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  1. Signature rubbing off - how do I seal it?
  2. How about a commercial overhead pin router?
  3. Problem with finish on my bass body??
  4. Silver paint/finish for bass?
  5. 'Standard routing depth'?
  6. Where can I find ERB hardware?
  7. Dead spot removal?
  8. Posting an old project
  9. Suppliers for multi-scale slotted fingerboards
  10. Converting a rickenbaker 4 to 5
  11. From WAX/Oil To Poly Urethane:Pros/cons?
  12. Chambered bass dimensions
  13. band saw buying help
  14. 3D software compatability ?'s
  15. Additions to the spaceman bass
  16. Holes through the body in relation to tone - help needed.
  17. neck help
  18. THICKNESSER/BELT SANDER
  19. A couple 4-stringers I'm working on
  20. Tool for Removing Polyester Finish
  21. Figured wood Lams
  22. fixing on a bass neck.
  23. Finally finished
  24. BUBINGA-To cut or to not- solid body or lam?
  25. Neck Cleaning...Sorry
  26. lawsuit bodies
  27. Alternative Bridge For Hofner Violin.
  28. P-Bass Bridge and Pickup Covers
  29. 1ST BASS BODY CUT
  30. Westfield p-bass neck pocket
  31. Gloss varnish over satin on J Bass
  32. wire route
  33. Non permanent fretmarkers on fretless neck
  34. G&L Bridge on an MIM Fender or copy?
  35. Help with wood types
  36. Wring help needed...
  37. making a bass version of a guitar model
  38. Second Build Pictures
  39. how do you post full sized pictures
  40. First Bass Project
  41. Custom bass body builder??
  42. Translucend red on a natural wax and oil finish - WHO?
  43. Converting a Jazz Bass to Lefty
  44. Squirelly neck?
  45. Electric Bass C-Extensions
  46. bass project phase 2
  47. Resonant metals?
  48. public woodshops
  49. Cutting out headstock shape and volute. help?
  50. building an EUB
  51. First Guitar Build Complete (Pics)
  52. Wenge/Pic
  53. owing to the C# thread in bass forum...
  54. different mahogany type???
  55. Custom singlecut in progress
  56. Routing under a pickguard to lighten a bass?
  57. will an endpin jack support a bass?
  58. almost ready/first build
  59. Wood
  60. Neck sanding.
  61. have no experience, but i want to fix my fretboard
  62. Pot Values?
  63. p-bass pickup options
  64. Dangleberry Bass Necks
  65. Converting to a contra bass
  66. Can someone here build me a wooden pg and control cover?
  67. finishing screw up
  68. Acoustic Guitar strings
  69. piezo for a wood bridge. thinline
  70. Luthiers in my area?
  71. fingerboard flush with body
  72. Bookmatching
  73. Semi-hollow bodies options! Help needed.
  74. Why is this bridge so expensive?
  75. matching body finish to existing neck
  76. Resonator basses
  77. Phun with Phinishing
  78. Old wood from auctions.... usable?
  79. What are the best pots and why?
  80. What type of metal is used for Schaller Machine Heads
  81. double bass sound from a bass guitar?
  82. Fretboard thickness and Padauk...
  83. drilled "tone chambers"
  84. Semi-OT: To the hand-planing experts, what plane to use on snakewood?
  85. Non-bass body question
  86. Pics of 32" scale 1st build
  87. Questions about pickups and wood covers
  88. New Build for CapeBass - P/J w/Hipshot Trem
  89. Pots, caps, and knobs???
  90. Warped neck
  91. WHERE TO FIND FRETBOARDS?
  92. core woods Suggestions?
  93. Source for case lock?
  94. Fixing neck dings - am I doing this right?
  95. modifying a thinline body
  96. Starting out as a bass tech / repair guy
  97. Silly headstock idea.... classical style.
  98. EMG vs Bartolini for fretless
  99. maple fingerboard on fretless
  100. FIRST BUILD NECK THROUGH OR BOLT ON ?
  101. How hard is building a fingerboard?
  102. orange osage as a fingerboard?
  103. removing inlays?
  104. custom paint
  105. Any Bass building books out there?
  106. 73 Jazz Bass pickup repair
  107. Do I need a truss rod?
  108. How can I get this finish?
  109. Alternative method for pup cover
  110. Worst Build Day Ever!!
  111. I'm Famous!!!
  112. The ethics of copying a design of a company that went out of business
  113. Tim Salas?
  114. Making a flame POP - and giving it a nice sheen
  115. Five string Scroll for Thomas J.
  116. more fretting questions
  117. travelling abroad with my bass
  118. New Project-Moses
  119. HELP! 1966 J-Bass tuners needed
  120. FIRST BUILD WOOD ADVICE ...
  121. This is not a bass guitar question: Mexi strat...
  122. ABG with Nylon Strings
  123. Fret lines on fretless fingerboard tips
  124. F Bass: BARE! What to do?
  125. Fretless epoxy finish.
  126. Fretting Ebonol
  127. Fret leveling tips?
  128. First fret problem
  129. First Build: Body Shape Idea
  130. Refretting a bass?
  131. Name this wood
  132. HELP!!!
  133. custom pickups in UK
  134. fretboard / to radius or not to radius ?
  135. help with making a 15' cab
  136. Active basslines 5 string pickup problem
  137. neck shaping questions ???
  138. Wood Dye
  139. Epoxy
  140. sealed wood? any problems?
  141. 8 string bass conversion
  142. Custom design
  143. Looking for a good nut maker
  144. Stripping Nitro
  145. headless bridges
  146. Bubinga pommele as a fingerboard wood. Finish ideas? (pic inside)
  147. Strap Lock question
  148. coughcoughguitarquestioncoughcough
  149. Good Luthier in central CA?
  150. No sound from my bass!
  151. Fingerboard wood
  152. Humidity question?
  153. more than the usual number of pickups
  154. Making a production bass a string-through
  155. Slightly uneven fretboard on a new fretless
  156. Making a neck look worn.
  157. Choices of preamps for fretless
  158. Dual Pre?
  159. Hipshot Tuning Keys Query
  160. So Close to being done: Neck finishes
  161. Replacing bridge
  162. First build (Trying to decide on woods and scale)
  163. Some people said I should be a luthier...
  164. Wood Identification
  165. My first bass, and possibly second
  166. Fairly easy Home Made Bridge
  167. getting my design to scale
  168. Any pointers on a 32" scale fretless 8?
  169. daring task! well..sort of...plans for an electric upright
  170. The Revenge of the Radial Arm Saw on the Fretless Neck
  171. Koa and tone properties.
  172. What paint?
  173. Maple Necks
  174. Black Schaller M4 Tuning Head
  175. Fanned scale fretless retrofit.
  176. Spalted Maple Anyone?
  177. Update on the Benedetto Gig!
  178. custom decals
  179. New Bass Assembly
  180. i think i made a boo boo
  181. Wooden Nut??
  182. Radiused covers for Angus
  183. A good piece of Ash
  184. Finding an acceptable replacement body...
  185. Different colored Tuners/bridges?
  186. "Scoop" acoustic bass?
  187. new neck
  188. Any advice for a first build?
  189. help finishing different woods
  190. Trying to figure out neck scale
  191. Help with bridges: Hipshot VS Schaller VS Leo Quan
  192. warwick refin
  193. Where can I find custom truss rods?
  194. Boarax swirl oil paint on body - using tub
  195. Can you build me a neck?
  196. Looking for a 10 string bridge.
  197. Need a small piece of wenge for a ramp...
  198. microtonal fret job?
  199. Binding on drop tops.
  200. Southeastern Luthier?
  201. New York and New Hampshire.
  202. Wenge Short Scale 4-string
  203. Bass Kits?
  204. Fret Slotting Blades....
  205. Reranch Sand and Sealer
  206. polyurethaning cocobolo
  207. Custom Pickup Question
  208. new fretless build
  209. FJ guitars, new guitar design!!!!
  210. advice on specifics
  211. Bridge directly on wood... or after finish?
  212. So i used boiled linseed oil on my fingerboard...
  213. Output Jacks
  214. My CNC bass project start to finish
  215. Bass case suppliers
  216. A Trussrod Goof
  217. Anybody ever used Texas ebony? Or desert ironwood?
  218. Finish on wenge top/headstock?
  219. epoxy dye
  220. Custom singlecut 5 string for Justin Williams
  221. by request: 3D Fender-ish CAD/Render
  222. Fodera Knobs
  223. JazzBass body template
  224. Working graphite.
  225. I GOT AN AWESOME IDEA!!! (I think.)
  226. Converting bolt on to set neck?
  227. I want to make a bass
  228. I have the hardware. But lack the woodworking skills....
  229. Tru Oil versus chatoyance
  230. whats with the...?
  231. thumb rest.
  232. Fretless Fretboard gloss
  233. Truss rods experience
  234. What do you guys think of this no name luthier 6 string?
  235. Random discoveries
  236. Cleaning pet urine from bass
  237. How adjustable is the Hipshot A bridge?
  238. First bass Project...Exited!!!
  239. Question about tapering
  240. Removing the finish...?
  241. fixing control cavity area crack
  242. thicker finishes more prone to stress cracks?
  243. How important is body weight for sound?
  244. Working with spalted woods re-visited
  245. Starting my first project - stuck on a neck
  246. How scratch-free before a finish?
  247. Broken neck help
  248. Fender Bass Project
  249. Tree identification.
  250. Question relating to bolt-on Fender style neck.