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  1. Oil vs. Clear Sealer ...
  2. Here is my Jimmy Page tribute.
  3. donor parts or new for first new build
  4. Headstock Logo Techniques
  5. logo
  6. painting a bass
  7. battery compartment pros and cons
  8. Wreck Blue Morpho in progress...guitar it is , but anyway..
  9. carvin maple neck through
  10. Quick zebrawood query
  11. Here's a Q for the 'luths'
  12. Help finding a bass
  13. fiber optic markers...lame or cool
  14. Anyone ever use strings that aren't cylindrical?
  15. Rustin's Plastic Coating on bass?
  16. 3D Modelling Application tip!
  17. P-bass neck construction
  18. "true oil" on a maple neck?
  19. Glow in the dark side dots?
  20. Thoughts on a logo idea
  21. necks, sans truss rod!
  22. Quick question about clear coat....laquer...
  23. magnetic pickup covers
  24. G&L '81 L2000-E Need Your Help!
  25. Finishing Spanish Cedar
  26. Cutting the headstock
  27. sanding a neck?
  28. Headless bass guitars
  29. Bloodwood FB on wenge neck: causing backbow?
  30. Grain filling?
  31. My favorite description of "Tone"
  32. should "tone" threads be banned from LC?
  33. Custom Knob referral please!??
  34. Starting my first build. Some questions.
  35. mac ebony/sycamore-NOT a tone question
  36. Do you remember pinewood derby cars
  37. what really makes the sound of the bass?
  38. Source for short (30") scale necks?
  39. RIM Custom 6 headless for Christophe
  40. RIM Custom 5 Marseer For Ray
  41. finishing a fretted neck
  42. design-a-bass?
  43. Any of you dye your own veneers?
  44. 1/8" tops...
  45. graphite maple
  46. Dano style finish question
  47. Vintage Schaller pickup help
  48. build kits
  49. Purpleheart neck for FL six?
  50. playing ramp for abg
  51. Question
  52. Adding Fretlines to a Fretless?
  53. know of luthier near nw pa?
  54. I need your opinion
  55. Scale lengths question
  56. Adding a Bigsby Vibrato
  57. Luthiers in Upstate New York
  58. Jazz or custom design?
  59. help me pick a design?
  60. Filling & Redrilling Bridge Holes?
  61. Anyone used this wood? Lati or Yaya
  62. What glue?
  63. A rather unusual build.
  64. first project
  65. Question on Small (4") Radius Fingerboard
  66. Bolt on or neck through for my new build
  67. the humming. i can't stand it.
  68. What woods to use?
  69. Where can I get a blank (no holes) Jazz control plate?
  70. Phish looking for bass tech
  71. Going to be Starting a Build Soon. Primary Sketches inside
  72. Can someone possibly build me a neck?
  73. Some strange ideas/questions...
  74. Looking for re epoxing the fretless locally in SF bay area?
  75. Pics of padauk after it's aged?
  76. Help getting more highs.
  77. Headstock scarf angle - simplified
  78. Amazing vintage hand tool kit
  79. Myrtlewood?
  80. Let me see if I got this
  81. Regluing a once-reglued fretboard
  82. Building a Rack
  83. Anyone here able to make a custom Jazz control plate?
  84. neck-through with no angle?
  85. help stabilizing wood.
  86. Thunderbird body on a 24 fret neck?
  87. Vote please, knobs for Frank's bass
  88. Any artists painting instruments?
  89. Acoustic Guitar into Acoustic Bass
  90. Ebony/Maple fretboard?
  91. A Few Fender Spec Questions
  92. Need lutheirs help.....I may have a problem.
  93. Cocobolo padauk alder??
  94. Weird maple figuring
  95. New Sadowsky Video
  96. Has anyone considered building....
  97. Musicman's neck finish?
  98. Bees Wax on alder?
  99. A question for those of you Nitro people
  100. 4 String Body to a 5?
  101. Birds Eye Maple Fretboard???
  102. Wood sourcing
  103. neck as naturel as possible
  104. Are Hwy1 tuners better than MIM?
  105. Warmoth fretwire tang dimensions?
  106. all wood bass
  107. single string headless bass bridge
  108. Boggs spoke shave.
  109. New finished neck won't fit neck pocket
  110. too much mwaaahh
  111. 4 string acoustic bass - alpine spruce & german maple
  112. Precision Bass Revamp?!
  113. I want to reduce the weight of my bass.
  114. Looking for Gbison EB-2 Baritone Circuit
  115. Woody wood question
  116. Building a bass....help!
  117. Can I use a mahogany tree from my yard for a bass neck?
  118. Threaded insert woes
  119. kinds of rosewood...
  120. doing a book match with hand tools sux!
  121. New Bass Build
  122. Using bushings for screw holes?!!?
  123. Cost Issue?
  124. best match?
  125. Luthiers: Have you ever been tipped extra for work preformed?
  126. Typical Scale length of a dreadnaught acoustic guitar?
  127. Internal Electronics Problem (static)
  128. Neck for Squier Vintage Jazz
  129. Colored pearloid pickguard?
  130. what? where's the glue line?
  131. Anyone make custom pickguards?
  132. I got bored last night...
  133. Unfinished wood - how bad an idea is it?
  134. Some Wreck stuff... like a new website..
  135. How to fix a BAD ground loop on whamola
  136. what say you; too bleak to fix? (warning: destruction ahead)
  137. Original Titebond or PU glue for a set neck pocket?
  138. 8 string octive basses... what are the rules?
  139. Ares Bass (SX Build #3)
  140. tuners
  141. Thanks any way
  142. Restoration Help Needed
  143. tool for making the little back holes for the tuners...
  144. MM pickup route depth: help!
  145. All maple neck through????
  146. A new body for my darkstarred t-40!
  147. A clever hack needed for an 8-string bass
  148. Stingray parts?
  149. bolt on or neck through??????
  150. what to get for christmas?
  151. another paint removal thread
  152. Gluing Neck lams
  153. Rectangular inlay (les paul or fender jazz style) Dremel or laminte trimmers
  154. Need help determining what bridge I need..
  155. Sources for woods for neck build..
  156. Half made bass
  157. Weird neck extension - what's the deal?
  158. angled neck laminates. problem?
  159. Source for Pickup covers
  160. Curly Koa , Mango and Robusta
  161. Rate my build, New take on a 5 string jazz
  162. My neighbor just gave me some wood...
  163. one piece body
  164. Fill screw holes from removed pickguard
  165. Help Staining Neck
  166. Unsolicited tool review: slotting jigs
  167. Help please. I love the telecaster style!
  168. yet another .....Fenderbird
  169. Brass inserts for the lose.. need help
  170. Quarter sawn maple neck blanks.
  171. Help me choose the right tool for the job
  172. Want to build a bass, but don't know enough?
  173. Questions about wood (yes I know this isn't Jr High anatomy)
  174. P- Bass wiring
  175. Dark Star and graphite
  176. thats a first....
  177. Refinish an F-Bass body
  178. neck swap, pickup routing
  179. Photo: Poor defretting job?
  180. Oak?
  181. ELM AS BODY WOOD?!??!?!?
  182. Zero fret for easy gauge change?
  183. Fret files?
  184. Filling the grain for a solid body. What to use?
  185. Transition block under the scarf joint?
  186. Building three Stingrays at Knooren.
  187. Soundgear 405 brass nut
  188. first build: pickup installation
  189. Truss rod (Hot Rod) dimensions?
  190. know any shops that do metal flake finishes?
  191. L2K Rebirth
  192. Finishing bass
  193. My Dad has an old Wal, which he wants to get rid of
  194. Bass Design, Comments Please
  195. Hi.........and ABM dimensions needed!
  196. Swapping SX Necks
  197. Material between top and body?
  198. bass bridge
  199. Python Bass (SX Build #2)
  200. Anyone else waiting on parts from ETS?
  201. Where to get buckeye burl
  202. Coloring red wood
  203. Custom body questions
  204. Hopefully a simple question about necks
  205. Feedback on neck through/single piece instruments
  206. Neck problem
  207. Ok, talk me into a fret press system
  208. split coil positioning
  209. Body shape modified
  210. 4strings bass : one or one truss rod with carbon fiber rods???
  211. Help me decide
  212. first customer build. help plz!
  213. Wood supplier in Finland
  214. Did Hipshot change the shape of their "A" bridge?
  215. 3rd build, but first bass.
  216. AWW, CRAP, feel a bit stupid now ;)
  217. Strings anchored in the body.
  218. Fret Placement
  219. New Bass Project (Jazz Bass 75 like)
  220. machine shaping neck.
  221. Maple or rosewood (fingerboard)
  222. Adding a quilted top
  223. Truss rods & beeswax...
  224. SX 5 string
  225. Eden Guitar Parts
  226. First comissioned build (big pics)
  227. Need Expert Advice pt 2 - Nut Slots
  228. My first build. Need a little help first
  229. best neck wood
  230. 1st build a five
  231. Redheart?
  232. New Xylem Build: 36" Scale Four-String Fretted
  233. first build: acoustic, i need help
  234. First build, please help
  235. Set neck in bolt on joint
  236. where to get decent tuners, bridges etc
  237. Thining a neck front to back - good idea?
  238. Okay, Hypothetical...
  239. questions about repairs
  240. 3 point bridge question
  241. First build: 5 string EUB
  242. 5 string
  243. I need a mentor
  244. waxing my warwick
  245. Warkwick Nasty Neck Twist, Heated up, Wenge Shrunk?
  246. Maple on wenge
  247. Fretted to fretless: New board or new neck?
  248. halp, looking for parts for something... different
  249. EMG-PA pups routing template?
  250. Help identifying wood type ...