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  1. Headstock brass plate
  2. fret bender (no relation)
  3. 4-string fretless thru neck
  4. Spending spree...help please
  5. Customers that want no controls on basses?
  6. dying a fingerboard
  7. snapped headstock...
  8. single compression rod
  9. gloss maple fingerboard
  10. RIM Custom 5 string for Alex Claber 36 scale!
  11. Hmm...Carbon fiber?
  12. I 'found' a Telecaster Bass in my workshop today
  13. First Build(s) Two basses at once!
  14. 9 string bass parts?
  15. Building Headless Tuners
  16. Taking the plunge
  17. Making a bass body with smallest amount of tools?
  18. relic look a different way?
  19. Sheridan Sneak Peak
  20. 6 String Bridge 19mm Spacing
  21. Routing Body to Save Weight
  22. calibrating gauges
  23. Wood Bridge Tutorial.
  24. post your logos
  25. Fingerboard grain orientation...
  26. cutting trees for wood
  27. where to get scale printouts of fret placements
  28. summer project, phase 1 (pics inside!)
  29. router neck carving jig?
  30. CA self ignites?
  31. Pickup positioning question
  32. steinbergeresque
  33. 2nd build 4 string headless Singlecut
  34. First Build "6 String Fretless", What Finish?
  35. how much would you charge for this?
  36. Books
  37. Builders/luthiers: show your workbenches!
  38. The Wood Porn Thread
  39. Can Anyone ID This Machine Head?
  40. Finished Warmoth Bass
  41. molding plastics?
  42. Tolex for 810...
  43. My next Bass project.
  44. Anyone with a US Fender Tele Deluxe (guitar) want to do me a favor?
  45. Making a custom P-Bass
  46. Maybe you can help me out
  47. How much primer, paint and laqcuer do I need to paint my pbass body?
  48. 10 string octaved project
  49. Prototype build for FJ Bass (pics)
  50. practice bass neck
  51. Polyurethane finishing.
  52. What machine heads are good? Looking for some tuners for home built bass
  53. Luthier in Hayward area?
  54. Zero Fret
  55. looking for affordable curly redwood top!!!
  56. Filling Fret holes/lines oh i dont know
  57. Tool Tip - Centering a Drill Press (Pillar Drill) on the Mark
  58. Black or White Inlay on maple for my Inca Silver Jazz?
  59. Custom Bass Project
  60. Custom Bass Designing Program Thing
  61. Ideas on a ramp/thumb rest?
  62. My Most Recent Build
  63. Electronics Question
  64. best way to remove a vintage neck?
  65. How do you make your templates? If you do.
  66. Whats needed for inlay work?
  67. Building a fretless
  68. warped neck on a neckthrough
  69. KSM Foundation
  70. Best neck woods for slap?
  71. packaging an instrument for shipping
  72. maple vs. birdseye
  73. Im thinking of building my own 51 p bass.....
  74. I have a fine piece of wood
  75. What do warwick use to finish their wood?
  76. set neck opinions
  77. custom knobs....
  78. Sadowsky Metro finish damaged...Need guidance!!!
  79. my first job - Defret
  80. building a small spraybooth for waterbourne, questions
  81. Newbie Builder - Couple of questions....
  82. Modding my bass
  83. And another question
  84. i just remodeld my bass
  85. Mythbusters: Shaping a neck to fit your hand
  86. Luthier School?
  87. Doing my own custom paint job...
  88. I know this may be heresy for some of you ..
  89. Tru-oil wipe marks
  90. Wood price ..is this normal?
  91. My First Bass Build
  92. MM pickup placement on modulus flea bass?
  93. Bartolini pickup location on a MTD USA???
  94. my first neck....kinda nervous
  95. Crayzee concept: Repositionable pickups?
  96. How to Calculate neck taper angle
  97. whats your opinion on this bass
  98. OBP3 ground... I dont get it.
  99. Help Wiring a Bart NTBT to Bart M56C Quad Coil
  100. HELP!!!! De-Glossing with steel wool???
  101. What type of wood???
  102. need to knowI
  103. Need Tips on angling head stock
  104. G1's bass build
  105. 1975 Fender Jazz tilt neck
  106. My Bart 56 pickups aren't wide enough need help
  107. happy fathers day to all builders!!!
  108. Messed up and need advice
  109. repainting my bass
  110. 22 fret fender jazz neck?!?!?!
  111. Can I change the color from Trans black over quilt to Trans red?
  112. Anyone ever send a bass body through a planer to put a nicer top on?
  113. Custom? Jazz Bass ashtrays
  114. Advice on buying an inexpensive caliper..
  115. ESSEX BODY, CIJ Pbass Neck.
  116. Adding a Finish to a Raw Bass Body
  117. Help Repairing Dings
  118. Replacing tuners?
  119. Clear oil finish, non tinting
  120. Butternut in Lutherie?
  121. Spanish Ceder for bodies. Anybody use it?
  122. Rods graphite, steel? What do you use?
  123. Polyurethane Finishing. *Update*
  124. JSP cutom 5er for D. Abell...
  125. balance not so good
  126. Anyone seen this new Hipshot bridge?
  127. Poly or Nirto? How can I tell?
  128. Anybody use Black Walnut?
  129. neck pocket screw holes need moving.......
  130. Luthiers' Point of View on "exotic" Tops on Cheaper Instruments?
  131. The clamp thread!
  132. Fender Highway One Nitro Finish
  133. Table/Bench Saw recommendations (UK based)
  134. Pre-made Neck/body reviews anyone?
  135. Mounting Ring for a Mosrite Bass Bridge PU
  136. Oil and wax finish?
  137. THG knobs order delay ?
  138. Help me decide - J/J, P/J, Big Singles, MM5.3
  139. OWNERS OF THE CLASSICS REQUEST
  140. New build headless 6 string singlecut
  141. Heat gun/poly strip in progress..poly=GONE
  142. Brass tuners....anyone...help?
  143. I think my Joiner kicked the bucket
  144. burl redwood 6-string fretless
  145. Warped guitar neck
  146. First build (In progress)
  147. Help finding help!
  148. Making a metal fretboard.
  149. Pennsylvania Walnut anyone??
  150. Neck chipped by unauthorized user @#$%
  151. Outlaw X610 Rehab finished - almost...
  152. Thining down my neck
  153. "aging" or "tinting" a maple/maple neck
  154. Wood pickup covers, do they interfere with magnetic action?
  155. Air Compressor/Gun/Finishin Help needed
  156. wood body choice?
  157. Yet another ramp thread
  158. Warmoth built for slap?
  159. About to Start my first Build...
  160. Neck wood question...
  161. customs
  162. calculating neck width/taper
  163. NYC Luthiers - Can I Clean Your Shop/Apprentice?
  164. First setback, template routing , HELP!!!
  165. Acoustic bass bridge pins - need to locate a source
  166. My Right Shoulder Hurts....
  167. Cavity depths for J bass
  168. Essex replacement neck
  169. Fretless Fingerboard question
  170. de-gloss or satinize a Modulus neck
  171. To angle or not to angle, that is the question.....
  172. bpdy work
  173. Lenga - Nothofagus pumilio
  174. In need of advice...
  175. Warmoth clear finishes
  176. Fretboard thickness and shaping, standards or preferences
  177. Is Oak a good bass wood?
  178. Using guitar tuners
  179. A 9-String Bass
  180. Fender dead spot
  181. Contract work
  182. Need Help
  183. What wood is this?
  184. Installing tuner bushings
  185. Defretting with block inlays
  186. Taking the shine off mah Fender
  187. What wood do you really want to love, but regret it every time you use it?
  188. Curbow`s Luthier School
  189. Refinishing a bass
  190. Will a Fender American Deluxe Jazz neck fit a Warmoth non-dinky body??
  191. home made tools?
  192. birds eye maple
  193. Padauk as a fingerboard?
  194. Do any of you live along the Rhine river?
  195. Anyone Ever Re-Fret a Vintage Fender Neck using slide out method?
  196. Jazz bass wiring.. humbucking?
  197. Phase Cancellation and Pickup Spacing.
  198. Ever Done A "Zero Relief" Set-Up?
  199. Bartolini pups string spacing.
  200. wood pickup covers
  201. Need a 4 string locking adjustable bridge < $100
  202. Wide String Spacing Pickups
  203. Installing new Jazz ashtrays
  204. 1973 Telecaster Bass Refinish - lots of questions
  205. Roland GK kit install - amateur style
  206. Brazilian Cherry Fingerboard...Coat with?
  207. Fretless Ebonol Fingerboard Conversion
  208. How to make a single use spray booth for Nitro?
  209. New bass complete!
  210. what body shape?!
  211. what fret wire?
  212. Bass Body... HELP ME!!!
  213. Cocobolo and Titebond?
  214. Beginner Here: Cost? To Build or to Buy and Modify?
  215. Good Place to buy ERB parts
  216. Dead "fret" on fretless?
  217. Which tuners used on the Fender Mike Dirnt P Bass?
  218. Gotoh 206 Bridge - what metal is this?...
  219. Hipshot TransTone Bridge - who's had the ba**s to try it out?
  220. Teak for a neck blank
  221. Best bridge/ material
  222. sanding the color coat before the clear?
  223. Theoretical truss rod question
  224. Filiing graphtech saddles
  225. another stupid question
  226. : KS Factory Tour Video
  227. Sound of Cocobolo and Shedua?
  228. how much nitro?
  229. Painting a bass. easy/hard cheap/expensive?
  230. Any of you tapering with your table saws?
  231. People who make pickups: Wal pickup clones?
  232. stainless steel frets
  233. Ebony Fingerboard Questions
  234. Building a Bass VI....Help....
  235. harbor freight .com
  236. Is there someone in the LA area with a planer?
  237. Reinforcement rods, options?
  238. Schecter Stiletto Series + Bartolini?
  239. de-fretting a bass neck
  240. Cover plates installation price
  241. Fender Paint Job Questions...
  242. Deep science required here...
  243. Gluing a brass nut...glue recommendations
  244. Workbench plans in Popular Mechanics
  245. Anyone know a luthier who will do this?
  246. using glass parts on bass
  247. Fodera finishing ( lacquer or Polyester )?
  248. SHOE POLISH!
  249. Gibson Guitar’s Newest CNC Machine Strikes A Productive Chord
  250. So guess where I just landed a job?