refinishing a bass-1983 Ibanez RoadstarII Fretless
  209. 8-string bass dimensions
  210. New to Luthier - Have idea, need help
  211. another 3d rendering experiment
  212. Wood color question
  213. Tools for beginner builder?
  214. led idea
  215. EBay Bass: *vintage* cigarette smell (among other things)
  216. where would I start?
  217. Starting a new project: Shape design phase
  218. My new design...
  219. Multiple Basses into Amps
  220. Apprentice this Menace
  221. Goncalo Alves as a fingerboard
  222. Easy maple neck finish
  223. Pickups Serie Parallel Switch
  224. Fretboard Binding Question???
  225. Turning a lefty to a righty?
  226. Body wood for 32" bass
  227. make a fretted bass a semi-fretless one?
  228. Minor mishap
  229. Badass II ???????????
  230. EUB Traditional Neck
  231. Truss rod
  232. Bass Revamp
  233. unlined fretless bass setup question
  234. Overarm Routers
  235. fender parts on a profile bass?
  236. Truss Rods and Width/Thickness of Neck
  237. Check out this trans orange dye!!
  238. scallops anyone?
  239. How to de-fret a bass
  240. I have some questions....
  241. Neck-thru blank sources?
  242. Building Techniques I Never Considered
  243. Removing stains from fingerboard?
  244. Rosewood Fingerboard Care
  245. Yes, another 'which design is best' poll
  246. Cabinet Grills
  247. MAYDAY! I broke my neck
  248. is epoxy strong enought to do this?
  249. Help Plaese - Wiring output jack
  250. fruitwood