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  1. Defretting choice - Accoustic vs electric
  2. green bass refin Q's ??
  3. Mr. Serious 5 ...from the beginning
  4. Re-Contour a Bass Neck?
  5. Neck/Head angle
  6. CONVERTING A 6 STRING ELECTRIC TO A 4 STRING BASS
  7. Fretboard broblems !!!
  8. Rough patch on Jazz bass neck.
  9. Neck
  10. source for checkerplate???
  11. Modding Cheap Jazz Copy
  12. Avodire
  13. Not Enough Mwah driving me crazy
  14. Routing Depth?
  15. Paint that will Relic Quickly
  16. 0000 steel wool vs 1000 grit sandpaper
  17. Bad Paint Job on top of original finish 1963 Jazz Bass
  18. Shielding problem! Please help!
  19. sx headstock mod?
  20. 1st Build
  21. Acoustic electric piezo equipped Jazz- good idea?
  22. Procedure for adjusting truss rod
  23. gray dye
  24. How To: DIY Radiused Sanding Block
  25. sanding or wool on the back of a fender neck?
  26. What Readily available aerosol/spray (UK) most closely emulates FIESTA RED
  27. Dulling a finish
  28. wood for body??
  29. Bridge coupling question
  30. Finding someone to refinish a bass
  31. Bridge screw holes too big - help
  32. Balance Question?or will this work
  33. "Yin&Yang" guitar/bass build
  34. A friend gave me this neck...
  35. shielding Bartolini p-ups?
  36. pickguard refinish
  37. Christopher's bass build #2 - Pictures
  38. 5 to 8 string conversion
  39. vintage chrome neck pickup cover dilemma
  40. Tremolo install
  41. Newbie refinish question
  42. Twisted Neck - Possible to fix myself?
  43. Will this neck replacement work? Please help!
  44. Unradiused Fingerboard for Fretless
  45. ruined finish? a homemade bass body in trouble
  46. Who in the states does led installs?
  47. Worm holes in Wenge
  48. Fretless fingerboard material options
  49. New top for my 'Swappable Top' bass
  50. Neck for Bass-Adrenaline
  51. need advice for a new build
  52. Please help.
  53. binding coming off
  54. Recommendations for a Set of Chisels/Gouges
  55. Bringing a 70s fender jazz bass back to life
  56. Bridge grounding wire on a wooden bridge?
  57. How to install a pickup straight?
  58. Koa/Walnut 5 String Singlecut. A "Spicy" one.
  59. My work (by osama)
  60. Questions Regarding a Custom Bass
  61. RESPRAYING BASS BODY
  62. Neck through or bolt on
  63. second atempt in building some thing...
  64. RICKENBACKER BOLT ON NECK PROJECT
  65. Another 8-string hybrid fretless/fretted
  66. Sanding Question
  67. Nitrocellulose Sealer and Paint Question
  68. darkening fretless lines
  69. Hyder Guitars USA Elegance 4 string
  70. neodymium magnets
  71. Buckeye
  72. What chemical is best to show off wood grain?
  73. May be hooked...another Fury Refinish
  74. best way to achieve a smooth matte finish?
  75. Wood for body Indentification
  76. Best Place to buy hardware, electronics
  77. Tele Bass for Ben W.
  78. cool table of acoustic properties
  79. Anybody ever build a bass using 3 SCPB pups?
  80. Lightest stiff neck woods
  81. Tonal Chambers in a neck-thru body
  82. Kraft Kote vs. System Three - Same league?
  83. Black Stain on Figured Mahogany??
  84. Experimental 5-string build
  85. Control Cavity Covers
  86. colored screws?
  87. Best way to go about learning?
  88. Western Maple burl
  89. identifying neck woods..
  90. How do you do your designs?
  91. Rule of 18.
  92. dents and weight
  93. Basic guide for building a bass guitar--first timer.
  94. Double bass headstock on electric bass?
  95. My first build...
  96. My Second Build - 6 string "Wizzard bass"
  97. My First Build
  98. Set up work needed in Morgantown/Elkins WV
  99. Two string build
  100. How do you keep Purple heart Purple?
  101. Thinking of mixing up some custom-color nitro...
  102. router?
  103. Best step-by-step finishing how-to
  104. Please anybody with a 12"jet JWBS read
  105. kicking around 35" or 34" scale...
  106. Wide fretboard?
  107. Question on woods
  108. Optical Illusion Bass
  109. How much should a pickup route cost?
  110. Hunt49's TB Build-Off entry: Abbey Normal edition
  111. Ebony nut on electric?
  112. Promotion
  113. Second build, fanned fretless J 5
  114. New neck day! Too big for the pocket : (
  115. Tone wood... amps?
  116. uncoated maple fretboard...lemon oil??
  117. Lacquer paint
  118. Carving, or n00b takes a big bite
  119. frettless frettboard finish
  120. Have you heard of this site?
  121. Is there anyone out there who likes to do bass renderings?
  122. Sizing a "swimming pool" neck route
  123. A Clear Answer on Clear Coat?
  124. I don't know about you boys....But I'm ready to build a BASS!!
  125. Source for Graphite Rods?
  126. Need help with my 12 string Tapping Bass Project
  127. High-density Fiberboard?
  128. Advise on Nitro Over Poly?
  129. Need Help with my Charvel neck
  130. Bridge pickup placement
  131. nut marking grid
  132. Should I build or buy off the rack?
  133. Chop Shop: Bronco Edition
  134. fretting poll ...If i can do it right.
  135. Nomad98, lefty build for Dan
  136. Veneer Glue
  137. LedBelli Noah #006
  138. Need A Lot of Help
  139. Trans White/Mary Kaye/Stain/Bleach
  140. New at refinishing
  141. Drop tops?
  142. testing for moisture content
  143. Good bridges for 6 string bass
  144. Pine no good for a body?
  145. old growth body blank?
  146. Six string Jazz conversion? (for cheap?)
  147. adding graphite rods to a finished neck
  148. Jazz Bass and Musicman Bass Plans
  149. Sorting out my Wish's fingerboard - binding/staining/epoxy question
  150. Oil finish?
  151. Wood advice
  152. Need help with restoring an old finish
  153. Remove and replace nut -binding issue
  154. Finishing question: Teak Oil
  155. How To: Design A Bass
  156. Putting frets in an aluminum fretboard...
  157. poisonous woods...
  158. which comes first? the body or the neck pocket/
  159. Bass Design DVD-Rom / website - Any TBer's involved?
  160. What else a drill press can do?
  161. Fret slots question...straight or radiused?
  162. Can a battery cover be changed out?
  163. 1st Annual TB Bass Build Competition: Telecaster bass (first build)
  164. REDWOOD, LONG STORY-SHORT QUESTION
  165. Angle of the saddle or bridge.
  166. So, I've Got a Design and a Luthier... Thanks TB
  167. Giant slabs o' walnut....
  168. Are there more body types like this...?
  169. Tips for getting the best possible glue joint?
  170. finish for a defret.
  171. Repair gouge in fretless rosewood fingerboard?
  172. bass is done....
  173. 1st Annual TB Bass Build Competition: Steampunk bass
  174. How To: Undo Yellow Glue
  175. white lines in purpleheart?
  176. Neck Blanks?
  177. How much does it cost to have a neck finished?
  178. Unusual Inlays (related to Contest-o-Whatver)
  179. Remove Classic Vibe neck gloss finish?
  180. neck through blank
  181. Very basic question about finishing a body
  182. Three Octave Necks?
  183. summer project - 19 tone guitar/bass
  184. Question about paint & primer compatability
  185. Clear Coating Necessary?
  186. 70s Jazz bass headstock - can I get a witness?
  187. A decent thickness sander for the $
  188. Wanted - Bare Brass Bass Bridge
  189. I have an idea for a *uitar build, need some assistance.
  190. Anyone have any experience with European Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
  191. First Annual (maybe) TalkBass (unofficial) build competition entry
  192. Star super-glued on
  193. It's not exactly a bass but it can play that role
  194. Any TB Luthiers on Long Island?
  195. Fretless Neck Epoxy
  196. Neck and Finish Problem
  197. My Mørch bass -a work in progress
  198. Tung Oil Finishing Questions & choices
  199. Idle hands are the Devils tools.
  200. Should I use Reranch paint or shop at Autozone?
  201. Luthier in Western Kentucky
  202. ? about mods
  203. Refin in D.C. NOVA area
  204. Farfadet's Talkbass bass build entry: the fencewood bass
  205. Strange pin-holes in lacquer
  206. 2 pickups, 1 cover?
  207. Self-designed 5 string
  208. Help with first build
  209. bought a new book today...
  210. Jazz body routing question
  211. Kuys' TB build entry/first build
  212. ALL COMP BUILD ENTRIES
  213. Body side truss access
  214. Non angled 3+3 square headstock, anyone built one?
  215. new moldable, liquid wood?
  216. My entry into the 1st Annual TB Build
  217. Phil Petillo, R.I.P.
  218. Vox bass
  219. ESP Bass Neck Noise like Scotch tape and Tissue Paper
  220. M0ses' Tb annual (maybe) bass build (sort of) competition entry
  221. Andyman's entry, 1st annual TB build off thingy
  222. Moonshine's TB Bass build entry.
  223. Tom's 1st annual (maybe) TB (unofficial) bass build competition entry
  224. Fret buzz
  225. "Custom" Jazz bass
  226. Neck Heavy Bass
  227. Where to buy figured woods online
  228. 1st annual build competition thread
  229. Greg's possible 1st Annual (maybe) TB (unofficial) bass build Competition entry
  230. 1st Annual TB Bass Build Competition: Firewood Bass
  231. Dadagoboi's 1st Annual TB Bass Build Comp Entry
  232. Where to begin
  233. customizing a pickguard with a photograph
  234. Compressor settings and lacquer ratios question.
  235. Wood Putty in a Fretless Neck...will it stick?
  236. Junkcaster III: The Legend Of El Guapo
  237. Parts P Assembly
  238. 1st TB build 'competition' entry (complete build experienced): Jens
  239. Newly redone bass, strings not quite right
  240. 1st annual TB bass build competition entry: The Preacher
  241. reworking the neck on my Guild, could use some input!
  242. Warmoth neck question.
  243. Dying wood
  244. Reasonably Priced Paint Sprayer
  245. Scratching the lacewood itch
  246. removing a finish question
  247. NSD - finally have the new shop set up
  248. Ash is going to be getting harder to find
  249. anti corrosive for copper shielding?
  250. Defret Process: Help with a Chipped Fretboard?