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  1. Flat fretboard on a 5-string bass?
  2. Best Laser Decals?
  3. Poly ding fill, part 2
  4. cavity cover
  5. NOOBIE Acoustic Bass Guitar Defrett
  6. this should work right???
  7. First build bass for my daughter
  8. The Trashmaster is complete!
  9. Painting
  10. Jerzy Drozd's Bass Guitar Designer's Toolkit
  11. Any online stores for tops that let you see the specific pieces?
  12. Sandblasting
  13. Practice Build - Pine Prototype Content
  14. Jazz bass neck on a P bass
  15. Any oppurtunities out there?
  16. Why are there no pickups in this location?
  17. Fretless Jazz Bass Frequency Responce Project
  18. WD Music Truss Rods
  19. My new eden neck
  20. MM Neck Too Small for MM Body??
  21. Alder and Maple Grades
  22. Attaching the Neck
  23. Double neck help
  24. any tips for a first time refinish using aerosol lacquer?
  25. Newbies! ...and Vets: Read this.
  26. To Refinish or Not To Refinish?
  27. Intonation question
  28. Neck relief options
  29. Recommendations/Thoughts?
  30. Neck thickness research
  31. Singlecut template
  32. Design Programs
  33. Low-cost luthiers in the Seattle area?
  34. Need help planning a P Bass project!
  35. Epoxy on a fretless Warmoth neck by Lewis Bass and Guitar
  36. De-fret and headstock re-shape! If you love SX but hate the new headstock.....
  37. Help Me, Too Flexible Neck
  38. Feedback por favor
  39. Finish that will keep the "fresh" wood look
  40. Build process question: Bookmatch to Center
  41. Starting a new Bass
  42. LedBelli Noah Solid Body, Neck-thru, Single Cutaway, #007
  43. How do you make your nuts without going nuts?
  44. Is it possible to make a neck slimmer?
  45. solid / hollow hybrid idea: input needed
  46. Frist build-Ibanez Jem style build
  47. At what point does a luthier become a machine operator?
  48. MDF for PU templates
  49. Streamer Jazzman tones from Warmoth build?
  50. URGENT
  51. Stiffness or density what is more important?
  52. Vaneer on body blank
  53. Fun sized Fendr/Thunderbird question
  54. Luthier tech in Austin?
  55. Excellent Setup in Dallas/Ft Worth?
  56. p-bass right hand position
  57. New first build thread. Second build?
  58. Heel width on a Warmoth 32" scale neck
  59. Noob: fitting a 35" 5-str. neck with a P body
  60. roughing up a bass's finish
  61. Designs for my first bass build
  62. Need help with paint color code
  63. guitar builders do you use zero frets on them?
  64. First custom refinish
  65. Mismatched Neck and Body...
  66. noob question on wood choice
  67. first time refinishing, have few questions.
  68. 1979 Fender P Bass
  69. Recess for Neck Ferrules
  70. The Über-Jay Mark2
  71. Smooth neck - zero resistance
  72. First build thread, woo!
  73. When slimming a brand neck...
  74. 3-D Router Sled
  75. Mighty Mite Neck Finish
  76. Making headless tuners?
  77. Body ?
  78. NTD - Terrco Merlin (Duplicarver)
  79. What pickguard for a Mighty Mite P body?
  80. Finish for a new maple neck.
  81. LeFay Insights
  82. 1st project
  83. I built my first bass!
  84. Neck profile - Neck stability - SOund
  85. Building a workbench for all this bass stuff..
  86. Warmoth neck
  87. Has anyone seen these?
  88. Where to buy neck templates?
  89. A noob's build journey, need advice on necks
  90. Finish Buffing Equipment
  91. SCALE NECK LENGTHS
  92. Tru-Oil Dealers
  93. What type of wood is this?
  94. What do you carve necks with?
  95. Pickup placement for 38" scale
  96. Custom truss rod covers?
  97. Stew mac Freehand holder issues
  98. Where do you get your electronic components?
  99. Grain filling swamp ash with epoxy - how would you do it?
  100. Grain fill Swamp Ash with shellac - good idea?
  101. Replace fretboard?
  102. My next project - Galveston LP copy
  103. Oil finish on Swamp Ash?
  104. Epiphone T-Bird Pro Truss Rod Adjustment Help!
  105. building a ramp
  106. Pickguards...
  107. at the butcher shop
  108. Fretboard for Purple Heart bass
  109. looking for a 6 string j part 2
  110. Just saying hello
  111. Headstock Tension
  112. Fender Jazz Bridge Placement?
  113. M-Series 5-string - Amboyna burl top
  114. Threaded wood inserts
  115. Bass Neck Template
  116. How many coats of nitro?
  117. Scalloped Frets
  118. Bolt on Prototype, page may load slowly....you've been warned....lotsa pics
  119. First build in progress
  120. painting and epoxy-ing fretless neck
  121. Composite headless neck?
  122. build half way through
  123. The journey begins.
  124. Tru Oil on top of nitro, okay?
  125. 5 string singlecut build
  126. 3 holes or 5 holes bridge?
  127. installing a dual action truss rod question
  128. A quick question about a cost for a neck mod.
  129. HELP: need insight from expert P-bass designer
  130. Anything to add???
  131. Builders of TB, I need your help
  132. Potential Project: Schecter Neck on Precision MIM
  133. Inspired by the tree circus would it be feasible to grow two types of trees together
  134. how to paint bass.
  135. Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
  136. Routing template for heel part of single cut
  137. 2 dye 4
  138. J bass neck-thru build………
  139. Seasoning Wood - Help Please!
  140. LCG body design in production - FINALLY!!!
  141. I Don't See No CNC Holes ----------
  142. How to glue fret markers
  143. My Defretting Diary
  144. Projects & Kits : Show us what you have built recently
  145. Custom Bass Repairs ... Wish me luck!
  146. Comissioning A Faux-Dera Build....
  147. If you had to build one bass to sell yourself as a luthier...
  148. 1st Project Bass - Worst SG copy ever
  149. How to route for a pickup
  150. Vintage P project!
  151. Waterslide Decals
  152. Guitar Bass Building/Repair School
  153. Neck throughs and bookmatch to center
  154. Defret Help
  155. Can anyone help me "age" this neck?
  156. neck repair
  157. documented neck build w/snakewood f/b
  158. Finishing questions
  159. Custom body...
  160. Would this neck grain worry you?
  161. 1 piece neck through neck?
  162. Some builds.....
  163. short scale custom
  164. first post, some project photos
  165. Robert Venn Luthier School
  166. Anyone used Laburnum?
  167. It affects me not having volute?
  168. A fun Strat conversion
  169. Why would you sell a custom bass for $40?
  170. Finishing Up New Build-Single Cut
  171. Save my splitting neck, with your knowledge!!!
  172. Question about truss rod installation
  173. looking to starting building my own bass
  174. The $10 Thrift Store Fender P-Bass Project
  175. Thickness of Wood Bridge Block
  176. Fodera Measurements
  177. Warwick Thumb specs
  178. Transparent Near-Matte Finish?
  179. Curious about Michael Tobias design change
  180. The Abomination Bass!!!
  181. Quartersawn Walnut
  182. Re-chroming old hardware
  183. Online source for wenge fingerboard blanks?
  184. P Bass specs help
  185. Resonator Retrofit?
  186. Scroll Headstock
  187. Older, thick, soft, polyurethane finish. Noticeably affecting tone?
  188. First build for someone else! Jazz bass!
  189. stability of bloodwood vs. ebony for fretless fingerboard
  190. Liquid Stripper On Neck
  191. Has anyone ever remodeled/reshaped their headstock
  192. Allergy problems while building
  193. Squier E-Series 80s P-Bass Body Size
  194. Hipshot headless systems any experiences?
  195. becoming a luthier
  196. Spray Paint Screw-Up
  197. Micro-Mesh Soft Touch Finishing Pads
  198. Flat Fretboard???
  199. broken NT, possible headless conversion?
  200. Carvin necks
  201. Classical Instrument-style Headstocks
  202. First Fanned Fret
  203. First Build: TB Inspired.
  204. Acquired a neck for a project- truss question.
  205. Weird Pickguard Idea..( now with video )
  206. Two Way Truss Rod in a One Piece Neck
  207. Headstock crack will not open for glue- too small?
  208. White Basswood P/J- How much would the actual build cost from a luthier?
  209. When it comes to DB tops what are the wood choices?
  210. Epoxy glue problem
  211. Swamp Ash Body Blanks
  212. Well, my first try here! LONG POST!
  213. Fretboard scales?
  214. First Build, kinda
  215. Custom built Explorer Bass
  216. Considering making an aluminum fretboard - questions.
  217. Dye Advise...
  218. Gah!
  219. Looking for some to add wood to these parts.
  220. Wood dust to color wood
  221. Parts People, Parts
  222. wood dyes
  223. What exactly is a board foot?
  224. Aria Pro II STB serie pickguard
  225. Painting a Pickguard
  226. Using veneer instead of book matched top plates
  227. Bleaching Fingerboard Advice?
  228. Fender American Deluxe Jazz 5 Neck hairline crack - Any Suggestions?
  229. Is it possible to add a tone control to THIS?
  230. My luthier made a huge truss rod turn
  231. New product idea - need help with startup
  232. Violin Bass
  233. Concept Active P-bass
  234. Long scale Fender Mustang Bass?
  235. Combo to Head conversion question
  236. care of cocobolo wood?
  237. Polishing Compound collecting in wood grain- HELP!?
  238. refinish, shielding and new pickup for Squier
  239. Moving the bridge?
  240. Brass Nut
  241. strap locks....
  242. How do I remove a fingerboard segment?
  243. Neck conversion?
  244. Build #3 Mahogany 32"
  245. Body-neck angle on Cirrus?
  246. Jazz Bass
  247. New finish over perfectly good old finish
  248. Radius-sanding Blocks in/near Finland?
  249. Lightening Wood?
  250. Ripping neck stringers/lams with a table saw?