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  1. Finish Products Questions
  2. aid for floating thumb
  3. A warning about copper sheilding tape!!
  4. Anyone interested in Walnut Wood??
  5. Planing a Fretless Board
  6. Those little Allen head screws in Bridge saddles.....
  7. CNC machine avail for guitar making
  8. Poly or Laquer..... why?
  9. whats the extreme fan scale distance?
  10. where online, can i buy.....
  11. DOES ANYONE MAKE THEIR OWN METAL BRIDGES?
  12. Recommendations for Finish Touchup?
  13. Removing Chrome?
  14. A question about sawing logs
  15. This is how I install my logos
  16. Flame ash?
  17. THE TB FRETLESS ACOUSTIC BASS PROJECT
  18. Measurements, construction tips and woods for an ERB
  19. dealing with worm holes
  20. Bridge Cover Mute?
  21. HELP!
  22. Olive wood?
  23. adding a pickup to a p
  24. Template drum sanders
  25. Calculating neck width
  26. LEDs and hammering in frets
  27. Epiphone Parts
  28. custom carved wood knobs?
  29. body woods + thickness?
  30. String Retainers
  31. string retainer ? for a fender jazz......
  32. Where can I get a 6-bolt, EBMM StingRay neck plate, please?
  33. Someone who can do inlays
  34. Cherry baby
  35. TUNG/DANISH OIL FINISH ON MAPLE/ASH ?
  36. Advice on bass internals...
  37. How to install a Series/Parallel switch for p-bass
  38. What is best way to fit a neck to a new body?
  39. Crazy Rickenbacker question
  40. First Bass Build Underway!
  41. Defretting my SR506
  42. WARNING!!!!!
  43. Marketing yourself as a builder
  44. Need opinions about 8 strings construction (was: almost done!)
  45. Difference between bridge J and MM distance from bridge?
  46. Pre-pre-planning
  47. tuner help
  48. Danish Oil
  49. Light fret dressing needed
  50. Ultra Lights
  51. Which do you think is easier - bolt-on or neck-through?
  52. where can i find long router bits
  53. Hello! Just a quick question
  54. What tools do you need to make a bass?
  55. Remove gloss from phenolic fingerboard?
  56. PLEASE DELETE
  57. Bridge Position question
  58. Brass adjustable bass nut
  59. Idea for drying wood
  60. I've Got Wood-
  61. tubes on a on-board pre-amp?
  62. cello body for acoustic bass anyone?
  63. First build pics (not a bass though)
  64. Altering a headstock shape/type???
  65. New Build ABG
  66. Few Questions about Router bits
  67. Berries and fruit for dye???
  68. Opinions - change a J to a PJ?
  69. decal on finished neck
  70. Luis and Clark Carbon fiber
  71. Damaged Warwick Question
  72. Custom singlecut 6 string for Danny
  73. getting rid of aging stains...
  74. What's this finish?
  75. hello,im new here
  76. Computer Aided Design
  77. reranch weirdness
  78. Making impossible to find, patented parts?
  79. 1 piece vs. multi-lam neck
  80. PROBLEM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
  81. Santor 4 string
  82. Component or wood de jour
  83. Sanded thru the paint.... is this sealer?
  84. Jumbo Frets
  85. Getting glue off fingerboard
  86. Acoustic Bass?
  87. RE: FRETBOARD WOODS
  88. Would adding a "slab" of wood to the front of the body change an acoustic's sound?
  89. 1 piece maple neck sources
  90. wood frets?
  91. First build:Pre-pre-planning stages
  92. Scroll saw question.
  93. What EXACTLY is involved in a fret dressing?
  94. Owning a Bass/Guitar Custom Shop
  95. brightest sounding fingerboard for fretless
  96. First basses finally finished
  97. Partial Bass Capo?
  98. Fretwire question
  99. Installing Inlays on a made neck
  100. pics of my finally finished my second build
  101. Seafoam Green T-40?
  102. Importance of a good bridge
  103. Finish a fretless fretboard
  104. Curly Bubinga f-board
  105. sub-assembly kahler tremolo?
  106. First build help
  107. the 'easier' way to build
  108. New build, "Benny" style singlecut, the Malteser bass?!
  109. new switch installed, wonderin about installing kill switch also
  110. A Question, If You Please
  111. nice yard sale score today
  112. scariest tool ever!
  113. Polymerized Tung Oil Finishes??????
  114. How will environmental concerns change wood selection for basses?
  115. Raising a routed neck cavity...
  116. Looking for wide 6 radiused fingerboards
  117. Pecan used in bass building?
  118. adjusting saddle height
  119. Having a Bass Custom Made
  120. Which Ebay Sellers?
  121. NZ Native Wood & My First Build
  122. Luthiers in Chicago
  123. A couple of questions
  124. question fo the luthiers.
  125. IDEA!
  126. show us your first builds everyone
  127. physics question for all you smart guys
  128. Body (Bare Wood): Use Filler for Gouges/Cracks?
  129. Finishing maple neck/fingerboard
  130. After the final coat of poly on a fretless
  131. how to do blood splatter finish?
  132. what pickups do I have?
  133. electronics for dual necks
  134. standard truss rod in a 35 inch scale??
  135. Some Genius...
  136. fingerboard radius....needed?
  137. I wanna wire my sons bass passive - Help
  138. Advice or tutorial for hand rub poly finish?
  139. Colored Screws
  140. Chlorocardium rodiei (Greenheart)
  141. In dire need of help
  142. Which Fretwire?
  143. New goal in building
  144. Unwanted phasing sound
  145. Wood Bending question (any furniture makers out there?)
  146. Alternate color source?
  147. Finished maple boards
  148. Pickup covers
  149. Fretboard reconditioning
  150. Tech Case/Workbox
  151. outside the box concept for neck/headstock glue joint
  152. Quite possibly the easiest build ever
  153. Black Korina Body Ziricote Neck/Fretboard?
  154. Bookmatched fingerboard question
  155. Body Size Question
  156. Quick note about great service
  157. Input on this Headless Concept 5
  158. Today's tool purchases
  159. Increasing resaw height by 1.5" - Rikon 18"
  160. guitar tuners
  161. building a bass (creative people please!)
  162. Short Scale Replacement Neck (Fender Mustang etc)
  163. 100 year old wood anyone?
  164. Desperately Seeking Chris Mirow
  165. Question about protecting autograph on wood
  166. Neck finish
  167. Building an electric bass
  168. Great free luthier video
  169. Eliminating fine sanding lines
  170. Nancylou5 and QBass Finished FINALLY
  171. Is sapele wood need a special glue????
  172. Help Rebuilding Vintage Fenders
  173. Piezo bridge
  174. Adjustements for Tenor Tuning
  175. help with Fender P Bass
  176. Unusual refin idea--cool or not?
  177. Carbon stiffening rods
  178. Routing templates
  179. Removing Fret Dot Markers... tips?
  180. I need a ramp for my sadowsky!
  181. LEDs...probably a dumb question...
  182. removing a fingerboard
  183. Custom Bass...any ideas on the wood?
  184. 8-string multiscale V8 (GBO edition)
  185. Zero frets
  186. Neck Shim Issues
  187. Volute carving
  188. can you justify having two jointers?
  189. who tried catalyzed urethane for finish???
  190. Custom 5 string for Alex
  191. led frets (not the fret markers, frets)
  192. Uncontouring the back of a body.
  193. machine heads
  194. hello to all...first post
  195. Truss rod doesn't seem to be working in my Univox 335 Copy
  196. Luthier history: Who's still around?
  197. Acoustic, fretted, upright bass guitar?
  198. Decals under Tru Oil?
  199. Resaw blade question
  200. Fret Size?
  201. Can't get rid of overtones and sustain!
  202. Same bass different woods
  203. "numerous loose frets" WHAT?
  204. Body roundover question.
  205. Neck Through with Full Top
  206. Stripping a Squier Neck?
  207. Compound paint chips - leave or sand?
  208. L2000 minor problems
  209. Neck/Body Question
  210. Need a Neck cradle?
  211. first build neck assist?
  212. Polishing an epoxy coated fretboard
  213. Ripped off by fret calculator?!
  214. New Bass Done!
  215. Routing for P-bass
  216. does wenge need filling?
  217. Nude Wood
  218. Price of neck
  219. english and metric
  220. What is the ideal neck relief shape?
  221. Removing finish 'marks' ...?
  222. just my ideas
  223. Tools/Bits needed
  224. Removing twist from neck?
  225. Pickup and bridge recommendations
  226. head stock(small crack)
  227. 4->5 conversion?
  228. Snapped off screw heads, removing the rest of the screw from the hole??
  229. Young Bright Eyed Luthier Looking for Sage Advice
  230. Douglas Fir maybe?
  231. Removing scratches on Poly...
  232. SHARE YOUR WORST BUILD MISTAKES .....
  233. spokeshave question
  234. does the bridge effect the tone?
  235. The Ballon Bass
  236. What is Ebanol?
  237. Hipshot Rulez!
  238. Impulse Buy Explains Strange Blurb!
  239. Second build done, third in paint process!
  240. Quick Fix for Ugly Poly?
  241. FIXING STRAP BUTTON ON TAILPIECE...
  242. Sadowsky Blemish - how to remove spot?
  243. Achieving Consistent Surface Finish - Danish Oil (w/photos)
  244. Truss rods, one or two
  245. 6 string questions
  246. Are there any places to outsource inlay work.
  247. Books for Restoring and repairing basses and guitars
  248. optic fiber marker's for the neck
  249. short scale bass question
  250. Latest three basses from Watson Guitars