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  1. How do I prepare a body for painting?
  2. Blank pickguards?
  3. Fingerboard; Maple vs. Ash
  4. Where can you find long-shaft blend pots?
  5. What's the right measurement for pickup routing?
  6. Single Pickup Placement Question
  7. Macassar Ebony top on a semi-hollow body
  8. Mappa??
  9. Walnut 5 string for Greenman
  10. Got a bunch of really nice wood...
  11. RAHAZ First build begins (Pictures)
  12. Anyone know how to contact Goodman Bass/Count Funkula?
  13. How do YOU decide the relative value of a custom built bass?
  14. Truss Rods for Longer Scale Lengths
  15. 4string fretless,wood bridge
  16. highway one finish
  17. odd Neck Radius
  18. straight neck, no relief, what do you think?
  19. Powder coated bass?
  20. stability of wenge/maple/ebony
  21. Can I change a 7 1/4 radius to a 9 1/2?
  22. Building neck made easy, what do you think?
  23. I need a fingerboard 5A Birdseye Maple
  24. Collage process
  25. (How) can I string a baritone uke E,A,D,G?
  26. Craftsman products?
  27. Black Walnut
  28. How hard is it to completely remove a fretboard?
  29. Jazz Parts Bass
  30. Old man with bad eyes
  31. neck movement questions
  32. Sanded-in Oil Finish
  33. Another one in the can: "Studio special firewood"
  34. G & L Lynx bass neck bow in wrong place!!! Help!
  35. Worst Wood for Basses
  36. Mexi Jazz, same pup sizes?
  37. nut advice??
  38. cost assessment?
  39. Removing the poly from a maple neck
  40. Luthier's garage sale... Acacia and Benavente stuff...
  41. Adding relief to a Warmoth neck ?
  42. New Bass Build
  43. Painting first build...
  44. Tonewood: sonic characteristics contingent on placement?
  45. Custom bass for Jim...
  46. "Blue" bass - talkbass style
  47. Lacquer / Varnish for a fretless fretboard?
  48. string spacing...
  49. Nordy NJ4SV Covers....
  50. mexican luthier first single cut!!!
  51. burst finishes?
  52. Truss rod filler strip or not?
  53. Blasted paint
  54. Tracing a 50's Precision headstock
  55. Source for Badass II with Grooved Saddles
  56. Bubinga 35" scale fretless, shop pics, and updates!
  57. Finishing a bubinga neck/fingerboard
  58. Quick question 17mm string to string at bridge
  59. dyeing ash black
  60. Cost to get help assembling a "parts bass"?
  61. Neck action problems
  62. how does the body wood affect overall tone?
  63. Fret Board radius
  64. Wenge neck
  65. Custom scale-length fret slotting templates...
  66. Craziest pick you have ever seen
  67. structural wood question ( I swear its not about tone)
  68. Slotting a finished unlined neck through???
  69. Neck Weight?
  70. Pneumatic Drum sanders
  71. Talkbass Luthiers on Youtube?
  72. help please
  73. Pickguard
  74. difference in pickup location between 60'S and 70'S jazz bass
  75. Core/ single laminate
  76. Is there a source for P-U location on establish models?.
  77. Relic a Jazz pickguard?
  78. Fixing a large dent in poly?
  79. can someone make me some custom pickup rings?
  80. Badass Bridge Saddles
  81. Defret problem? (pic)
  82. Dove tailed neck joints.
  83. christmas presents!
  84. Applying transparent finishes
  85. the 13 string super bass
  86. neck rake on basses
  87. Painted neck fretless / lines help.
  88. Bridge & Tuners update
  89. How heavy is your bass?
  90. High Gloss Black Finish- Suggestions?
  91. Commercial Users: Updated Policy in Luthier's Corner (read before posting)
  92. Anyone out there own the Stew Mac Truss Rod Rescue Kit?
  93. Luthier schools?
  94. Building contest?
  95. A question about Waxing................
  96. Sometimes things come together
  97. bass refinishers in L.A.
  98. Olive wood.
  99. Who builds their own pickups?
  100. Fretboards-Custom Project
  101. ABG compensation
  102. Straighten Neck?
  103. How straight can you really get a neck?
  104. A RAMPant Curiosity
  105. Yamaha String Spacing, How much ?
  106. My DIY Electric Bass
  107. MM4 neck
  108. need suggestions for bass build
  109. Neck is bowing, righty tighty....
  110. acrylized fretboards (yes I have read the other threads)
  111. Burled top for first build?
  112. Help finding a P-Bass neck; vintage dimensions
  113. Removing and re-installing a nut
  114. SX 57 Jazz neck - which Fender neck is similar?
  115. Padouk Tone?
  116. Pick-Up Swap...¿
  117. Good nut files?
  118. Maple neck back bow problem
  119. How to widen pickup space?
  120. Neck heavy Peavey
  121. Regarding Wooden P/U Covers???
  122. Want to install P pickups in Jazz bass
  123. Books on Bass Building?
  124. machining bridge saddles for more travel? gotoh vs fender
  125. 1 or 2 piece body
  126. wider bridge on a P-bass?
  127. Wood questions
  128. Pine bass tester
  129. Price check for a custom.
  130. Wood choice (tones again)
  131. upgrades for my bass
  132. WOOD SUPPLIERS
  133. Zebra neck?
  134. Agathis
  135. Using plastic bond as a fretless FB coating?
  136. Considering a Custom Bass -- Can someone here help me out?
  137. One big thanks
  138. Sticker Shock
  139. Woods
  140. Where can I get/build a horseshoe pickupcover
  141. I need a good re-saw fence
  142. fretting basics video?
  143. Spector NS-2A sealer questions
  144. Bolt On vs Neck Through
  145. Building my first bass, need a lot of help!
  146. special fret leveling tool
  147. How much difference does 2 3/8 in make from 2 3/16 inches?
  148. 2 good 2 B true?
  149. ACG Recurve 4 for Bob
  150. Rack case diagrams?
  151. Schematic for passive tone control?
  152. Chemical paint stripper
  153. wood quantity (weird question)
  154. logos?
  155. Tips on Filling in Fret Slots?
  156. reducing neck?
  157. Fretboard or neck - what means most to tone?
  158. prototyping new singlecut design
  159. Lined Fretless
  160. Control Cavity Cover Help
  161. bookmatching??
  162. cheaper materials?
  163. Any recommended luthiers in Colorado?
  164. Headstock / Neck ???
  165. some more questions...
  166. Radiused fingerboard, compound radiused, flat etc..etc..???
  167. Ibanez BTB Bass Parts
  168. A Twisted Approach to Ergonomics
  169. Luthier school in Montreal?
  170. any idea with walnut bass body .. WRONG ?
  171. G string 5 (C) fret last 4 beats only
  172. First Build HELP WITH CRITICAL DIMENSIONS!
  173. Happy HoHo Everyone!
  174. Dead Frets
  175. Fret Buzzing at 16th/17th Frets
  176. So what did ya get?
  177. Allparts vs Warmoth Necks - Which are Better?
  178. Bridge types
  179. ACG Recurve single cut 5 for Olivier.
  180. what to do about warping necks?
  181. dull tuners
  182. Bass kits ..First build
  183. Wood supply
  184. Deft Brushing Lacquer
  185. Glue Recommendation
  186. Laminating problems
  187. Sanding Off The Finish
  188. warwick neck replacement
  189. Mahogany or Walnut
  190. luthier in mobile, AL?
  191. Looking for some work to be done on my bass
  192. How much would you charge?
  193. Sanding off a Bass?
  194. Weird Designs? Show me.
  195. Do guitars and basses use
  196. CAMPHORLORAL?
  197. fitting a fretboard
  198. First build, Help!
  199. Neck Blank storage advice
  200. Jazz bass cavity space problems!
  201. Hipshot A Bridge Replace Squier Stock Bridge???
  202. Squier Deluxe Jazz Active 6-string? Yep! (pics)
  203. uses for scrapwood
  204. Four string Scroll for Bassman 275
  205. from a 4 to a 5
  206. 1 peice bridge, fanned frets?
  207. semi-acoustic body repair
  208. "Recipe" for trans. wine red finish
  209. Custom fingerboards
  210. hickory fingerboard
  211. I want a bridge like this
  212. Gluing wenge?
  213. HELP! (7 String Bridge)
  214. bass stand design...
  215. fretted fretless conversion
  216. easily removable truss rod
  217. spicing up a white J pickguard
  218. fretless epoxy??
  219. Will My Truss Break?
  220. Custom 5 string for Rudy
  221. Custom 7 string fretless for Bob
  222. I think I need to adjust my trussrod.
  223. build this for me
  224. fender aerodyne
  225. Question about sanding
  226. Drop top help...
  227. J/J pickup cover
  228. FENDER CUSTOM
  229. Refinishing Question
  230. Refinishing over TruOil?
  231. Seeking advice on switch placement.
  232. Pickup wiring, theory and practice question
  233. question regarding birdseye maple
  234. Coronado Polyurethane Liquid Plastic
  235. How do you make a neck?
  236. how hard/pricey would this job be?
  237. "soft" Western Maple - neck material usage discussion
  238. Routing or cutting the body first?
  239. Good top woods for an oil finish?
  240. Fretless maple fingerboards?
  241. 6 String Bass Parts....
  242. Make it look good
  243. Rio Grande powerbucker low output?
  244. Another epoxy fingerboard question
  245. Where Can I Get Zebrawood Headstock Veneer?
  246. Remova/installation of nut
  247. I've started the Jack Daniels bass
  248. question about size of frets
  249. "wenge sounding" us woods?
  250. Have you ever done something really stupid, but thought that ... won't happen to you?