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  1. A Show your Whatever-bass Thread
  2. Thinking of assembling a double-necked bass...
  3. does a neck affect tone
  4. I am a little "nutty" or how I make string nuts
  5. Bridges
  6. Alder variation
  7. HELP!! :THREADED INSERT FOR BARTS!
  8. Finally gonna start first build
  9. A few neck shaving q's.
  10. binding old neck
  11. finishing the finish
  12. Canadians: Where do you get your finishing materials?
  13. Scroll "Kang" (but headless) 5 completed. Production runs expected.
  14. top and accent thickness help
  15. FJ2.4 building thread
  16. Oh wow...
  17. walnut burl covering ash bass
  18. Where to find thru-body necks
  19. want Ibanez sr405 neck w/ MAPLE fretboard - how to?
  20. Converting to Fretless
  21. neck depth of fender p and j help
  22. how would i go about thinning my neck
  23. Design Help Needed!!!
  24. Custom Vadim 6-string
  25. Dark Sting 2
  26. singlecut chambered.
  27. Sanding the back of a neck/headstock??
  28. MIJ '93 - '94 neck with foto flame - any influence on tone?
  29. Cutting a nut slot for a Fender neck
  30. good bass building books
  31. JC Basses Snakewood Fretless 4
  32. Fretless to Fretted
  33. 5 String singlecut maple blast
  34. Favorite wood?
  35. Custom Precision 6 string.
  36. 2 piece Spalted Maple body....
  37. GRAPHITE NECK INFO REQUESTED HELP PLZ
  38. First build dilemma!
  39. bass body absorbing damp
  40. Refinishing. Help!
  41. White with a clear coat?
  42. moveable frets
  43. Rebuilding a Harmony SD Curlee - need help
  44. Jazz
  45. TRB6p Bass Schematic?
  46. Possible Mod
  47. which small frets?
  48. Help with neck!
  49. Questions before first build.
  50. Fingerboard Repair
  51. bandsaws, how big do I need?
  52. Source for 8-String Octaved Nut?
  53. Lace Alumitone pickups
  54. Houston Area (or not??) paint, finish, luthier question
  55. scrap wood Single cut fretless (pic heavy!)
  56. Wada you think? (neck design)
  57. New Design
  58. Lets talk dust collection
  59. Im finally getting work done !
  60. My First made to order Bass is almost complete
  61. fingerboards
  62. fretted bass+wooden nut+adjustable wooden bridge=??
  63. Bolt-on to set-neck conversion. This might be stupid.
  64. Spector Rebop Refinish Help
  65. Benefits of an angled neck...
  66. Japanese P Bass Relic
  67. a Warmoth $900 body
  68. Making my strings closer to the fretboard
  69. Wood question: Home-cut black walnut for a bass body?
  70. Any of you know about wiring a 5 way Schaller switch
  71. Thunderbird pickup spacing?
  72. Mahogany
  73. CUSTOM MADE BRIDGE!?!?!?
  74. Low B on 34" headless bass?
  75. ABM headless 5 string bass retainer dimensions wanted
  76. Fitting An additional p/up
  77. LED's.... how do you put them in?
  78. Anybody here own a Vadim Rubtsov bass? Reviews?
  79. quick question for all you knowlegable people
  80. A stupid question about fretboards
  81. Tremelo Arm
  82. I want to be a luthier where do I begin?
  83. Need Expert Advice / Nuts & Changing String Gauges
  84. cutting fret slots
  85. Input jack size
  86. i wanna make a bass
  87. First Build: The Paisley Bass
  88. hand saw for cutting markers in ironwood?
  89. Found roll of thin copper in my shed - help?
  90. Is this bass feasible?
  91. RIM Custom Basses in Progress!
  92. Relicing- Maple neck Questions
  93. Converting a fretless to a fanned fret?
  94. Fretboard height vs. bridge height: help!
  95. Making your own bass bridge?
  96. new bass in progress
  97. Pick guard materials
  98. Looking for low weight, 2 piece Alder jazz body options...
  99. Pick guard materials
  100. Bass gear Magazine review Bass
  101. I've got a strange problem
  102. defreting an acoustic-electric
  103. Fretboard/Fingerboard wood has small pits in it
  104. Got my bass body finished but....
  105. help gluing top to 2 surfaces
  106. Removing Spray Paint from a P-Pickguard
  107. My new bass project...
  108. My first bass build: pictures and words about it.
  109. Grizzly H6347 Bass Bridge
  110. HIGHSCHOOL WOODSHOP BUILD #2
  111. First "build"
  112. ACG Harlot
  113. Ebay: Hex Nut Missing
  114. Maple bass = big mistake?
  115. first build completed!
  116. Looking for stacked... one pot on top of 6 pos rotary switch
  117. Rustic mill wood
  118. Lumber conservation>neck construction......
  119. Found Instrument: Need A Good Luthier
  120. Where to buy flathead threaded screws for fender birdge?
  121. ABG with an "ergonomical" body thickness contour?
  122. An oak fretless fretboard?
  123. CT Tribute build for John - "after finish" topic
  124. fretless neck with carbon rod only??
  125. neck starting to bend after only 1 week. problem?
  126. Mahogany
  127. If You've Sold A Bass You Built....
  128. Anything blatantly wrong with this?
  129. Do my ears deceive me or does neck thickness actually affect tone???
  130. My latest build...
  131. glueing bone to wood....
  132. Conklin GT7 wiring diagram
  133. 11" Radius Block
  134. Spalted wood stabilizer?
  135. Alembic bass Help!
  136. How exactly does wood affect tone in electric basses?
  137. Tung Oil - Rosewood Fretboard
  138. luthiers wanna build
  139. Pros and cons of headless?
  140. Non-Bass related question (it aint a guitar either)
  141. First bass, finally getting done.
  142. Scale Length Question
  143. Redeemer SC1 5 string for Svein
  144. Skinny Body
  145. Advice on bending wood purfling strips...
  146. Ideas for mod?
  147. Update: Bubinga singlecut
  148. How Difficult Is It To Build A Bass?
  149. Chambering a heavy bass?
  150. How to calculate the position of the frets?
  151. New build...wooo
  152. Headless 5-string build (warning - pictures)
  153. Fretless board with a compound radius.
  154. Polishing pearls?
  155. First Project - Replacement Neck
  156. Loose strap buttons
  157. Building a Fenderbird
  158. Anyone done an 8-string conversion?
  159. Repairing a scarf joint
  160. ACG Finn
  161. cutting a nut slot in a bound fretboard
  162. Simple neck sanding question.
  163. potting a pickup?
  164. LED pickguard
  165. More economic to have a neck fixed or replaced?
  166. SX fingerboard radius?
  167. HELP ME MAKE A CELLO
  168. How deep does the pickup cavity need to be for a p bass pickup?
  169. Can't find knobs
  170. is 1 1/4 inch too thin for a bass body?
  171. refinishing with bondo
  172. Help in New Orleans (Nawlins)!
  173. Cinderella - Some advice
  174. Easy way to distinguish ebony from rosewood?
  175. Wanting to have a bass built. Need Help
  176. Anyone in N.NJ,PA,orange county ny who can install neck inserts?
  177. blackburst
  178. blackburst
  179. Where do I start?
  180. a bit of an odd question......
  181. Affordable CNC?
  182. Screw holes, neck attaching to the body ..
  183. Hollowbody pup routing/widening question
  184. Giant tuner holes, filling question.
  185. Changing the mass of a body...
  186. Need a book for guitar building
  187. nut change?
  188. Would a bamboo neck be feasible?
  189. Started my latest bass build today!
  190. Decal on my Squier headstock: Will it work without lacquer?
  191. About to stain a bass body...
  192. Neck Reshape Fender AM Deluxe or replace?
  193. How to recognize the wood on my basses?
  194. Brazilian Rosewood on Nashville Craigslist.
  195. Some questions before starting a build...
  196. Getting my first Nordstrand preamps today
  197. Jazzmaster clone? Not exactly.
  198. Fender 1950s custom colors
  199. Professional Luthier?
  200. Any builders here coming to the 8/3 GTG in Long Island?
  201. NEED INFORMATION ABOUT TILT DISCS AND REPLACING A NECK
  202. How to build a 5-string jazz bass?
  203. Pickguard replacement?
  204. Defret or...
  205. sand blasting / pre paint prep?
  206. Painting & customizing a beater bass - help!
  207. Nut question for the experts
  208. Overhaul My Mexi Jazz
  209. Pickup that catches all harmonics?
  210. New 4 string bass build!!!
  211. Wilser recovery wishes thread
  212. Single Cut Build
  213. a couple of questions about building....
  214. Peavey T-40 Natural wood care
  215. 5swamp ash 35" build, warning pictures
  216. Is this a one-piece body?
  217. Custom 5 string bass, woods?
  218. Can a complete novice (with help from his beautiful wife) repaint and relic his bass?
  219. Painting Pickguard.
  220. Furniture Varnish and Car wax in Action!
  221. Compensated nut
  222. who do you build for?
  223. neck dive
  224. Jason's Refin
  225. Spray paint as a color coat?
  226. Warmoth seems to have a unique way of building bass necks.
  227. Buckeye burl top for Jazz bass?
  228. Lacquer forming droplets when spraying
  229. How to degloss????
  230. Where would I start?
  231. What Is The Hardest Part To Building A Bass
  232. bass build problem
  233. Getting the lines of a neck absolutely straight
  234. so you want to be a good builder (thoughts inspired from a different thread)
  235. Grumixava/pau ferro neck...
  236. Neck-through for easier build?
  237. Fretless help
  238. Frets; is stainless steel a good choice?
  239. When the owner doesn't pick up their instrument...
  240. Freddys Frets
  241. CLEAR clear coat
  242. Sand or stripper to remove paint?
  243. First build question
  244. new tools
  245. Neatness Counts...Bridge Ground
  246. tulipwood?
  247. Strange neck bow?
  248. gluing up a bookmatched top
  249. My first Defret, How did I do?
  250. HOW DID YOU GET STARTED AS A LUTHIER?