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  1. Gibson Guitar’s Newest CNC Machine Strikes A Productive Chord
  2. So guess where I just landed a job?
  3. Bass finishing questions
  4. Thinkin about modding my Mark Hoppas
  5. Who had a bookmatched top with a cat's face on it?
  6. Defretting an Acoustic-Electric?
  7. CNC programs, anyone?
  8. Zero fret thoughts
  9. Quick binding question
  10. Painted Dots
  11. Lined Fretless
  12. Question relating to bolt-on Fender style neck.
  13. Tree identification.
  14. Fender Bass Project
  15. Broken neck help
  16. How scratch-free before a finish?
  17. Starting my first project - stuck on a neck
  18. Working with spalted woods re-visited
  19. How important is body weight for sound?
  20. thicker finishes more prone to stress cracks?
  21. fixing control cavity area crack
  22. Removing the finish...?
  23. Question about tapering
  24. First bass Project...Exited!!!
  25. How adjustable is the Hipshot A bridge?
  26. Cleaning pet urine from bass
  27. Random discoveries
  28. What do you guys think of this no name luthier 6 string?
  29. Truss rods experience
  30. Fretless Fretboard gloss
  31. thumb rest.
  32. whats with the...?
  33. Tru Oil versus chatoyance
  34. I have the hardware. But lack the woodworking skills....
  35. I want to make a bass
  36. Converting bolt on to set neck?
  37. I GOT AN AWESOME IDEA!!! (I think.)
  38. Working graphite.
  39. JazzBass body template
  40. Fodera Knobs
  41. by request: 3D Fender-ish CAD/Render
  42. Custom singlecut 5 string for Justin Williams
  43. epoxy dye
  44. Finish on wenge top/headstock?
  45. Anybody ever used Texas ebony? Or desert ironwood?
  46. A Trussrod Goof
  47. Bass case suppliers
  48. My CNC bass project start to finish
  49. Output Jacks
  50. So i used boiled linseed oil on my fingerboard...
  51. Bridge directly on wood... or after finish?
  52. advice on specifics
  53. FJ guitars, new guitar design!!!!
  54. new fretless build
  55. Custom Pickup Question
  56. polyurethaning cocobolo
  57. Reranch Sand and Sealer
  58. Fret Slotting Blades....
  59. Bass Kits?
  60. Wenge Short Scale 4-string
  61. New York and New Hampshire.
  62. Southeastern Luthier?
  63. Binding on drop tops.
  64. microtonal fret job?
  65. Need a small piece of wenge for a ramp...
  66. Looking for a 10 string bridge.
  67. Can you build me a neck?
  68. Boarax swirl oil paint on body - using tub
  69. Where can I find custom truss rods?
  70. warwick refin
  71. Help with bridges: Hipshot VS Schaller VS Leo Quan
  72. Trying to figure out neck scale
  73. help finishing different woods
  74. Any advice for a first build?
  75. new neck
  76. "Scoop" acoustic bass?
  77. Different colored Tuners/bridges?
  78. Finding an acceptable replacement body...
  79. A good piece of Ash
  80. Radiused covers for Angus
  81. Wooden Nut??
  82. i think i made a boo boo
  83. New Bass Assembly
  84. custom decals
  85. Update on the Benedetto Gig!
  86. Spalted Maple Anyone?
  87. Fanned scale fretless retrofit.
  88. Black Schaller M4 Tuning Head
  89. Maple Necks
  90. What paint?
  91. Koa and tone properties.
  92. The Revenge of the Radial Arm Saw on the Fretless Neck
  93. daring task! well..sort of...plans for an electric upright
  94. Any pointers on a 32" scale fretless 8?
  95. getting my design to scale
  96. Fairly easy Home Made Bridge
  97. My first bass, and possibly second
  98. Wood Identification
  99. Some people said I should be a luthier...
  100. First build (Trying to decide on woods and scale)
  101. Replacing bridge
  102. So Close to being done: Neck finishes
  103. Hipshot Tuning Keys Query
  104. Dual Pre?
  105. Choices of preamps for fretless
  106. Making a neck look worn.
  107. Slightly uneven fretboard on a new fretless
  108. Making a production bass a string-through
  109. more than the usual number of pickups
  110. Humidity question?
  111. Fingerboard wood
  112. No sound from my bass!
  113. Good Luthier in central CA?
  114. coughcoughguitarquestioncoughcough
  115. Strap Lock question
  116. Bubinga pommele as a fingerboard wood. Finish ideas? (pic inside)
  117. headless bridges
  118. Stripping Nitro
  119. Looking for a good nut maker
  120. Custom design
  121. 8 string bass conversion
  122. sealed wood? any problems?
  123. Epoxy
  124. Wood Dye
  125. neck shaping questions ???
  126. Active basslines 5 string pickup problem
  127. help with making a 15' cab
  128. fretboard / to radius or not to radius ?
  129. custom pickups in UK
  130. HELP!!!
  131. Name this wood
  132. Refretting a bass?
  133. First Build: Body Shape Idea
  134. First fret problem
  135. Fret leveling tips?
  136. Fretting Ebonol
  137. Fretless epoxy finish.
  138. F Bass: BARE! What to do?
  139. Fret lines on fretless fingerboard tips
  140. ABG with Nylon Strings
  141. This is not a bass guitar question: Mexi strat...
  142. FIRST BUILD WOOD ADVICE ...
  143. HELP! 1966 J-Bass tuners needed
  144. New Project-Moses
  145. travelling abroad with my bass
  146. more fretting questions
  147. Five string Scroll for Thomas J.
  148. Making a flame POP - and giving it a nice sheen
  149. Tim Salas?
  150. The ethics of copying a design of a company that went out of business
  151. I'm Famous!!!
  152. Worst Build Day Ever!!
  153. Alternative method for pup cover
  154. How can I get this finish?
  155. Do I need a truss rod?
  156. 73 Jazz Bass pickup repair
  157. Any Bass building books out there?
  158. custom paint
  159. removing inlays?
  160. orange osage as a fingerboard?
  161. How hard is building a fingerboard?
  162. FIRST BUILD NECK THROUGH OR BOLT ON ?
  163. maple fingerboard on fretless
  164. EMG vs Bartolini for fretless
  165. Silly headstock idea.... classical style.
  166. Starting out as a bass tech / repair guy
  167. modifying a thinline body
  168. Fixing neck dings - am I doing this right?
  169. Source for case lock?
  170. core woods Suggestions?
  171. WHERE TO FIND FRETBOARDS?
  172. Warped neck
  173. Pots, caps, and knobs???
  174. New Build for CapeBass - P/J w/Hipshot Trem
  175. Questions about pickups and wood covers
  176. Pics of 32" scale 1st build
  177. Non-bass body question
  178. Semi-OT: To the hand-planing experts, what plane to use on snakewood?
  179. drilled "tone chambers"
  180. Fretboard thickness and Padauk...
  181. double bass sound from a bass guitar?
  182. What type of metal is used for Schaller Machine Heads
  183. What are the best pots and why?
  184. Old wood from auctions.... usable?
  185. Phun with Phinishing
  186. Resonator basses
  187. matching body finish to existing neck
  188. Why is this bridge so expensive?
  189. Semi-hollow bodies options! Help needed.
  190. Bookmatching
  191. fingerboard flush with body
  192. Luthiers in my area?
  193. piezo for a wood bridge. thinline
  194. Acoustic Guitar strings
  195. finishing screw up
  196. Can someone here build me a wooden pg and control cover?
  197. Converting to a contra bass
  198. Dangleberry Bass Necks
  199. p-bass pickup options
  200. Pot Values?
  201. have no experience, but i want to fix my fretboard
  202. Neck sanding.
  203. Wood
  204. almost ready/first build
  205. will an endpin jack support a bass?
  206. Routing under a pickguard to lighten a bass?
  207. Custom singlecut in progress
  208. different mahogany type???
  209. owing to the C# thread in bass forum...
  210. Wenge/Pic
  211. First Guitar Build Complete (Pics)
  212. building an EUB
  213. Cutting out headstock shape and volute. help?
  214. public woodshops
  215. Resonant metals?
  216. bass project phase 2
  217. Electric Bass C-Extensions
  218. Squirelly neck?
  219. Converting a Jazz Bass to Lefty
  220. Translucend red on a natural wax and oil finish - WHO?
  221. Custom bass body builder??
  222. First Bass Project
  223. how do you post full sized pictures
  224. Second Build Pictures
  225. making a bass version of a guitar model
  226. Wring help needed...
  227. Help with wood types
  228. G&L Bridge on an MIM Fender or copy?
  229. Non permanent fretmarkers on fretless neck
  230. wire route
  231. Gloss varnish over satin on J Bass
  232. Westfield p-bass neck pocket
  233. 1ST BASS BODY CUT
  234. P-Bass Bridge and Pickup Covers
  235. Alternative Bridge For Hofner Violin.
  236. lawsuit bodies
  237. Neck Cleaning...Sorry
  238. BUBINGA-To cut or to not- solid body or lam?
  239. Finally finished
  240. fixing on a bass neck.
  241. Figured wood Lams
  242. Tool for Removing Polyester Finish
  243. A couple 4-stringers I'm working on
  244. THICKNESSER/BELT SANDER
  245. neck help
  246. Holes through the body in relation to tone - help needed.
  247. Additions to the spaceman bass
  248. 3D software compatability ?'s
  249. band saw buying help
  250. Chambered bass dimensions