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  1. Neck plate?
  2. Jazz Bass Templates
  3. Nut offset is this OK?
  4. What do you think of
  5. Butternut references
  6. Installing a nut...
  7. Where to find a black chrome jazz ashtray?
  8. wood tone reference library
  9. Pickup-advice concerning fanning.
  10. One-piece vs. Compound necks
  11. Neck Pocket Template Offset
  12. Alder (Alnus rubra) references
  13. air sanders used?
  14. Carbon fibre cavity cover
  15. TransBlack
  16. Fretless J-bass finished- WITH PICS
  17. Square neck pocket
  18. Total Score
  19. Hand tools only bass?
  20. Veneer
  21. Australian StewMac Equivalent?
  22. Looking for a custom neck
  23. WezV's bolt-on singlecut 4-string
  24. New bass ?'s
  25. Ampeg BB4 (Baby Bass)
  26. Frustrated by my Dead E String / neck
  27. Below 15mm spacing=what mono-bridges?
  28. Well, that was a soul crushing repair
  29. Potential Wood Problem, Help Please
  30. repairing and restoring
  31. Basswood (Tilia americana) aka Linden references
  32. where to get foam for pickups
  33. about thickness..
  34. Black fret wire - is there such a thing?
  35. Idea for newbie project - what do you think?
  36. Some Wreck models in progress
  37. Broken scarf joint.
  38. Oak?
  39. set neck
  40. Home Veneer Job Pics
  41. Bloodwood v. Pink Ivory FB
  42. those of you that have made Black limba necks...
  43. Second Draft of Bass Body - Please Comment
  44. first build is about to begin!
  45. Tung oil to Poly?
  46. Wood questions
  47. Fret slots deep enough?
  48. Nitro tint
  49. P-Bass part Deux
  50. getting jiggy with it ...
  51. Luthier instruction in Chicagoland
  52. Slotting saddles!
  53. for those of you who aspire to build
  54. Advice for staining a fretless rosewood board black?
  55. finishing questions
  56. Through Body Bridge?!?!
  57. Oil Mixing question
  58. Fretless fingerboard woods.
  59. some truss rod help
  60. Need some help: Drawing to Scale.
  61. I need a drill press!
  62. Tell me about working with zebrawood.
  63. Sticky Finish
  64. Removing metal shavings from pickups
  65. 5 Most Necessary powertools for building a bass?
  66. Mini toggle = pup selection?
  67. tell me what you think
  68. Short headstocks!
  69. nitro on polyester .
  70. re-vamping my old fender...
  71. Now, what am I going to do with this??!!
  72. Adding a floating thumb support.
  73. Cost of making a bass?
  74. bridge too big
  75. Building my first bass. Anything wrong with the design.
  76. problem with output sound
  77. Polycarbonate Auto Clearcoat on a fretboard
  78. New build idea
  79. Source for wide radius blocks
  80. update on headless, chambered 32"
  81. threaded inserts for bridge attachment
  82. My latest....almost ready for the world!
  83. A trussrodless vision ( and question )
  84. Make a Neck
  85. Tru Oil vs Watco
  86. Design for 1st Build
  87. bridge, fingerboard and nut all in 1 piece?
  88. How much will it sound close to the real Rickenbacker?
  89. Round Lam Fingerboard Removal? Truss Rod Issues.
  90. NAMM basses
  91. Any of you used the Warmoth neck blanks?
  92. Tools needed for making a neck
  93. bubinga fingerboard
  94. Elm as tonewood?
  95. Mr. Nordstrand
  96. I warped my top..
  97. Boiled Wood
  98. '74 Jazz pickup question
  99. Carbon Fiber Distribution
  100. Jazz Bass design
  101. lite-weight Fender Roscoe Beck 5'r
  102. It's official
  103. Bridge dimensions for Hipshot A series 5
  104. Drawing software recommendation
  105. Again with the mutiscale thing
  106. Revamping a trainwreck
  107. Sperzel tuners
  108. Colortone vs KTM9 ?
  109. Ready to start modeling...
  110. Selling Basses
  111. Routing Truss Channel Tomorow
  112. removing old paints & finishes
  113. Sympathetic Vibration
  114. Cheap Neck
  115. Similiar to ovangkol?
  116. Thoughts on my custom bass?
  117. The Red Violin - Human Blood Used In Finish?
  118. 6 string single cut...to be started soon
  119. How do YOU remove lacquer from frets?
  120. CHEAP AND EASY TO MAKE PLANER
  121. Spud's easy to follow nut replacement thread
  122. fiberglassing a fb
  123. custom decals
  124. Blue Morpho like a "prototipe model"
  125. Body Blank Building - Anyone Interested?
  126. Building a body blank from scratch
  127. Where to find black screws for Rickenbacker 4004?
  128. Spud's easy to follow piezo installations thread
  129. What's your roundover size?
  130. Actual leaf as headstock badge?
  131. Pot Question............
  132. Rickenbacker 4005 Copy
  133. Semi-acoustic short-scaler finished
  134. Simo's 6 String, In Progress
  135. How many basses do you build???
  136. Neck shaping question.....
  137. dovetail joint to increase resonance in body?
  138. 4-string accoustic bridge - resource?
  139. cad inlay conversion help available
  140. Confused about what finish to use
  141. anyone had experience with dr.parts necks
  142. Custom fretless pics
  143. EADG to BEAD
  144. Tuning machine placement question.
  145. Strange Fret Buzz
  146. Gluing a mahogany crack
  147. Making an angled neck
  148. Plan for a new Bass
  149. Is There A Way To Put A Radiused Cover Over My Pickups?
  150. Gluing on a top?
  151. "F-Bass" Look-a-like Neck Refinish
  152. how do semi-acoustic/semi-hollow basses work?
  153. New Hack 8 string bass in progress
  154. Epoxy Alternatives for fretless boards?
  155. Untidy routing?
  156. Shouldn't the bridge be parallel to the nut?
  157. Fretboard radius
  158. Removing body wood and the effect on tone
  159. How to apply polyurethane?
  160. How is the quality on WD Music bodies?
  161. emg and staining questions
  162. planning of my first bass
  163. What Kind of Glue is good for a Neck Thru
  164. bridge intonation angle
  165. Staining a fretboard - frets and dots a hindrance?
  166. how do you make a custom Fender-like decal?
  167. Very Short 26" Scale Bass
  168. The latest Singlecut in process
  169. Headless singlecut 6 string (bolt-on) in progress
  170. Afromosia?
  171. Cocobolo toxic?
  172. Planning a bass based on the desired sound
  173. Does Wenge shrink???
  174. painting headstock of Mighty Mite neck
  175. OLP Custom Mods
  176. will this crazy finishing idea work?
  177. How would you finish this body!
  178. Ideas for using my snakewood?
  179. ETS hardware
  180. nickel or chrome screws?
  181. "Ignis" 6 str fretless singlecut
  182. Where to place a hollow body sound post
  183. hello, any ideas
  184. Why aluminum bridges?
  185. buffing out nitro finish..
  186. Info on tuners
  187. Is 4 lbs and 12 ounces too light?
  188. Looking for inexpensive wide 5 bridges
  189. input jack for Fender Jazz Plus
  190. My first custom slowly taking shape!
  191. Trouble with adjusting neck....
  192. thanks wilser for the scarf tutorial
  193. 4 way rotary
  194. Hagstrom shape tuner buttons ?
  195. Similar look to maple but not as bright
  196. Ashbory bass build
  197. Thickness of Back Panel on Hollow Body..?
  198. Phil's latest 5 string
  199. A few questions for those of you with big shops
  200. How to stabilize buckeye burl?
  201. Looking for luthier recommendations
  202. Building New Jazz Bass need advice
  203. How hard can it really be?
  204. Pickguard Play By Play?
  205. Fretless nut Q
  206. Semi-lined fretless
  207. Frets - hammer or press?
  208. Building a bass from parts - customizing a pre-finished body/neck
  209. new 5 in progress
  210. Rickenbacker 4003 - Through the body stringing
  211. Fretless fingerboard radius
  212. First mockup for 2nd build
  213. Neck plate pad
  214. Routing.
  215. Which Fingerboard?
  216. Obtaining CHEAP Headless Tuners
  217. Ebonal fretboard?
  218. Making a fretbender
  219. Angled neck pocket?
  220. Making a Compound Radius Freboard
  221. First Build - 5 String, Neck Thru, Fanned Fret
  222. Teej's Travel Bass
  223. Imbuya fretboard?
  224. Shaving a neck down
  225. should I invest in a belt sander?
  226. Frankenbass redux (or "my first build!") *update: assembled!*
  227. Lap Steel Bass prototype
  228. For all you wood experts
  229. Apprenticeship
  230. length of truss rod for 30" scale
  231. I wanna build a 12 string bass!
  232. How long do you allow a customer to take to make the final payment?
  233. Who to Choose for Ground-Up Custom?
  234. I have to decide between Aguilar OBP3 or Sadowsky preamps ...
  235. Current Project: Headless 4
  236. Queensland Maple for neck?
  237. help modding a musicmaster
  238. Hipshot Rickenbacker Bridge
  239. Bass Tech in San Diego
  240. maple sapwood properties?
  241. What about this for a headless setup?
  242. Tools with more than one use
  243. In Appreciation of Brazilian Rosewood
  244. anyone know acoustic guitar makers?
  245. Compatible wood types?
  246. 7 string multi-scale
  247. neck-through VS bolt on
  248. Redwood...
  249. 1-Piece Neck Wood Ideas
  250. help a miserable estate agent!