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  1. Pickup Questions
  2. finger board help.
  3. LEDs aftermarket - without removing fretboard
  4. Durability of a CA fingerboard finish?
  5. Newb.
  6. Warwick Thumb - recreating the sound.
  7. Can I Convert a Fretless to a Fretted?
  8. NAMM...
  9. I have trouble with a neck give me some input
  10. I want to strip my bass finish! help me!
  11. Musikmesse and NAMM 2008
  12. Q: Fretting before...
  13. Want to say thanks!!!
  14. My shorts are in a circuit...
  15. The N Bass Build
  16. Anybody use a Router template guide kit?
  17. Finish Underneath finish???
  18. How do i remove a fingerboard?
  19. Wood pick up covers
  20. #001!!!
  21. What to do with broken Baby Taylor?
  22. How To Repair A Burn Hole
  23. mini knobs
  24. Measuring for tuners
  25. Fret Spacing question
  26. Lefty Reverse T'bird I'd like to build
  27. Rebuilding Titan (Fender "P" copy).
  28. Adjust truss rod for neck swap?
  29. Volume goes up when tone pot adjusted?
  30. Finger Ramp
  31. Looking for a bridge setup
  32. Painting Headstock
  33. Making an Aria replacement nut -
  34. IS THIS POSSIBLE???
  35. Bass design
  36. Starting a career
  37. Overall string length and tension.
  38. How to achieve the worn, vintage look
  39. Stain OR Dye
  40. wood for dynamics?
  41. 5 String Jazz
  42. refinish back of maple neck?
  43. spend my money
  44. Jazz bass with round contours?
  45. Nitro vs KTM-9
  46. Looking for a Luthier to build a replacement neck
  47. Proffessional Opinion Needed
  48. I knew I'd sneak my way down here ..
  49. Is it difficult to put blockmarkers and binding in a Neck
  50. Small spray booth
  51. copyright infringment
  52. Jazz Bass Body Template
  53. Spruce
  54. Just finished
  55. Anybody ever take a bass body to an auto paint shop to get sprayed?
  56. What to write on the headstock if...
  57. replacing nut,, material?
  58. CNC for the masses!
  59. some questions...neck, scarf joint, and trussrod
  60. Gluing Questions
  61. Brass Bell Fret wire
  62. Fretless Fingerboard Refinishing
  63. Van Halen style finish
  64. HELP WITH STRIPPING
  65. Tuner installation Q's
  66. my nut fell off
  67. Custom Ashbory underway
  68. Aguilar problem
  69. Xylia Lace
  70. Schaller BML light weight tuners?
  71. First Build of `07
  72. Body wood combinations
  73. Talk About Your Tree Huggers And Redwood Lovers
  74. Question about Jigsaws
  75. Need (A Lot) Of Help!
  76. neutrik jack ?'s
  77. scalloped fretboard???
  78. help me!...with my finsih
  79. warmoth neck wood question
  80. Need advice and step by step on chambered basses
  81. New guy here with a couple of questions.
  82. maple on a fretless
  83. How do you drill the holes for pickup wires?
  84. StewMac & LMI - they DO ship international!!!
  85. Help finding specialized bridge
  86. block inlay neck for a jazz 5'er
  87. Fretting a fretless/defretted bass
  88. Plyester coating? give me some info here
  89. best sustain for fretless
  90. Oil finish on Maple fingerboard??
  91. could any body recomend me a book and/or website about building cabs?
  92. Gauging interest: bridge experiment
  93. Happy New ´07!!
  94. Looking for a 5 string bridge withe extra narrow spacing
  95. Painting/staining a fingerboard, need help!
  96. which tool has more uses?
  97. bridge material ?
  98. Room humidity
  99. Problem with timber
  100. Next off the conveyor belt - Watson 6 string active
  101. Wiring Help - Bartolini NTBT
  102. What do you think about this wood?
  103. Sears Carve?
  104. Mahogany Maintenence ?
  105. Extra, extra long strings...
  106. Rosewood= Poison?
  107. Another Sheridan Five-String: Chambered Spalted Beech
  108. Intonation
  109. SCALE ISSUES HELP
  110. Fender CIJ '62 Precision tuners - which ones?
  111. What do you think?
  112. Dremel Router Kit
  113. Epoxies: Mirror Coat vs. Clear vs. Other
  114. Coating a Fingerboard with pure Resin?
  115. Hey U Luthiers. I need a 6 string fretless.
  116. Last new build of 2006
  117. Dimensions for the ETS MK-III
  118. 5 String Singlecut with Drawing
  119. Carbon fiber how to????
  120. First bass design. Need feedback. (large pic)
  121. AAARGH! I quit!
  122. So I'm about to build a bass.
  123. neck through construction...
  124. set neck engineering...
  125. Neck-through sources
  126. Wood Humidity
  127. Using a "spacer" and a template
  128. Where can i get radiused blocks????
  129. To build a Peavenbacker!
  130. Where to get a bass re-finished
  131. Happy Hollidays
  132. were to buy wood
  133. hmm weird problem
  134. dots .....
  135. Wenge on Fretless
  136. Frankenbass
  137. Caoba blanca
  138. wood suggestions please
  139. curving the fretboard
  140. How to apply a waterslide to a Warmoth neck?
  141. The Famous Melvyn Hiscock book
  142. problems
  143. Jatoba?
  144. the tonality of wood choice and a thru-neck bass
  145. which nut and why?
  146. Finishing a newly built bass
  147. Custom cases...
  148. Nut Replacement for Sting Ray 4
  149. will changing an oil finished bass to gloss change it's tone?
  150. Center Of Gravity
  151. custom paint job
  152. Fret spacing help
  153. OOPS! big scratch... help!
  154. Here we go again ...the devil dog
  155. acrylic???
  156. Question about a luthier's work.
  157. Balance and My Design
  158. Looking for a new bridge
  159. Sharp Fret tang fix
  160. help with two tone sunburst finnish
  161. Allergic to Pau Ferro?
  162. New neck to give new life to old custom p bass?
  163. Tru oil over waterslip decal?
  164. one of about a million other tru-oil questions
  165. ? on my finish
  166. Check it out guys!!!
  167. First Build, Singlecut Fretless 5 String
  168. A couple of questions on Danish oil
  169. New Sheridan Five-String: Camphor Burl
  170. zebra wood?
  171. finishing a purpleheart fingerboard
  172. Construction question....
  173. DIY fat finger?
  174. routing templates
  175. Installing a battery box, NYC area
  176. Neck with increased warmth. Wenge or Indian Rosewood?
  177. this might be out there
  178. HELP!!
  179. Static/Electrical/Ground Problem
  180. Depth of Control Cavity?
  181. The horizon of luthiery: your predictions
  182. lowering strings
  183. a thought just came to me
  184. Bridge ground when using a bart active set?
  185. darkening a oil finish
  186. Reverse P only bass
  187. My first go at French Polish.
  188. Best Acoustic Bass Ever?
  189. Frustrated
  190. Is walnut a good wood
  191. fitting the control cover
  192. AC Guitars build progress.
  193. Can you guess what wood???
  194. where to buy exotic woods
  195. Katalox
  196. Central Core Idea
  197. What route depth for Bart Soapbars?
  198. installing a new ABM or Hipshot bridge
  199. Check, Re-Check, Check Again!!!!
  200. shaping the neck
  201. tuning pegs?
  202. polyurethane finish on my first bass HELP!!!
  203. Fretboard woods....
  204. Will this work????
  205. Level and re-crown, or not?
  206. F Clamps?
  207. 'Antiquing' a bass
  208. alembic pups on a fender jazz special
  209. Testing pickups
  210. Half fretless, how to?
  211. Constructing a Composite Bass Project!
  212. problems with 5 string fretless bass
  213. Digital Bass Guitar with Transpose Feature
  214. Alder vs. Agathis Body
  215. My Bass Idea(s)
  216. Advice on a good bass building kit to get?
  217. Tightbond in Australia?
  218. MM Factory or better parts
  219. Removing a polyester finish from a body
  220. Fret Size and Playability
  221. Technical details for MM pickups?
  222. purpleheart fret board
  223. What do you guys think of this?
  224. Luthier's high
  225. body reshaping
  226. Calling all CAD! How do I draw my design in 3D?
  227. Do you know this bass?
  228. Zero Fret Question
  229. Trumpet-like sounding fretless?
  230. best way to polish brass frets?
  231. pale moon ebony 6
  232. Anyone know of luthiery schools/programs in California?
  233. Project #2-Maria C Bass 4- Inspired by...
  234. Spoke Truss Rod at Body End - Where to start?
  235. Frets made of wood?
  236. A vote for getting good router bits.
  237. Help!! Problem with joined top wood
  238. This is how I glue a fretboard to a neck.. - GTB guitar #01
  239. poly or tung oil finish
  240. Warmoth Fret Wire
  241. Jigs & stuff...
  242. Tips and tricks for epoxying fingerboards?
  243. Re-Finishing
  244. Insert advice for mounting Roland pickup on finished bass
  245. Neck bow at the heel
  246. What to use for neck taper and fingerboard?
  247. Random Orbit sanders
  248. how do you inset block inlays?
  249. Truss Rods!
  250. yet another tung oil question