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  1. Crack in the heel of my neck?
  2. Badass 2 bridge question
  3. Lights on my bass
  4. concept of a bass i want to build!
  5. Proportions
  6. Supplier of Stainless Steel Mandolin frets?
  7. Interesting X-ray
  8. Full Size Templates
  9. material gathering phase.
  10. How Does Graphite Tonally Compare to Maple?
  11. Does anyone have an extra parts?
  12. How thin can you make a bass?
  13. Any builder looking for a nice piece of wood?
  14. Bridge Question
  15. how to thin headstock down after making tilt-back
  16. maple or ash
  17. design batch #2 - criticism please! (big pic)
  18. Source for bridge parts
  19. critique my body designs please... multiple pictures
  20. Stripped truss rod nut
  21. i dont know if you guys have seen this before
  22. my designs... what do you think? [FREAKING HUGE PIC! be warned]
  23. Satin gold stacked pots
  24. Anybody dealing with ETS lately
  25. Tremelos?
  26. for a first timer....
  27. Graphite necks!
  28. Double neck bass thread
  29. Quick side $ for luthiers?
  30. 34" scale (noob question)
  31. Routing for new Pups, then switching back to original?
  32. Position Dot Inlay Mistake
  33. Finish repairs
  34. Purchasing wood.
  35. building your own...
  36. Pillar-bed neck (à la floated-barrel)?
  37. Bass neck wood...
  38. Stompfrog's custom bass Project!
  39. Die guage and standard for truss rods
  40. Making a pipe/carving.
  41. Guitar Body Question
  42. Cable Truss
  43. Questions about installing a bridge pickup in my Lakland Bob Glaub....
  44. something new....(pics)
  45. Make a drum sander or buy a 13" thickness plainer
  46. I wonder if Ken Smith has seen this auction?
  47. Anyone build their own bridge?
  48. new Single-cut in progress
  49. Need tips on top carving!
  50. will a hipshot vintage bridge fit under a cover?
  51. LCD battery voltage readout
  52. thanks/finished product
  53. dust collecting tool
  54. New Bass
  55. one piece flatsawn Hard Maple neck
  56. Problems gluing dyed wenge?
  57. Routing for pickups.
  58. when to cut?
  59. How wide do you make your bass bodies.
  60. honduran mahogany prices
  61. What tool is best for this?
  62. Solid Koa Body
  63. Edible composite.
  64. Anyone Know what this is?
  65. Acoustic bass design
  66. Fretless Bass
  67. African Afzelia.
  68. new bass under construction
  69. Somebody in CA should jump on this!
  70. Would This Look "Cheep" or "Tacky"
  71. Someone want to do me a favor?
  72. CALLING ALL CHICAGO AREA LUTHIERS
  73. Old Nitro Finish Flaking
  74. A few bass assembly questions...
  75. Neck reinforcement - steel bars vs carbon rods
  76. Bass build questions
  77. Grizzly bass bridges
  78. Question on steel neck reinforcing ala Warmoth
  79. CAD-like software for Mac?
  80. How to apply the alcohol soluble aniline dye
  81. Nut placement - different sonic character?
  82. "Rolling" the edges of a finished neck - help or links
  83. Jagbass finished
  84. 6 bolt neck plate
  85. How to Become a Luthier??
  86. First bass done!
  87. not dry enough
  88. Finishing alder
  89. What should I fill the slots with on my defret project?
  90. If I Were Too.....
  91. Sandpaper adhesives
  92. RIM Custom HB Fretless 6 (UK)
  93. So, just to keep you all up to date on the progress...
  94. Is this crazy?
  95. System 3 mirror coat question
  96. My latest effort x 2
  97. Rondo/SX/Dr. Parts necks
  98. New Nut for Epoxied Fretless
  99. Need wood info (weight, Janka, etc)
  100. Two questions!
  101. Two tones out of one fret
  102. Interesting Trussrod design
  103. Finish on a "acrylized" fingerboard
  104. Strat and Tele (g****r) bodied bass necks
  105. Fretting a fretless in a way
  106. pickup for rubber strings?
  107. Paintwork done. black is a BEAR!!
  108. what finish over colored pencil
  109. need help with a bad glue up
  110. Bass design.
  111. well worn thread: neck tapering with a router
  112. Belt buckle rash prevention?
  113. Questin for Nino about headstock shaping.
  114. Fretted to Fretless Conversion!
  115. Long Awaited Epoxy Photo Tutorial
  116. Fretboard bye: Any pics?
  117. first guitar
  118. Fret Bevelling Tools
  119. Fretboard leveling on both Fretted and Fretless basses....
  120. Repairing a crack...
  121. How long does it take?
  122. Circuit testing
  123. Found a wood shop
  124. How do you line up a bridge?
  125. Birch OK for a neck?
  126. can i put lacquer coat on top of..
  127. Constructing a neck
  128. Fret saw purchasing
  129. Body Core Wood
  130. Squier gone fretless anyone?
  131. Hipshot ultralite tuner-bushings installation question
  132. Drop Top How To
  133. wood for fingerboard
  134. Blend Pot Wiring
  135. Help me understand how wood affects tone..
  136. neckthru angle
  137. New stuff
  138. Neck through, Bolt on? For strong lows and mids
  139. Whamola Schematics
  140. AHHHH Cheap Screws SUCK!
  141. truss rod placement question...
  142. speaking of fretted to fretless conversion
  143. Headstock veneer
  144. My Home Deepo bass
  145. Reminder to use proper tools
  146. Converting a bass with a set neck to a bass with a bolt-on neck pocket
  147. A note on the FAQ thread
  148. Finally some pics of my first bass!
  149. Fingerboard wood dilemma
  150. custom pickguards
  151. Starting to take shape
  152. Is This Possible?
  153. Pinstripe accent material
  154. Continuous wood backplate
  155. Finishing Questions
  156. router questions
  157. Woods for my bass
  158. Rear strap button position
  159. Building first bass, need some help
  160. Short Scale Six String Pics on Basses Forum
  161. joining wood with no jointer
  162. New Hardware, which one?
  163. Looking for luthier in Dallas to do setup, install pickups, bridge and preamp
  164. What can i use instead of bartolini MK1 pickups?
  165. Aussie Tonewoods
  166. how much will it cost?
  167. bare wood
  168. Paint Job a la Hendrix?
  169. Maple neck reoiling?
  170. Picture measurement
  171. exotic uprights
  172. Domestic wood bass, am I crazy?
  173. Please help me.
  174. Building your own tuning machines?
  175. Rosewood vs. Pau Ferro
  176. What might be wrong?
  177. bass building project
  178. looking for some wood
  179. electric double bass
  180. a little CT ditty...
  181. anyone ever install a hipshot bass trem?
  182. Refinish
  183. Custom Top
  184. DIY Pickguard
  185. Sound went in the tank on fav. bass
  186. Tung Oil body, color over, or refin?
  187. Headstock Inlay?
  188. Ibanez Electronics
  189. Finishing a Fretless Fingerboard like a Pedulla
  190. New paint job and pick guard.
  191. Twisted Neck?
  192. HELP!!! resin + glass fiber?????
  193. 65 P-bass, refin or not?
  194. Non-neckdivey but original shape?
  195. Will My Bass End Up Looking Like George Porter Jrs.
  196. criticism please?
  197. The difference between quilt and photo quilt?
  198. Bois de Rose
  199. Physically Shaping?
  200. Question about lacquer
  201. The NEW Goodman GB-4
  202. What do you think of an RFP?
  203. Where can I send my Bass Body to get it Refinished?
  204. Questions: Satine(Bloodwood) or Purpleheart Fretboard on Maple Neck
  205. anuone familiar w/ this neck?.......
  206. anuone familiar w/ this neck?.......
  207. Crazy grooves in 12th fret
  208. DIY Drum sander
  209. Painting pickguards?
  210. BARTOLINI question
  211. couple of quick questions
  212. String mutes... any bright ideas?
  213. control cavity
  214. rare earth magnets for cavity control covers
  215. Would this be too heavy?
  216. Joiner Serenade #001
  217. Homemade Bending Iron??
  218. 6 string headless multi-scale build
  219. So I finished my Alder body in Bees Wax...
  220. StewMac finishing/painting products?
  221. 3 novice P Bass finishing questions
  222. Epoxy question
  223. HEY!!! Give me links to your TB thread with pics of your process
  224. My Frettless Conklin
  225. Different truss rod question
  226. Need help quickly
  227. Reshaping a neck
  228. snakewood as a fingerboard....
  229. FAQs for all: New builders READ THIS!!!
  230. Custom Pickguards
  231. Steinberger-signed Steinberger
  232. Truss Rodd in Single Cut
  233. Installing LEDs into the neck
  234. First Bass Woods
  235. Orange Glo
  236. Valenti Standard Style 5 String Jazz #020 (in production)
  237. Possible to add graphite rods to neck
  238. Making Necks?
  239. Wood pickup covers?
  240. Grounding issue with piezo saddles
  241. Carving Burls?
  242. Making a bass
  243. Building A Better Hipshot Xtender?
  244. Scarfing a lam neck....
  245. Advice on laminate wood repair please
  246. Putting the call out for links to Tutorials and How-to's
  247. Cream pickup covers
  248. Inlaid Ammonite Fossil.
  249. Project OLP / GREEN MEANIE!
  250. Move Strap buttons to improve body angle?