PDA

This is a search-engine-friendly text mirror of the TalkBass Forums

VIEW FULL LIVE VERSION : Luthier's Corner

  1. Prototype F4 short scale
  2. wood treatment?
  3. Replacing a bridge question?
  4. Neck scale problem
  5. Naked maple or not??
  6. Attaching bridge to brass plate ala Alembic
  7. Pickups, anyone?
  8. new design :) your thoughts??
  9. Paint and Wiring Questions
  10. strategic thumbrest for jbass
  11. I Messed Up & I Need Your Help!! (BO Neck/Body Joint Involving Glue)
  12. help with wiring
  13. New build - a quickie ;)
  14. first build: neck thru seven string guitar
  15. going from v/v/t to v/b/t
  16. Building the Perfect "B"
  17. Help for a new Active Preamp
  18. CNC/other machines codes
  19. how do you keep neighbours friendly with noisy power tools?
  20. should a truss rod channel be routed at an angle?
  21. Tightest Sring Spacing?
  22. Scale length/woods for low A
  23. Your opinions on my first bass project
  24. Precission Neck reshaping
  25. opinions on band saws & stuff
  26. Making fret markers?
  27. First build(s), Twin six strings
  28. Design tips?
  29. broken hagstrom neck
  30. First Timer
  31. walnut fingerboards?
  32. new build on the way... maybe
  33. When is it time for a new nut?
  34. "binding" a body
  35. Crazy story
  36. Engraving pickguards
  37. New paint job. Gloss to matte?
  38. Cracked head stock
  39. custom seven string nut for gee-tard?
  40. Stingray Pickguards
  41. Tools for EUB Build
  42. need big favor
  43. Truss rod on acoustic
  44. Bridge Hex screws
  45. Which Jazz tuners?
  46. Almost done. Need to drill for ground...
  47. Where can I get a six string graphtech nut?
  48. My Dream is to be a Luthier
  49. potential refinishing
  50. Homebacker finished
  51. What is Plek service?
  52. Changing a finger board?
  53. My first major bass mod (well slightly major)
  54. cutting a hole for a new pickup!
  55. My latest bass design, any comments?
  56. shipping wood
  57. Recurve 4
  58. string spacing question for neck project
  59. HDC prototype, 5 strings
  60. Painting the fretboard?
  61. Luthier's: Favortie Wood/Where you get it
  62. beginner question on headstock
  63. Musicmaster Bass replacement Tuners?
  64. Ramp Question: Why radius?
  65. happy father's day to all builders with kids!
  66. Would a B-string fit into a Yamaha RBX stock bridge
  67. Colored Dyes
  68. Staining a Fretless Bass Fingerboard
  69. Grain Filler for Alder Body?
  70. Who out there can build me a ramp for my Ibanez BTB?
  71. Sanding and poly?
  72. Sanding my neck
  73. Skelf 5 string.
  74. My first build begins, fretted six string singlecut
  75. How thin a top could be???
  76. Making Neck Pocket Templates.
  77. Here's the beef!
  78. 35" Scale question
  79. Natural Finish
  80. Newbie SX Modification
  81. Maple tree came crashing down
  82. SG inspired build questions
  83. The ultimate blonde - need your opinion
  84. Squier P-Bass Modifications
  85. Show your Gecko
  86. Hipshot A-style bridge height adjustment
  87. $1850 to repair my Les Paul neck AND $1800 more to refinish it?!
  88. Moog Guitar - Infinite Sustain
  89. headstock detail
  90. P Bass pickguard question
  91. Help with Pick-up routing...
  92. Vintage Truss Rod or Double Action?
  93. fretting over inlays
  94. My latest bass design, what do you think?
  95. Need a neck for a 5 string Carvin Copy
  96. acoustic bass projection designs
  97. !!!wfret is imprecise!!!!
  98. Marblewood?
  99. which parts make the most (and least) difference to sound quality?
  100. allparts bass neck problem
  101. Defretting...fretline material
  102. Book suggestions...
  103. What to do with a poorly reliced bass...
  104. Jointing without a Jointer
  105. The Sadowsky Sound - Interview
  106. First bass in planning... I have a few questions.
  107. Tru oil gunstock finish on fretboards???
  108. My new bass design, picture inside!!!
  109. Help me build my custom bass.. Please...
  110. is sappy walnut strong enough for a neck?
  111. wood pickup cover question...
  112. What do you think of my shapes??
  113. LeCompte UV-4
  114. Prefab neck thru necks
  115. Colored fretboard
  116. Wood thickness over pickup
  117. I've just finished defretting my acoustic...
  118. Bass bodies (neck thru)?
  119. My First Bass!
  120. Electric Upright Bass/Cello
  121. Branding a logo
  122. mirror pickguard
  123. A custom bass with tremolo?! Let's do it!
  124. Refreting
  125. 4 string 35"
  126. WHich builders are going to Summer NAMM?
  127. Tele Bass or early PBass help
  128. To Scarf or not to Scarf.....that is the question.
  129. Filling a nut
  130. REALLY nice Warmoth bass body....
  131. Doubt about Lane Poor
  132. Who Sells Slotted 35" Pau Ferro Boards to EU?
  133. $#!^ and other Grievances
  134. neck pocket help
  135. Trying to put together a J Bass (I'm a noob)
  136. Please review plans for neck profile and scarf joint
  137. Olympic White Nitro Refinish Question
  138. Sliders?
  139. 5 String Bass Blueprints
  140. How much danish oil
  141. oil alternatives to beeswax on Warwick
  142. Great wood pieces available...
  143. Routeing pickup hole?
  144. Buffing satin?
  145. how do you go about becoming a professional luthier?
  146. repairing a nick in my nitro neck
  147. Reshooting a neck?
  148. Remove lines from a fretless jazz bass?
  149. Forgive my noob question, paint removal mind block.
  150. Collection of Bass Design Images
  151. Refinishing my Ibanez
  152. all together now
  153. Neck de-fret Questions
  154. How can I get my bass defretted?
  155. Fender J-bass Paint
  156. TRB JP2 Spacing at bridge and nut
  157. Curious and Confused -Neck Structure types
  158. what do you put on your saltines
  159. It's Done!
  160. A few problems with my fretless project
  161. Wood weight: Basswood vs Ash vs Adler vs Agathis.
  162. Got some work done...
  163. neck building
  164. Random orbit sander..whats your pick?
  165. questions about short scale basses
  166. My Custom Build
  167. New tools= new body
  168. Test run before finishing?
  169. Fretless Nut Cutting
  170. Greetings - Question on gluing bubinga
  171. How Do You Clean/Polish Tuning Pegs
  172. a long shot...
  173. tung oil?
  174. First time build ABG questions
  175. 1st Single Cut
  176. Bartolini Poteniometers
  177. Safe-T-planer fun ...on video!
  178. Repaint and thingies. :)
  179. Refretting advice needed!
  180. Another fretless topic?! ERB content, I guess!
  181. Groovebass #2 nearing completion--with pics!
  182. Too much boost from passive to active?
  183. 76 Ripper Needs Some Work - Leveling, Jack
  184. How to make a single-acting truss rod
  185. Car polish for basses?
  186. where can I buy an ebonol fingerboard?
  187. cleaning out the shop - found an old missing project
  188. not again! finishing a fretted board
  189. Where to buy copper foil tape?
  190. How to make a RELIC??
  191. LeCompte ACID-J5
  192. old P-bass spacing extrapolated to a 5?
  193. First Attempt at Building a Bass
  194. Birthday gift to myself
  195. Manring-Style Detuners
  196. First Build P Bass, Unique finnish.
  197. wfret anyone
  198. time to design for number 2!
  199. NItrocellulose is almost out of here
  200. black wanut fingerboard. yes??
  201. charges for basic services??
  202. How long start to finish?
  203. mighty mite neck v's allparts bass neck
  204. Add side jack to Jazz bass
  205. 4 string converted into 5 string
  206. common designs you feel are flawed
  207. looking for a luthier
  208. Who sells wood cut to size?
  209. wood density
  210. 32" scale with good tension - possible?
  211. Fodera bridge
  212. F-bass...... NEED RAMP..help...Anyone???
  213. got a ton of free scrap, now what?
  214. how do i relic a bridge?
  215. 1st neck build truss rod questions
  216. Angled neck bolts?
  217. Franken-wick, or Wick-enstein?
  218. Kubicki Ex Factor Refinish
  219. From tree to boards
  220. Fretless finish
  221. sounds of different wood
  222. simple ? What's lighter, wenge or maple?
  223. Practice neck
  224. anyone recognize these necks?
  225. Fender-style headstock thickness & transition
  226. My Fanned Fret Slotting Jig
  227. Finishing a maple fretboard that is allready fretted
  228. Building a Strat
  229. ? regarding nitro paint
  230. Squier II neck vs Fender '78
  231. Need advice from you guys!! thx
  232. First body builds.
  233. Pickup on rails? :)
  234. Which Hipshot tuners?
  235. Natural Finish Help
  236. Luthiers in DFW, TEXAS area
  237. Fitting pickguard
  238. Looking for a 'tracing' of a 50's tele bass
  239. Nice bod!
  240. string through body?
  241. Anyone help me with installing Dark Star's in my Geddy Lee?
  242. Building a bass, guide me on wood choice
  243. Lefty custom 6 string single cut for Ray
  244. Fingerboard finish...
  245. mm in the p spot. how does it sound?
  246. Changing The Fretboard
  247. Glues
  248. some not so much "progress" pics
  249. Helo Luthiers Whatya think?
  250. finish restoration?