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  1. Padauk vs Bloodwood
  2. 9 string guitar neck
  3. my first bass build
  4. Coloring Epoxy?
  5. Help!
  6. Slight bow in neck blank, still useable?
  7. Recommended Finishes for Koa/Maple
  8. Gonna try to build a bass from cratch! Need help with many things!
  9. I may have goofed up, neck pocket question
  10. First build
  11. SOLDING THE NEW WIRE TO THE PUCIKUPS THEMSELVES
  12. My First EUB project
  13. helping finding like for making homemeade pickups
  14. Need help with Truss rod replacement
  15. what is a good alternative to waxing or potting pickups
  16. Is this ash or alder?
  17. Jazz Neck and Tele Neck Socket
  18. Ash/Maple Six String
  19. "the Kewel" plywood trial - second build
  20. Paint Removal Question
  21. Help finding a nut for a Cort P-Bass
  22. 2 string short scale for a little guy?
  23. Fender Jazz and Squier Jazz neck compatibility.
  24. Daddy/Daughter bass paintjob
  25. Finger board height
  26. Luthiery as a carrer.
  27. Neck replacement - fit question
  28. Walnut necks
  29. Set Neck indications?
  30. Darkening Pao Ferro and Sapeli
  31. Old redwood patio furniture into bass body?
  32. Fining a neck to replace a neck on a Ibanez Gio
  33. A new Drake 4 string bass
  34. Dyed, natural feeling alder...good idea?
  35. Lagan Lutherie School
  36. Picking up where my friends left off
  37. Basswood build
  38. Removing poly finish
  39. What to do with fresh cut timber.
  40. What to do with fresh cut wood.
  41. Repairing runs in the finish?
  42. What happened: A Call for Questions
  43. fretless FB radius
  44. ANYTHING is salvageable... trashed to restored
  45. fret markers or dot placement
  46. Need a supplier for Boire rosewood.
  47. Pulling off a Fender Custom Shop Replica
  48. Fretless finish.
  49. scale question
  50. Question about wood types & age
  51. First build - need your thoughts
  52. Spray Gun Recommendations.
  53. Bosch vs. Dewalt Router
  54. Tips..Please..
  55. First build has begun!!!!
  56. New build, single cut fretless
  57. MM/Fender headstock thickness
  58. These bits for making wood knobs
  59. Creating a custom bass using existing neck, pickups and hardware
  60. Finishing a hand made fretless neck
  61. Making a bass out of cardboard?
  62. "Fretboard Overhang" and String Spacing at the Nut
  63. need help building Rickenbacker 4003 model bass guitar
  64. A New Build
  65. Thunderbird bass tips
  66. Will this work? Re-finishing a jazz
  67. "the EMBEE" plywood trial - first build
  68. NY Times Editorial
  69. Cutting a big bevel?
  70. Calculating string spacing over pickups?
  71. Solid purpleheart...crazy?
  72. converting a 5 string J bass to a 5 string P/J bass
  73. Bass building help
  74. CAR Refinishing questions
  75. First real build
  76. Did I pick the wrong woods?
  77. New Build: King V
  78. Should I soup up my Bass, or just buy a new one?
  79. First NOTO Bass thread
  80. Eden neck purchase/advise needed
  81. A (sort of) buzzard: first bass build
  82. Cleaning up the body of a 1970 P bass
  83. Building new bass for Private Ryan
  84. Ibanez neck?
  85. 5 String Ibanez BTB575FM convert to 6-strings?
  86. What finish is this???
  87. Old defretted bass..
  88. Painy shops in NY?
  89. BestBassGear Truss Rod: Anybody use them?
  90. Getting a fretless Jazz made for me
  91. How I build a bass body - then and now
  92. Spraying systems what are you using and why
  93. Anyone use conversion bushings?
  94. Refinish or buy another?
  95. Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer?
  96. Any one familiar with this TR?
  97. Hey! Whatever happened to that "Redeemer" guy?
  98. Fender neck on Dame bass, advice?
  99. LedBelli BASS Fretless 6 String - IzaDora #014
  100. Step 1 functional bass
  101. Beardley Bass #4
  102. Self designed OB preamps
  103. New Build 52 Tele inspired
  104. First build... Maybe
  105. Ibanez Axstar restoration
  106. RIM Custom Swallowtail Marseer 6 Fretless for Mike
  107. Has anyone made a Torzal tist-like neck?
  108. I'm back! Hyder Guitars USA
  109. Pu positions?
  110. stiffening agent...
  111. Question about a Cigar Box Build
  112. Veneer laminates
  113. Bolt-on to Set Neck?
  114. Inlays inspiration
  115. First build, hollow-body?
  116. The one that was special, the one where you were truly inspired.
  117. .....This is how I do..............
  118. New bass build Aus
  119. NEW 6 string PRAT Bass for JARED LEES
  120. Quilted Maple as a Fingerboard
  121. Refinishing my money pit jazz bass
  122. A question about leveling lumber
  123. beginning luthier looking for work/apprenticeship in southern california
  124. Slimming down a G&L L2000 Tribute neck?
  125. G*****r help needed: Epiphone SG Melodymaker kit
  126. Pull out truss instead of removing FB?
  127. 2nd Build: 1st Personal Design
  128. Finger ramp for a jazz bass
  129. Wood around truss rod
  130. May want to build a bass.
  131. Build number 4
  132. Where to buy vaneer sheet?
  133. Acoustic bridge dimensions
  134. If you build it thay will come
  135. Neck leveling with binding
  136. How hard is it to...
  137. Neck Contour Resource
  138. Ziricote/planers
  139. Is there any help for scratched plastic?
  140. Luthiers Showcase in Woodstock NY this should be a good one!
  141. first build, chambered 5 string
  142. Wood Source
  143. neck blank
  144. Geddy Lee Relic.....
  145. Pickup template - Bartolini MM Extended 5 string
  146. Grizzly G0716 Drum Sander
  147. rosewood
  148. Alembic Distillate dimensions??
  149. 9 string hybrid
  150. 5 string fretless, 8 string multi-scale, 7 string (neck-thru's)
  151. Pbass MIJ mystery??
  152. First build well kinda
  153. Where to locate
  154. Where to begin with first bass project?
  155. I'm not a Luthier, but I need some help
  156. Summer 2011 Franken Bass Project
  157. Headstock Decal
  158. Epiphone Thunderbird IV into a Fenderbird with 24 frets?
  159. Going to Michael Tobias' shop tomorrow.
  160. How do I fix the input jack on a hollow body?
  161. Fender Midnight Wine.... Where to get some?
  162. For Woodworkers:Composite/Metal vs. Wood
  163. Fretting before or after finish
  164. Finish question
  165. Compound radius conflicts with pearl block inlays?
  166. cut new truss rod for length fit ?
  167. Fitting a neck into a tight body
  168. neck width dimensions, can't find procedures.
  169. New build from slab on up (Wenge, Rosewood, Khaya, Bubinga)
  170. Adding oil finish to neck
  171. LED on/off switches
  172. Pick-up Sweet spots
  173. New Wood Day (and a new build begins)
  174. Free Bass!
  175. Sleek and Sexy Down Under
  176. Shaping radiused fingerboard and neck
  177. First Build
  178. Painting a fretboard?
  179. printable slotting template?
  180. New build - White Limba (Korina) Jazz 24
  181. five string neck-through jaguar bass!
  182. Refreshing a Gibson Grabber. Disgusting Vintage lovers everywhere!
  183. Warmoth Antigua P-J bass build! Ultra bright tone edition!
  184. My Mike Lull Repair Came In Today...
  185. Building A Seven-String Bass
  186. New Guy's Bass Build.
  187. Dyeing Quilted Maple How-To
  188. Experimental Bass for myself.
  189. Headless EUB Build and some issues
  190. "Good" Wood
  191. Walnut fingerboard
  192. Dremel Vs. Router Questions
  193. Building Jazz Bass pups
  194. Ash/Maple Jazz 4 string
  195. plunge base for router
  196. Medium Scale neck source?
  197. what you think
  198. modulus funk unlimited bass measurements?
  199. Jazzmaster Bass, Version 2.0
  200. First Build
  201. Build number 2: at R-V
  202. danelectro repair
  203. Smashed body repair?
  204. Re-radius my Fender P, any reason not to?
  205. Semi hollow body 4 string
  206. Body construction question.
  207. My first self-build project
  208. Pedulla Repair Question
  209. Oil on swamp ash, no filler
  210. The 10 day bass build...a personal challenge
  211. Painting a bass with body binding?
  212. Making an Ebonol lined fretless neck look unlined.
  213. Final checklist before first time fretless epoxy.
  214. autocad ric 4001
  215. Small threaded inserts?
  216. standard tools of the trade
  217. learning to become a luthier
  218. Paint still not dry?
  219. Warmoth short scale neck mod?
  220. Anyone in the MD/VA/WVA area that could help with some minor luthier work? Neck-swap!
  221. is this neck reusable?
  222. Check out this Amboyna Burl
  223. Rickenbuild
  224. A build with aspirations.
  225. uke-bass question
  226. My Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar SS Project!
  227. 3 pup bass
  228. Bass Builders Directory
  229. Satin Chrome knobs and EY Guitar Parts?
  230. Cigar Box Bass Build
  231. String Trees - Differences?
  232. Advice on getting started
  233. fretted to fretless neck service?
  234. Popping my build cherry.
  235. Repair job - reverend BH5
  236. New Bass with 4 coats of finish
  237. Almost finished this non-bass built.
  238. Logo Replacement Jazz Bass
  239. PUP Wiring Question
  240. ebay body blanks - noob question
  241. How wide can I go?
  242. 4 String Walnut Bass
  243. EL Wire binding and fret blocks??
  244. slotting services?
  245. 34" 5 string
  246. Converting a neckthrough bass to bolt on?
  247. Converting a neckthrough bass to bolt on?
  248. Single Cut 6 string
  249. Writing on Bass Guitar Body / How?
  250. Frets are out... Now to get it nice