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  1. Lightwave and Midi Equiped Bass?
  2. Fanned fret and Buzz Feiten
  3. Spector: Spector Bass questions!
  4. bridge + neck
  5. Finishes and tone?
  6. Apprentice question
  7. Which idea gets sent out to be mass produced?
  8. fretted-to-fretless project
  9. Traditionalists?
  10. Wooden bridges
  11. Wood and pickup selections
  12. Bill Conklin: RMC Synth Retrofit for GT-7
  13. welcome to all luthiers!!
  14. Luthier Question: Creation of a neck through
  15. ? about applying a fresh coat of Tung Oil on my bass
  16. combination of body woods
  17. French Polish
  18. Acrylic bass body question
  19. Warwick truss rod help wanted!
  20. What can I use to polish/clean my bass?
  21. Seeking advice on a timber nut
  22. Strange wood combination?
  23. Moveable/Sliding Pickups: Why don't we see more of them?
  24. Oak....... What does it sound like?
  25. How much does wood choice affect the tone?
  26. Good source for timber
  27. A note on budding luthiers
  28. Bartolini dual-coil windings: C, K, or CX?
  29. Kubicki sounding custom
  30. Kentucky Coffee Wood ?
  31. Open-pore woods as fretless fingerboard
  32. Types of glue ?
  33. Question about a purpleheart top
  34. Why are pickups "pointed"?
  35. Marine epoxy...
  36. Modifications to a body?
  37. Slap plate on a fretless
  38. Figured hardwoods on the BACK of the bass...
  39. Precious Bodily Fluids and Tung Finishes
  40. what about bee propolis?
  41. contradicting information
  42. Tung Oil Finish and Bodily Fluids
  43. The Great Scale Length Debate
  44. Ken Smith: Construction
  45. body shape
  46. Luthier's Who Are Inventors
  47. pre-amp, 2 or 3 band EQ?
  48. Bodies and Veneer
  49. Roberto-Venn
  50. aligning replacement neck?
  51. Luthiers, Please Help Resolve a Debate
  52. making your own: where to start
  53. Bass using guitar body?
  54. Bass to be
  55. A Question about Schooling and Jobs
  56. Fretless neck
  57. Homemade Fretless...
  58. Does the nut affect tone?
  59. Is this true?
  60. MM Stingray neck PU install??
  61. wide spacing spector
  62. Truss rod channel question
  63. Mr.Tobias
  64. Shielding + tone-control ?
  65. looking for a good luthier in L.A....
  66. Mr. Tobias-Grendel question
  67. Truss Rod Adjustment
  68. Pickup Placement??
  69. Bill Conklin: GT7 woods, conversion, etc
  70. Spector: Professional Series Quilt Tops
  71. Luthiers: Gaze into your crystal balls...
  72. String length beyond the nut/bridge and string tension.
  73. A way to cahnge recessed straplocks to a more standardized set of schallers?
  74. locating the bridge
  75. Luthiers: Novax Frets with BFTS?
  76. Is diamondkote the strongest finish for fretless(ebony) fingerboard?
  77. Building your own bass....
  78. Mr. Tobias, New low cost models?
  79. Should I try to build a plastic bass?
  80. luthier in L.A?
  81. Mounting Lightwave system
  82. Extra long, extra large strings? (Ken Smith and Bill Conklin)
  83. Gluing the body
  84. Best nut material?
  85. "Standard P" vs. "Reverse P" (Sadowsky, etc.)
  86. Piezo pickup options
  87. Broken pickup screw - best removal method?
  88. Laminate tops and Volute Q
  89. Elm for a body ?
  90. Stuart Spector Question
  91. how to become a luthier?
  92. Research and Development in Luthierie?
  93. Wenge fingerbord on fretless?
  94. Luthiers: should I stain my walnut before finishing?
  95. Neck bow repair
  96. Bolt-On Necks: Attachment Method
  97. Weird trussrod?
  98. Some questions(possibly silly ones)
  99. Job Opening for Guitar/Bass tech
  100. a bit of history
  101. Pickup positions
  102. is my bass shrinking?
  103. Baritone Slide Guitar
  104. Staining Swamp Ash to look "zebralike"?
  105. MTD Kingston or Beast
  106. sounds that should not be
  107. Mr. Spector
  108. should fender necks be reinforced?
  109. Something to make my bass shine
  110. Building an Acoustic Bass that plays at a decent volume
  111. Joe Zon: info about your basses!
  112. Cocobolo top vs. maple top
  113. Neck Lenths
  114. Sanding "difficult" areas
  115. truss rod routing.......uh......issues
  116. Possible finish options for an alder body?
  117. Luthiers: Should I use Tung Oil alone or Combined With Shellac, Varnish, etc.?
  118. natural fender look
  119. Help with a strange fret buzz problem
  120. What/Why 0 (Zero)fret?
  121. Luthiers: How fine should I sand my bass prior to oil finishing?
  122. Starting in the Luthiery Business
  123. Red/Black Palm for fretboard?
  124. what tools are needed to shape a neck?
  125. how to attach a bolt on neck
  126. Sanding marks on neck
  127. Jazz Bass pickup wiring question
  128. Adding Aguilar OBP-1 to passive pickups
  129. Roger Sadowski: Curious about a repair
  130. A question about tools...
  131. acoustic bass pickup remove and repair
  132. truss rod messed up...
  133. Lutheir: is it my amp?
  134. Solid Construction
  135. Concentric Pots
  136. Great fingerboard debate, cont'd (fretted basses)
  137. Different tuners for B-string?
  138. New Tuners for Dano DC Bass
  139. Spalted Maple laminate tops
  140. bass playing for a living
  141. Pickups/strings not lined up
  142. Walnut tonal characteristics
  143. would any Luthier.........
  144. Pondering the idea of "jumping in"
  145. Defrfetting
  146. Rosewood vs. Ebony (fingerboard)
  147. best way to do semi-hollowbody ?
  148. body wood dimensions
  149. My bass design
  150. Coupla rudimentary questions
  151. Which neck is more stable & which will have fewer deadspots?
  152. So-cal luthiers
  153. attaching body wings to a neckthrough blank
  154. glue presses and clamps?
  155. Mr Conklin; plans for a GT-6 ?
  156. fender refin in los angeles?
  157. Effects for this tone
  158. Katalox
  159. Body woods for fretless
  160. Afixing a Brass nut
  161. trouble with warmoth bridge holes
  162. Glue??
  163. BASS LIGHTS?
  164. strings on MTD Kingston
  165. Primavera
  166. Bridge Neck relation
  167. How much will it cost to have my P-bass made to fit two humbuckers?
  168. moses neck on fender?
  169. Body blanks
  170. OLP Stingray
  171. Neck shaping with shaper
  172. Oil finish on mahogany neck
  173. What is considered 'hot-rodding' a bass?
  174. Staining a maple fretboard?
  175. Bass Output
  176. poplar wood
  177. Question about Tung Oil
  178. Wooden Nuts
  179. cedar as a body wood?
  180. nut change
  181. Finishing...
  182. I wanna learn - please, help!
  183. fatter neck=fatter sound?
  184. Is it true that less frets=better slap sound?
  185. Individual Bridges
  186. A few questions on luthiers
  187. Fingerboards
  188. fret calculator version 3.0
  189. Adding top cap with accent line
  190. Neck&wood questions
  191. Luthiers: Is it ok to tung oil my bass parts before assembly?
  192. Water-based lacquer over epoxy????
  193. Finishing a maple neck myself. . . help!
  194. Template Medium
  195. wiring for Stereo
  196. Cleaning vintage nickel hardware
  197. Short or Medium Scale????
  198. FBB Custom #1053-02
  199. Solid color painting/pigments
  200. Calling all Do-it yourselfers
  201. Redwood - - What's it sound like?
  202. Ebony or Ebony or Ebony ?
  203. When do you cleanup your glueup?
  204. Routing neck, pickup, and control cavities?
  205. Jon Maghini Joins Luthier's Panel
  206. Here is my bass project
  207. HELP!!! how to take off a fingerboard
  208. Knots...
  209. Fretless fingerboard
  210. Fret Dressing
  211. "bloom" on D string of fretted bass
  212. ALLPARTS Pickups...
  213. Is tung oil a "hard finish"
  214. Bolt-on positioning/Set neck
  215. true-ing glue joints
  216. Three fingers picking in right hand!
  217. Recomended reading
  218. Welcome JP of JPBasses!
  219. Hey mike tobias, Kingston 6string maybe??
  220. Mr.Tobias what is the difference between the Saratoga and Grendal?
  221. Double function bass necks.
  222. Strap Peg Question
  223. Materials..
  224. Purpleheart question
  225. Cleaning a Purpleheart Fingerboard
  226. Where can I get a good price on an ABM bridge??
  227. Tight neck pocket V.S. loose one????
  228. maple boards? How do we clean them up?
  229. Exotic wood: Shedua
  230. Making pickguards
  231. Bocote finish???
  232. Piezo only, neck through design
  233. Easiest way to make a semi hollow body
  234. Should I have my Rob Allen de-fretted?
  235. Converting a 12 string to a 6 string? Possible?
  236. Neck adjustment and intonation tips?
  237. Cracking Warwick (bubinga)
  238. All Luthiers Welcome
  239. Wood dimensions for a custom top
  240. Sound of hollowed bass
  241. Wooden Knobs?
  242. michigan luthiers??
  243. From 4 to 12, can it be done this easy.......
  244. I have a question
  245. Luthiers: Question regarding Neck Attachment
  246. '62 Fender Jazz Refret
  247. Spector SD basses
  248. Agathis...is it a "crap" wood?
  249. Sourcing wood in UK
  250. Necks