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  1. New build - a quickie ;)
  2. help with wiring
  3. I Messed Up & I Need Your Help!! (BO Neck/Body Joint Involving Glue)
  4. strategic thumbrest for jbass
  5. Paint and Wiring Questions
  6. new design :) your thoughts??
  7. Pickups, anyone?
  8. Attaching bridge to brass plate ala Alembic
  9. Naked maple or not??
  10. Neck scale problem
  11. Replacing a bridge question?
  12. wood treatment?
  13. Prototype F4 short scale
  14. the old bandsaw blew out.......
  15. Recommendations for a router.
  16. First Built, finished, finally, 5 string fretless
  17. Building the Ergonomic Guitar Forum – Shameless Plug
  18. Pickup routes
  19. building advice
  20. Neck wear problem
  21. Typical 5'er Nut
  22. Whamola help
  23. Matching Battery Compartment.
  24. My latest, 6 strings bass
  25. converting from solid to semi hollow?
  26. i have a CRAZY design to talk about
  27. My Tuners are too Big! What should I do?
  28. Favorite natural wood combinations
  29. 8 string bass nut/ bridge spacing question
  30. moving an old Warwick's straplock placement
  31. Ibanez Neck
  32. DIY headless tuners.
  33. Going to give myself a PJ
  34. stripping..
  35. removing inlay..
  36. Some Q's about Stain and Defret.
  37. My project....
  38. Bubinga Body thickness
  39. naming!
  40. Jazz pickguard on Highway 1
  41. Installing Q-Tuners in a hollow bass. Possible?
  42. Buying Figured Tops and Fretboards
  43. 35" maple body; help me pay for school
  44. Wooden Bridges not to be confused with covered Bridges
  45. Finally Registered
  46. Single Humbucker wiring.
  47. Nordstrands!
  48. JC Basses 8 String
  49. DIY Natural Wood Refinish
  50. 6 String Fanned for Alan
  51. Magnetic Pickup covers?
  52. New Side Dots
  53. jazz pickguard with pbass pickup
  54. pine bodies
  55. Using the West System to coat a fretboard
  56. Moses necks......
  57. Started a build today
  58. question for refinishing
  59. Question re: binding repair
  60. 3 New Watson Basses - watch their construction
  61. Source for a premade headless neck?
  62. I need a small piece of binding
  63. Warped neck, dead end?
  64. Flamed Spanish Cedar
  65. Looking for a luthier
  66. Custom bridges
  67. string tree
  68. The kitchen-bench-bass!
  69. Inlaying a Ramp
  70. how do stacked humbuckers actually work?
  71. My natural finish is starting to become glossy...how do accelerate the process?
  72. Headstock clean break
  73. How does this look?
  74. angled jazz pup... why, and how.
  75. Replacement neck dimensions -- what matters?
  76. mixing oil and poly for a finish
  77. 2x2 clover tuners and matching black hardware for cheap. where?
  78. Replacing a Graphtec nut. Where to begin?
  79. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH MY STRINGING ISSUE???
  80. going crazy without a shop and wood dust!
  81. #11 started
  82. Tom's 6 String...
  83. '62 Reissue J-bass has too much treble
  84. Series/single/parallel in a mm pickup, help please
  85. Check out this cool mod I did.
  86. Built-in Headphone Amp?
  87. Would a guitar neck...
  88. A lined fretless idea
  89. Lefty Necks on Righty Bodies question...
  90. how much would the tone change if....
  91. Installing a truss rod
  92. a little help idetifying my bass's body wood
  93. Fretless 4 string...
  94. Designing a bass
  95. Detuner options
  96. is this body cut stable for a bass?
  97. Lie-Nielsen 4 1/2 vs Veritas LA Smoother
  98. Anyone with body design nack..
  99. Cast Aluminum Bass
  100. hb6 tuners. discontinued?
  101. Where to get two piece bass bridges?
  102. CYPRESS FOR A BASS BODY?
  103. Need help with WIN ISD BETA
  104. getting a fretless board smooth
  105. A bit more clarification on the Fretless to Fretted Conversion Please
  106. One of a kind Benedetto bass!
  107. apply tung oil on fingerboard?
  108. 4 string fretless quickie
  109. Need Method to remove oil stain from inlays
  110. Finishing a bass
  111. The Trouble with Korina: Great for Guitars, Tough for Luthiers
  112. Paint/clear coat question
  113. Question about body wood.
  114. Mandocello conversion ?
  115. Wood Knobs Revisited
  116. should toxic fretboard woods be sealed?
  117. Wood
  118. A thread dedicated to sandpaper
  119. What kind of wood in old pianos?
  120. Route a jazz into a p-bass.
  121. hollow bodies and contouring... how?
  122. Corian: How to use it?
  123. Drilling holes into body
  124. Question about repairing severe checking in finish
  125. Plugging Hole In Top Question...
  126. what kind of pickup?
  127. 2nd build
  128. Satin-Poly Neck to Raw Wood
  129. a few fretboard questions...
  130. Wooden pickguards?
  131. Wood dilema! need advice!- larry??
  132. Making an Instrument case
  133. New stuff from my shop...
  134. Reference for pickup makers: Tone Factors
  135. JC Basses 6 String Rainbow Build Thread
  136. Larry is a God
  137. fretless nut height
  138. Show me some stained/ coloured/ tinted walnut!
  139. New build finished, 32" scale 6-string
  140. Whats the Proper way to wetsand?
  141. New prototype almost done...
  142. has this been done before?
  143. Guitar question
  144. thinkin of a custom bass..
  145. Shipping boxes?
  146. The "Tone wood" Bass!
  147. HOW DID YOU GET STARTED AS A LUTHIER?
  148. My first Defret, How did I do?
  149. gluing up a bookmatched top
  150. Strange neck bow?
  151. tulipwood?
  152. Neatness Counts...Bridge Ground
  153. new tools
  154. First build question
  155. Sand or stripper to remove paint?
  156. CLEAR clear coat
  157. Freddys Frets
  158. When the owner doesn't pick up their instrument...
  159. Frets; is stainless steel a good choice?
  160. Fretless help
  161. Neck-through for easier build?
  162. Grumixava/pau ferro neck...
  163. so you want to be a good builder (thoughts inspired from a different thread)
  164. Getting the lines of a neck absolutely straight
  165. bass build problem
  166. What Is The Hardest Part To Building A Bass
  167. Where would I start?
  168. How to degloss????
  169. Lacquer forming droplets when spraying
  170. Buckeye burl top for Jazz bass?
  171. Warmoth seems to have a unique way of building bass necks.
  172. Spray paint as a color coat?
  173. Jason's Refin
  174. neck dive
  175. who do you build for?
  176. Compensated nut
  177. Furniture Varnish and Car wax in Action!
  178. Painting Pickguard.
  179. Can a complete novice (with help from his beautiful wife) repaint and relic his bass?
  180. Custom 5 string bass, woods?
  181. Is this a one-piece body?
  182. 5swamp ash 35" build, warning pictures
  183. Peavey T-40 Natural wood care
  184. a couple of questions about building....
  185. Single Cut Build
  186. Wilser recovery wishes thread
  187. New 4 string bass build!!!
  188. Pickup that catches all harmonics?
  189. Overhaul My Mexi Jazz
  190. Nut question for the experts
  191. Painting & customizing a beater bass - help!
  192. sand blasting / pre paint prep?
  193. Defret or...
  194. Pickguard replacement?
  195. How to build a 5-string jazz bass?
  196. NEED INFORMATION ABOUT TILT DISCS AND REPLACING A NECK
  197. Any builders here coming to the 8/3 GTG in Long Island?
  198. Professional Luthier?
  199. Fender 1950s custom colors
  200. Jazzmaster clone? Not exactly.
  201. Getting my first Nordstrand preamps today
  202. Some questions before starting a build...
  203. Brazilian Rosewood on Nashville Craigslist.
  204. How to recognize the wood on my basses?
  205. Neck Reshape Fender AM Deluxe or replace?
  206. About to stain a bass body...
  207. Decal on my Squier headstock: Will it work without lacquer?
  208. Started my latest bass build today!
  209. Would a bamboo neck be feasible?
  210. nut change?
  211. Need a book for guitar building
  212. Changing the mass of a body...
  213. Giant tuner holes, filling question.
  214. Hollowbody pup routing/widening question
  215. Screw holes, neck attaching to the body ..
  216. Affordable CNC?
  217. a bit of an odd question......
  218. Where do I start?
  219. blackburst
  220. blackburst
  221. Anyone in N.NJ,PA,orange county ny who can install neck inserts?
  222. Wanting to have a bass built. Need Help
  223. Easy way to distinguish ebony from rosewood?
  224. Cinderella - Some advice
  225. Help in New Orleans (Nawlins)!
  226. refinishing with bondo
  227. is 1 1/4 inch too thin for a bass body?
  228. Can't find knobs
  229. How deep does the pickup cavity need to be for a p bass pickup?
  230. HELP ME MAKE A CELLO
  231. SX fingerboard radius?
  232. More economic to have a neck fixed or replaced?
  233. LED pickguard
  234. potting a pickup?
  235. Simple neck sanding question.
  236. cutting a nut slot in a bound fretboard
  237. ACG Finn
  238. Repairing a scarf joint
  239. Anyone done an 8-string conversion?
  240. Building a Fenderbird
  241. Loose strap buttons
  242. First Project - Replacement Neck
  243. Polishing pearls?
  244. Fretless board with a compound radius.
  245. Headless 5-string build (warning - pictures)
  246. New build...wooo
  247. How to calculate the position of the frets?
  248. Chambering a heavy bass?
  249. How Difficult Is It To Build A Bass?
  250. Update: Bubinga singlecut