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  1. Canotto Bass Build.
  2. Routing an American Standard J for a P pickup
  3. First build (hopefully)
  4. 4,5,6
  5. color inconsistencies after wash coat
  6. Modding a bass into a[GASP]- guitar
  7. Cons of a thin Bass?
  8. Steed JB1960 stack knob J style
  9. White Swamp Ash Finish?
  10. Guide Bushings for OSC spindle sanders
  11. Colored Oil Finishes
  12. Refinishing a neck?
  13. Jamerson Pre-build questions??
  14. What wood is this?
  15. DiMarzio Ultrajazz - polepieces not lined up with strings
  16. Help identifying bass + diagram
  17. Refinish? What company can i trust??
  18. Interested in a new bass
  19. Building a FenderJ Bass Neck
  20. Will Sunlight age a Maple neck? Discussion and experiment
  21. Blue mahoe build
  22. When you build a bass, what strings do you use?
  23. Arrrg - Warmoth body <> Mighty Mite neck...
  24. Too Much for a First Build?
  25. How to get marker off of a body???
  26. crowning files
  27. First build beginning, all help appreciated.
  28. Will refretting affect value of vintage bass?
  29. Short-scale
  30. I had a few friends lend a hand...
  31. first p-bass build
  32. 2 Humbucker Wiring Help
  33. Altering radius on fretless board question
  34. Ibanez Soundgear Tuning Pegs
  35. Clay/Porcelain bass?
  36. I need help
  37. Got me a router, time to start some a 'test' build!
  38. Using UV to speed up nitro curing time....
  39. A good day...mild wood porn
  40. Best way to fix this myself? Pics
  41. School Project:p
  42. V Pickguards...
  43. Jazz Bass Dimensions
  44. Jazz Pickup Dimensions
  45. How on earth do I drill a bloody ground wire hole?
  46. stripping and defretting a bass neck
  47. Quick question: input jack punched through hollowbody?
  48. How to strip gloss without hurting the sunburst?
  49. New Lonnybass: "Mega Maple" Gold Standard 4 for DL
  50. LACQUERING/SMOOTHING OUT NECK
  51. …last one…for real this time
  52. New Build! 35.5" Neck-thru 6'er
  53. Can anyone recommend a good UK based repair guy?
  54. 15 mm spacing 6 string bridges?
  55. Next build ideas?
  56. 30" Scale Double Action Truss Rod Installation Help
  57. Finishing a neck
  58. Ok, fretfind is bugging me.
  59. Using stains to refinish instruments.
  60. Those that radius their own fretboards please look
  61. Removing Sharpie from fretboard
  62. Filling in pickguard holes
  63. Crack in ebony fret board?
  64. Dremel Tutorial / Help
  65. Defretting Accoustic Bass
  66. Ibanez SR300 refinish problems
  67. How many coats of Tru Oil Do I really need?
  68. BRoken neck, thru body, should it be trashed?
  69. Unfinished Woods question for you men.
  70. How to get stain this color?
  71. Finger Planes?
  72. Dov Schmidt
  73. Spector Legend 6 Bridge Replacement
  74. Mystery Wood?
  75. Refretting Jazz Bass. Jumbos?
  76. 8 String Fretless Jazz
  77. Warmoth P-Bass Build
  78. Laminated Wood?
  79. need advice on building a fretless parts bass
  80. Truss Rods
  81. Franken-BEAD-Bass
  82. Honey Jaguar Bass
  83. need wiring help.
  84. Simnett Guitars - Piezo Bass
  85. beginner in water..
  86. Custom Build Form
  87. Builing Jazz Bass with Ying Yang. Need help with Dtuners.
  88. Wooden Pickup Covers
  89. Humidity vs. an acoustic bass?
  90. diy/low tech art guitars and bass
  91. Bass Specifications?
  92. A zebrawood gecko!
  93. Constuction of hollow body vs. solid
  94. Cure Before Clear ?
  95. Five string fretless singlecut.
  96. Which jazz neck, Fender, Warmoth, or other?
  97. Wood splitting around the skunk stripe...will this be expensive?
  98. Advice from those in the know
  99. looking to get a single cut
  100. Neck Back-Angle: To Be or Not To Be?
  101. Finishing ash
  102. Custom bass body from Warmoth?
  103. Spalted Maple Top, What Core/Back?
  104. Modulus Q 5 Neck has a chip
  105. Nothing for bass fanatics
  106. I want to put a J-pick in my P..(DC,VA,MD)
  107. looking for a fretboard please help
  108. Different bass neck than current bass body
  109. Replacing a neck
  110. Norman nut file system vs. Graphtech Question
  111. Before I drill....is this correct?
  112. Changing tone of rosewood with hardners
  113. Guitar body, bass neck...possible?
  114. neck finish ideas
  115. Help designing a 6 string bass body
  116. My P Bass resurrection
  117. I think it's time to migrate to the darkside....
  118. Suggestions from Luthiers Please !!
  119. an arched top on a faux archtop?
  120. Should I be worried?
  121. lubricating poly fretboard wax? polish?
  122. One-piece bass - pros/cons
  123. Best compound to use
  124. SX neck swap
  125. Bamboo Bass?
  126. continuing the 4 to 5 t-bird questions
  127. Replace First Fret with a Secondary Nut?
  128. help with bass build
  129. help with bass build
  130. replacing neck
  131. Would you do this?
  132. Three sisters for three brothers.
  133. Guitar question.. 6 to 7 string conversion.
  134. Any Gibson Thunderbird refins?
  135. I need some nut files.
  136. Refinishing Neck
  137. Port Orford Cedar???
  138. Any tips on how to do this...
  139. help refinishing my bass
  140. Hofner archtop template
  141. Woodwoorking GAS is going to ruin me.....
  142. My new KS5 custom 5 string bass
  143. Acoustic Bass Pickups Replacement Advice
  144. Setting and gluing a neck
  145. warwick thumb's neck BIG issue
  146. Customizing a Epi T-Bird from 4 to 5 strings?
  147. Process for drying Wood
  148. Formby's Tung Oil: High or Low Gloss
  149. Looking For Someone to Build a Replacement P/J Style Neck
  150. Question about my Bass
  151. I finished the build of a G-tar.
  152. difference between nitro and urethane?
  153. Will paint stripping with a heat gun cause a body laminate to split?
  154. Quick sanding/staining question
  155. Buckeyeburl Singlecut
  156. Bridge Placement
  157. Precision Bass Pickguard Differences?
  158. Gibson EB-2 Refinishing
  159. Used "wet" wood?
  160. Pau Ferro Fretboard Finish
  161. The truss rod of the neck has gone out!!
  162. New Build 34" 4 string fretted
  163. class project - building an instrument
  164. jazzmaster body long enough?
  165. Getting a new neck to "feel" old
  166. Latest Build
  167. Oil Finish That Won't Tint Wood?
  168. not sure if this is appropriate here: luthiers that are very good at refins in nyc?
  169. First Bass Build
  170. Repainting my Ibanez
  171. 1978 Gibson Ripper Build!
  172. It's tacky, it's 4 string, 20" scale and fretless :)
  173. purple heart is not so purple any more....
  174. Tuner Sleeves Stuck.
  175. Aluminum stiffening rods ???
  176. Touching up Vintage white
  177. Oak or Ash
  178. Basses made from a single piece of wood?
  179. Is it possible to remove the frets from my bass easily??
  180. Finished 1st build (pics)
  181. Filling old screw holes
  182. Squier Refin
  183. routing a finished body
  184. Burl Top Bass Build...I Relapsed Into Bass Building!
  185. shelving danish oil in PET-bottles ???
  186. Drill bit size while drilling for pots/input on a back-rout bass....
  187. Wanted - Contra Bass
  188. Green oil finish help
  189. do bridge saddles need to be slotted?
  190. New Lonnybass progress pics: Spalted Myrtle for JS
  191. plaster/contrete
  192. SuperClear 9000 Water-Based Polyurethane
  193. Parts problem
  194. Guitar Honey Fretboard Conditioner.. need your opinion..
  195. How do you do this? Paint question.
  196. Small Scratch Repair
  197. Has anybody here built a bass using ONLY hand tools?
  198. Which Neck/Headstock Design in Best?
  199. Headstock angle
  200. Q-Tuner pups
  201. Ayone know how to repair a paint chip?
  202. Anyone worked with carbon fiber?
  203. This is hard to watch. Warning: bass violence within
  204. New build! another pine body/ oak neck!
  205. newbie's very first rebuild..
  206. Tool Suppliers??
  207. Neck Pocket too shallow
  208. Neck thru only headless bass
  209. Going to replace some bad pot(s)...
  210. Mahogony neck ??
  211. Pick up mounting rings
  212. Shave a neck and refinish?
  213. Archtop bass saddles
  214. Rerouting input to side on a Jazz
  215. '78 Gibson Grabber Repair
  216. Davemonkey's Very First
  217. Thinking about starting to build a bass.
  218. Desired Custom Bass... Ideas and Help Needed.
  219. Swirl Painting/Reshaping my P Bass
  220. how to take a logo off a headstock
  221. Almost finished...wheew!
  222. 10 string bass bridge (octaves)
  223. Restoring a '76 Rickenbacker 4001
  224. Deleted
  225. jamaican 6 string bass
  226. Heatgun worries..
  227. Fender neck question
  228. Squier VM 70's Jazz - Remove the gloss finish?
  229. Bass build questions
  230. Old National Resonator Guitar
  231. Where can I buy a thick pickup selector switch surround/plate?
  232. 4 piece bass body
  233. First Build - 5 String Neck-thru Singlecut
  234. Another first build thread...
  235. Pat Warner's Router Website
  236. Jazz Bass build.
  237. In need of help with eBay-seller not shipping overseas
  238. 5th bass - let's go!
  239. Refretting a Warwick
  240. building question
  241. 8 String Nut
  242. Screws
  243. J/P setup, as opposed to P/J
  244. My recent bass build
  245. Belly Contours....
  246. Finishing the neck with the frets?
  247. Meranti as a neck material
  248. Settling in after the effects of humidity
  249. 1st build-'51 'Atomic'
  250. Strings not centered on neck -- with photos