Frank Wakefield actually baked his Lloyd Loar signed Gibson F5 in his oven. I'm always bemused by what people will go through and am damned impressed...
I would be reluctant to try that unless the Stella has an adjustable truss rod. The only ones I've seen have the "steel reinforced" neck and I'm not...
What you have is a Strad-O-Lin genre 2 pointer that was labeled Orpheum. I've had two of the same with the exception that mine were straight A shape...
I think Marty makes an excellent point. The only exposure most of us have to laminated instruments are ones that are made cheaply in ever other way....
There is at least one telecaster associated with Johnny Cash that was used in some recording sessions although I don't think Johnny played it. Larry...
I rarely flood anything but if you put moisture into any crack in wood and follow it with titebond then clamp it it will help wick the glue down into...
Some other ideas for you to think about eventually: get a set of solid non fluted ebony pins glue them in cut them flush sand and polish. Or drill a...
I also like the citrus based strippers. I have used them on several instruments with never a problem. I used an old expired credit card as a scraper....
Gorilla glue will hold but it has to be done right and as mentioned it will expand as foam where it can. It can be pretty messy. Done right it won't...
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