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    Soon, no more "custom" Carl Thompson basses?

    Just was browsing his website for the um-tenth time, and noticed a new announcement: "As of February 5th, 2014 (Carl's birthday!) we will not be taking any more "custom orders." Immediately, my heart sank. I have been wanting one of these instruments since I started playing 15 or so years...
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    Open source router templates?

    Hey Guys, After a couple of searches, I was wondering if there is somewhere that I could find some open source router templates for standard shapes, like J bass bodies, neck pockets, different types of pickups etc. I have a CNC machine that I own with my room mate and my programming is kinda...
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    Refurbishing and upgrading my first bass!

    Hello everyone. This is my first post in the luthier forum. I have been lurking for quite a while. My name is Tom and I usually build partial composite longboard skateboards. I have been a bassist for almost 14 years, and have been wanting to get into building, so I figured this would be a good...
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    My bass is too powerful! Will a compressor help

    Hey Guys, long time lurker, first time poster. I have a homemade bass seymor duncan SPB-3 and SMB-4D s with an aguillar OBP 3 TK preamp. I had it wired for me with a 2x 9V power supply. The guy ended up going with 2 vol, teb, mid, and bass pots, with a mid booster switch. The result is a...