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