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  1. 35" 5 String Fretted
  2. Help with body varnish repair please!!!1
  3. Montana gold spray cans
  4. Polyurethane Clear Coat Over Nitrocellulose
  5. Lighten the Fingerboard
  6. Formula for Fender color.
  7. silly question about Wenge
  8. Bass plans
  9. Build Thread: Walnut 5 neckthru
  10. Bass Built from Scraps & Recycled Parts
  11. Why Aluminum necks didn't catch on
  12. Custon built 6 string bass.
  13. Drill press as router
  14. chicken before the egg or... (bass assembly)
  15. Weird size Mighty Mite Neck?
  16. Luthiers and fret installation
  17. getting the funk out on a restoration
  18. Repairable?
  19. Wenge/wenge neck vs. Maple/Maple, huge difference?
  20. Reranch spray can for canadian builder
  21. Paint spraying options
  22. Fix my finish?
  23. Fretless Fret Lines
  24. Economic Fretless Conversion (sound clips!!)
  25. Indian or Brazilian Rosewood? (1966 Precision Bass Neck)
  26. So, do I shave the neck or widen the pocket?
  27. Best way to flatten out wood?
  28. Taking clear coat off, also sanding help plz.
  29. Re-finish Badass bridge???
  30. Two (small) projects
  31. filler and sealer or just primer?
  32. I got this guy,,,,
  33. Selling some fretboards for your next bass
  34. First Build. It's Simple, but...
  35. Your first time (making an instrument)
  36. Matching paint
  37. need a pattern for a body
  38. Well a friend of mine gave me this solid pine table on one condition...
  39. Progress on my new bass
  40. what is the distance
  41. snakeskin/scale finish
  42. Can you make a 32" scale 4 string bolt on 24 fret neck 4 me?
  43. First Build: Furniture 5
  44. Tru Oil fretless fingerboard
  45. Ebony build: WARNING NSFW! Wood porn inside!
  46. Aging hardware gone (almost) wrong - Squier CV content.
  47. Custom Bass build
  48. Reccomend a builder for a replica Bakersfield sound bass
  49. Necks too thick.... best way to hack them down?
  50. OLP Stingray Project.
  51. Factory Ibanez maple fretboard - what kind of finish is this?
  52. Neusar bridge?
  53. Make a Fretless out of a Fretted?
  54. First Build, Few Questions
  55. URGENT BUT SIMPLE QUESTION?
  56. It is Alive!!!
  57. Newby advice needed
  58. mini triplets. Hardwood and pine madness
  59. 120 year old Mahogany - Body or Neck?
  60. Birch top
  61. Uber-J with graphite neck
  62. GAL Convention ??
  63. Will I lose that much switching from Ash to Alder?
  64. 1st Build - Power Tool-Free Pine Body
  65. Spector Fretless conversion
  66. Advice on body/neck crack
  67. 4 String Trashcan Bass Build
  68. 1st bass project build! Pictures!
  69. What do I need to build a Bass VI from parts ?
  70. Gibson EB-0 fretboard removal
  71. Retro italiana scratchplate on VM Squier Jazz
  72. Would You Build A Neck For Me?
  73. Prep for nitro over oil stain
  74. Short Scale Bass Using 6 String Neck
  75. shielding..
  76. Headstock break. Is this repairable? PLEASE HELP.
  77. MODFEST 2011...is this going to turn into an 8 string?
  78. fretless poly brush on or spray?
  79. wood bleach on alder
  80. Fretless mod Questions
  81. Painting a jazz without stripping paint..
  82. Spare a small piece of ovangkol?
  83. Interview with Carl Thompson
  84. Challenge: Luthiers Melting Pot Build! This Time I'm Serious!
  85. made a new ding in my first refinish attempt, please help
  86. Just another "what kind of wood" thread...
  87. What kind of wood is this?
  88. Some Finishing Questions
  89. Looong scale bass
  90. Fender P refinish
  91. Relicing plastic parts
  92. Steinberger bass XL-2. Back of the neck scratched. How to restore ?
  93. Bolt on body?
  94. Bass Destruction, Then Restoration Project.
  95. First build - zebrano, ash, maple and wenge...and a question
  96. Virtuoso Cleaner & Polish - Some Questions
  97. Discoloration from years of sweat,,need help..
  98. Removing 80s Japanese poly finish
  99. 5 string Singlecut build
  100. Help with a finish repair- PLEASE!!!
  101. Chicago Luthiers.
  102. body size and it's influence on the "behavior" of a bass
  103. Roll Call - the "I've built a bass from rough lumber" club
  104. Remove my frets?
  105. Scarf joint question
  106. Refinish project - "Bullitt" style
  107. Scale length question
  108. first bang
  109. Any metal workers? I need Advice.
  110. Good candidate for stripping the finish?
  111. The WestRay: my new mutt.
  112. CNC madness
  113. Wood stabilizer question
  114. Bridge placement?
  115. Ideas required on a Minimalist build?
  116. Burl Darkening
  117. Custom Paint Shop...
  118. Squire Tele Bass - Deluxe/Custom modification
  119. Is sanding sealer necessary?
  120. Bass Tremolo in Ibanez sr305m ?
  121. Acoustic Guitar modding?
  122. Clear over enamel?
  123. Bridge finish question
  124. The ultimate "Garage Band" amp!
  125. Westone Genesis Refinish
  126. Replacement Fretless P neck questions.
  127. Making a 5 from 4 (jazz bass)
  128. First Build - The Dukester
  129. dark star and pickguard string clearance
  130. P-Bass Project, First Timer
  131. ThunderBird Reverse/Non Reverse RNR Build
  132. Purified Shellac
  133. Short Scale Bass Help
  134. Help with Jazz bass body configuration please?
  135. My Next Mash-Up: The Steinray
  136. Stain removal
  137. Introducing the Tele-phone Bass
  138. Recognize this wood type ???
  139. Bass finishing adventure
  140. New P-bass/Musicman build
  141. Neck flatness before attaching a fretboard?
  142. Stuck between two necks. First build!
  143. Mahagony Market Gonna Suck
  144. How to refinish a worn maple fingerboard?
  145. First complete parts build!
  146. Digging a Rut in my Bass
  147. Scale Issues
  148. How much sanding sealer should I remove?
  149. I finished another guitar, Gibson SG style
  150. Wadda ya think?
  151. New neck approach - initial results...
  152. poly finish damage - leave it alone (or fix with superglue)?
  153. Pedulla Rapture Refinish
  154. THINNING a NECK
  155. My First Build
  156. Does any type of epoxy work as a grain filler?
  157. Questions about battery boxes
  158. Mulitilaminate bass project
  159. 3 bolt neck on a 4 bolt body?
  160. First refinish:Squier basswood oil finish. [better pics now]
  161. Here's something you don't see everyday: WARNING! Wood Porn Content! NSFW
  162. CA glue under polyester finish?
  163. Would a bass made of rock sound good?
  164. Finish on a neck, needed or unneeded?
  165. clear coat issues
  166. How do you make a great bass guitar ?
  167. Question about Brazilian Cherry
  168. How should I go about fixing this?
  169. CALL FOR HELP: Downsized or "dinky" J dimensions
  170. Semi transparent stain
  171. How to make an Unlined fretless?
  172. Luthier school/college?
  173. first real neck-through build; unlined fretless pine/padauk jazz.
  174. Body Template?
  175. Headless bass hardware source
  176. Does White Spirit damage paint?
  177. My First Build and I need help!
  178. Claro Walnut necks
  179. First bass refinish
  180. which glue - titebond 1 or 2?
  181. Tuxedo Bass #3 Coming Up
  182. Busted truss rod - what to do?
  183. HD Maple
  184. Custom neck builds
  185. Looking for a builder that would be up for the challenge...
  186. Blending new satin finish in with old
  187. 1st Bass Build - Solid Zebrawood Jazz 24 Style
  188. Help please
  189. Double stick tape
  190. My 1st build
  191. How do you put a full face top on a single cut neck thu design?
  192. Bass dilemma
  193. what woods should I use for a fretless?
  194. Converting a 5-string bass from Low-B to High-C
  195. Bound Headstock?
  196. Wood weight, body size and sustain
  197. Vancouver BC luthiers
  198. convert fretted bas to fretted/less bass?
  199. Pleasant Surprise? Stripping a Dean Guitar...I think???
  200. Semi-hollow Starfire style 4 string bass build
  201. old custom squier/custom with new nut???
  202. Hey lumber ID experts any guesses....?
  203. What product to fill small crack?
  204. 70's Maya bass w/ busted neck - worth the buy?
  205. Big bass for big music: 10 strings multiscale
  206. Will this work?
  207. New Build.....
  208. Restoration of finish
  209. Quick question to those who radius fingerboards with routers
  210. Seriously cool "old school" building....
  211. Time between color and clear?
  212. Concave Scraper for neck shaping?
  213. Decal Question
  214. LMI plate joining jig?
  215. Crazy headless experiments from down under...
  216. neck thru look on a bolt kit?
  217. Polyurethane finish .. tone killer ?
  218. New bass build
  219. 24 frets Neck????
  220. what's the best material for a nut
  221. WBS Guitar/Bass Neck Joint System
  222. Best finish for a fretless bass?
  223. 3rd Build, 34" scale 5 string fretless
  224. Fretboard refiinish after defretting
  225. Fender P-Bass acquisition/repair job
  226. Bass Modification.
  227. Aguilar Onboard Preamp for Fender American Vintage '75 Jazz Bass
  228. Where to buy wood in bay area?
  229. A Piece of Advice that's Stuck with you?
  230. 100 year old Pine P bass build
  231. Best donor bass for a Ric conversion
  232. Bridge Maxed Out
  233. '54 style P bass project - tips?
  234. Individual string bridge
  235. will a new neck improve my tone?
  236. p
  237. Stickers on wood
  238. "Thinning" a Warmoth 5 string neck
  239. Find a body in NYC
  240. advice for cuttting lexan?
  241. Went Lumber hunting this morning...
  242. Toss or fix? - CB uke soundboard
  243. Sanding the gloss off a finished neck?
  244. Depth of Chambering?
  245. Defret: Neck bows up - sand away?
  246. Tru-Oil question
  247. Warmoth truss rod
  248. Finish Question
  249. Luthier video
  250. What makes a fast neck???