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  1. #001!!!
  2. Wood pick up covers
  3. How do i remove a fingerboard?
  4. Finish Underneath finish???
  5. Anybody use a Router template guide kit?
  6. The N Bass Build
  7. My shorts are in a circuit...
  8. Want to say thanks!!!
  9. Q: Fretting before...
  10. Musikmesse and NAMM 2008
  11. I want to strip my bass finish! help me!
  12. I have trouble with a neck give me some input
  13. NAMM...
  14. Can I Convert a Fretless to a Fretted?
  15. Warwick Thumb - recreating the sound.
  16. Newb.
  17. Durability of a CA fingerboard finish?
  18. LEDs aftermarket - without removing fretboard
  19. finger board help.
  20. Pickup Questions
  21. Any difference in these???
  22. well i guess im allergic to rosewood
  23. #002 In Progress
  24. How Easy Is It To Sand M.o.P?
  25. Looking for a slotted birdseye maple fingerboard
  26. Material Acquistion/What to get?
  27. Tough Decisions
  28. apple wood for basses?
  29. A Challenge
  30. Info on uncommon exotics
  31. Aniline Dye Help
  32. Drilling for neck screws
  33. Repairing wear spot in nitrocellulose
  34. frankenstein bass
  35. Clay Dot Recipe
  36. Point me towards a quality set of rasps
  37. Apprenticing - Who does it?
  38. Help drilling for jack on side of Jazz bass
  39. Simple Question - Measuring Scale Length
  40. Locking Nut Question
  41. Active electronics
  42. Anyone de-fret without filling/using epoxy, etc.?
  43. Best bass guitar building book?
  44. Benchtop Drill Press.. Yay or Nay?
  45. Cheap pickguard material?
  46. Accent Lines
  47. 7 string single cut in progress.
  48. Neck-through lamination question
  49. messmate?
  50. Nut/Binding issue...
  51. GTB #3! 3rd Build, first one for customer..
  52. Shopping list for a router
  53. english/uk luthiers
  54. DIY bass, is it worth it?
  55. DIY mixing and matching woods
  56. Repainting my Jazz bass. NEED HELP!
  57. Haven't been here for a while, question/suggestion on new build.
  58. 2 questions
  59. Unfinished J-Body turning to driftwood?
  60. Mounting Bridge And Pickup On Neck-Thru
  61. Tips for using 12" extended bits...
  62. Here's what I want to do...but...how???
  63. Inlay work..
  64. I'm thinking of a very bright white inlay
  65. Three New Watson Basses
  66. Design Up for Review
  67. Kicking my first baby out of the nest
  68. String spacing for Jazz nut.
  69. Filling Pup Cavities... Need Help
  70. Control cavity treatment?
  71. fretwire size and where to get question
  72. Filling dot inlay holes?
  73. Hipshot Bass Extender question.
  74. Should I feel happy or bummed?
  75. Help! The thing that connects the 9v battery to my bass snapped off!
  76. How can I install a quilt top ?
  77. Broken truss rod on 77 gibson ripper
  78. Fingerboard selection question insdide
  79. Nut Shim Material?
  80. strange Wenge situation
  81. Ding repair advise.....?
  82. One-piece body?
  83. My first creation
  84. what type of finish??
  85. Strange question....
  86. Custom Design, recommendations?
  87. What finish for this bass?
  88. Fire Stain test photos... opinions?
  89. Question from a nonl-uthier
  90. building drums
  91. Help with this plan I have
  92. BUBINGA!!!!
  93. Converting a acoustic guitar to bass
  94. Truss Rod Installation rules?
  95. Fender Precision A/E HMT project
  96. Wagner Safe-T-Planer
  97. I want a Palladino fretless sound on this bass!
  98. Gotta do it: dying my TBC (general help please)
  99. ..the new arrival
  100. choice of wood, any objective tests?
  101. Best method for gluing?
  102. Padauk body and neck?
  103. Measuring tools. What and where?
  104. Anybody know the dimensions of a thunderbird? if so HELP!
  105. Luthier School
  106. Polisher and accessories
  107. Maple finishing experts...please help
  108. Is this finish good for the bass?
  109. Issues with a Gotoh 206 bridge
  110. Need an actual luthier/repair person to jump into this conversation
  111. Great stuff from Todd!
  112. Help fixing these???
  113. Horizontal cut of a tree for a top?
  114. Badass bridge.
  115. Indian Rosewood or Brazillian Rosewood - How Can You Tell?
  116. Identify this wood please
  117. Persuing a job in lutherie
  118. thumb neck
  119. installing bridge
  120. Is it possible to put inlays on a fretboard?
  121. Musician's Reference Sheet
  122. A Really Stupid Idea
  123. Maple and mahogany, keeping the maple clean?
  124. Mahogany as neck wood.
  125. Brass Nut Removal
  126. Bottlebrush, anyone???
  127. almost done
  128. Yet another threaded insert question!!
  129. Oil finish on figured maple
  130. The exotic wood pronounciation thread
  131. Question about rosewood fingerboard on MIA Jazz
  132. Question on physics of bolt, set and thru necks????
  133. Angled neckthrough?
  134. Do necks change permanently?
  135. Tool Ratings Thread.
  136. Tree pictures of woods, used in lutherie
  137. Building Kits
  138. Frankenstein bass
  139. Wide 6 hipshot piezo bridge system
  140. Going to make a bass. How should I pick the neck wood?
  141. How do you all spell it?
  142. Will this piece of wood be big enough for...
  143. Identifying "good" wood in a yard...
  144. Tool or Machine that worked out better than planned???
  145. Les Claypool's Rainbow Bass
  146. Tru-Oil or Epoxy advice
  147. What determines "tone"
  148. Starting over...On the Single cut
  149. Noob question: part duex
  150. need a bay area luthier to install a neck
  151. The Effect of Lacquer
  152. Headless fivestring single cut in the works!
  153. electronics
  154. "SCREWED" BY MY P-BASS!!
  155. Replacement-parts for Precision
  156. wood combination
  157. Any photos showing how you shaped your set-neck?
  158. Project for me, need advice
  159. carvin kit
  160. neck sanding
  161. What paint will adhere to old paint job?
  162. Dusty's 10 thread
  163. Ways to Stop Paint Chipping?
  164. Designing an innovative musical instrument
  165. Fading darker
  166. lacquer finish
  167. maidou burl
  168. How you get going in the morning
  169. Fender headstock template?
  170. looking for exotic woods
  171. New winder in progress plus a question
  172. My First Bass Build
  173. Couple quick epoxying questions...
  174. What do I do to the neck once it's off?
  175. My First Bass From Scratch
  176. What makes a tone wood a tone wood?
  177. Which kind of neck is better?
  178. Threaded inserts for neck?
  179. Tractor Jazz Bass Project
  180. Anyone want to make me a rear-control plate?
  181. RIdiculous bass-building contest
  182. Bridge Replacement
  183. radiused three-point bridge
  184. First bass project...
  185. That Gibson style headstock repair...
  186. IM looking for a luthier in canada or in the states!
  187. Fixing Stripped Neck Holes
  188. drill holes?
  189. Do you know an affordable luthier?
  190. Opinions on this build please.
  191. REPLACEMENT "FENDER" BRIDGE
  192. Building a short scale neck for a 34" scale bass.
  193. Design suggestions for my 'anger' bass?
  194. Jazz neck dive question
  195. Peizo Midi/ transducer bridge, RMC or Graph Tech???
  196. Walnut! (for a semi-hollow P-ish project)
  197. MIM Fender neck issue
  198. Tremelo Bass Neck Dive
  199. Metal for binding and inlays.
  200. almost done...finish question
  201. Zero Frets questions
  202. neck swap
  203. Ovation Typhoon
  204. Wiring
  205. Luthierie as a Job?
  206. Change you Pickguard color for free!
  207. wiring up my first bass
  208. Warmoth 24 Necks
  209. European tools
  210. LMI slotted fingerboards
  211. detunable bridge
  212. Neck blank with truss installed??
  213. Crazy idea....
  214. white oak
  215. Mixing epoxy - preferred tools?
  216. sanding swamp ash
  217. Show Your Singlecut Design!!!
  218. Do NOT use a random orbit sander for sanding back staincoats
  219. Mango wood - thoughts for use in solid bodies
  220. Don't Make the Mistakes I made!
  221. How can I start a build?
  222. Fire-staining disgruntles me. Large, horrible pics inside...
  223. 2nd Build thread - Short Scale for my son!
  224. Latest build...
  225. Removing Solid Paint
  226. What is your favorite bass design, why?
  227. Flats and Thru Body Stringing
  228. 2nd pickup placement MM SR5 ?
  229. Amazing Wood Work - How?
  230. Images of the trees we use to build instruments
  231. Is there someone CNC equipped?
  232. Burl anyone? 300lbs for 3$
  233. P-Bass with mahogany body?
  234. Seymour Duncan Pickups
  235. Fretwire, what applies to what???
  236. Replacement neck from Fender for Geddy J-.
  237. Second completion of 2007 - Dark Star
  238. is it worth me trying to do a build?
  239. Gaboon Ebony ,Madagascar Ebony ,Macassar Ebony ,Asia Ebony: How different?
  240. New Build - 4 String 36" scale.
  241. String ground.
  242. Headstock broken in transit - what do you luthiers think???
  243. Difference betwee 2 & 4 conductors
  244. Tone
  245. Neck Warp.. Start Over?
  246. possible shop...
  247. Custom single cut 5 str for Chris Clemente
  248. The Torzal Twist
  249. Fretless Cocobolo questions
  250. My Bass Build