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- Grover Tuners
- Godin A8 low end drone/feedback hum only on the open G strings
- Anyone tried Steel or Steel and Silk strings on a RISA-solid?
- Think this will cause an issue?
- stewmac golden age tuners
- Does this make any sense?
- Gotoh Tuner
- propane torch
- HELP! What kind of tuner is this?
- Behlen hide glue, gram strength 256 or 167?
- Finish Checking
- Didn't realize how "springy" spruce was.
- Weber Traditional Brekke bridge vs. Loar style bridge
- Hide glue seam.
- Thinking about becoming a Luthier
- Samick A-stylemandolin- what kind of joint between neck and body?
- Old pick guard
- New mando, mis-set neck
- bit extension
- Resonator Mandolin Coverplate - source?
- Pick Guards on Oval Holes?
- When Does a Builder Become 'Seasoned'?
- Old Vega Tuners
- Reverse fingerboard radius?
- Scooped fingerboard extension: any caveats or regrets?
- Refinishing a spruce top
- Harlan Mandolinetto - flat or arched top/back?
- Gibson F5 and F12 in need of repair
- MandolinCello
- K&K Internal fixing?
- Round over or bevel F holes?
- Extra Distance from E-string to Fretboard Edge
- String height etc.
- Siminoff neck and V-joint jigs - how much cutting height needed?
- bushing problems--
- Tailpiece and bridge issues
- Setting up a luthier shop
- Does Sight affect what we hear?
- How to fix a slightly warped back plate?
- new parts
- Strung it up in white..now what?
- Fingerboard radius
- Grizzly Bandsaws
- tone bar size
- Replacing tuners
- Advice on graduation.
- New frets for a 1924 Gibson F-4
- Relic'ing a brand new set of tuners for an 80 year old axe
- Remove Top from Ribs
- Bridge's sweet(est) spot, beyond intonation
- Remove top/sides or fix braces in place?
- Explain the change of neck angle from the F4 to F5
- Flatten existing radius fretboard or replace?
- Value of Visiting Your Builder.
- tempature control
- Hanging instruments on the wall
- fretwire removal..then fretboard rip out.
- Top Sinking between Bridge & F Hole
- Hide screw hole
- Whither Lebeda Mandolins ????
- Tailpiece screw problem when installing pickup
- April Workshop
- Inside Samick neck joint
- Selecting walnut
- Enlarging hole in tailpiece - drill or file?
- Glue Fretboard Before or After Carving Neck?
- Instrument Technicians in Scotland / North of England
- Charango soundboard repair
- stripping acustic spruce top
- french polish
- the neck
- Types of Finish: Compare & Contrast, Pros & Cons
- Use a syringe with Duco glue?
- uke friction tuners
- Defining flexing in tops and backs?
- wide neck fingerboards
- Replacing those bad kluson tuner buttons
- Variance of position of "The Gibson" on mid-teens A models
- Luthier's Workbench--Software
- Calling UK Amateur Luthiers Bristol/Bath areas
- EVO Gold fret wire
- How to fix small ding?
- scooping near Northern VA
- Made myself a neck steamer
- 1905 Gibson A4 Mandolin SN 3434 Restoration
- Little scratches?
- Restringing--Reducing the Risk of Imminent Explosions!
- Chip in the nitro-cellulose
- Neck Finish Removal
- whats going on ?
- Too much fun... carving the top.
- Shaving Neck on Guitar Bodied Octave?
- Tenor Guitar Conversion - Octave Mandolin
- Carpathian Spruce Crack
- stewmac essential fret kit
- neck reset- my naive question of the day
- Feedback on my grads.
- 3/4 size mandolin???
- Totally sprayed burst
- To import or not to import
- filler mix
- compensation bridges
- Would you use this piece of red spruce?
- French Polish (shellac and alcohol) over Oil Varnish--Durablity?
- F hole, how close is too close to edge?
- Trouble w/ Kentucky KM-250 mandolin
- oldie goldie repair
- ran across a reference to luthier J. Williams, Va. Beach
- looking for luthier in Arizona
- Radiused Fretboard
- K&K twin internal pick-up in a flat-top
- Beartooth frets
- second time this happened
- String buzz- truss rod adjustment?
- 1904 F3 Tailpiece and Bridge
- Yellowing Celluloid
- Heartbreaker Torch and Wire
- does this finish need touch-up?
- where to get binding
- Oil Varnish Finish Neck Sand?
- Mandolin-banjo
- 3D modeling your mandolin
- neck block cracking
- Let's talk wood filler
- Twins!
- Making binding meet at points?
- bouzouki Bridge - String Spacing Advice Please
- Koa Flatiron restore questions
- Stabilizing cracking and damaged binding
- New wood arrived. How to acclimate?
- Fret Calculator
- Does anyone weigh their finished tops/backs?
- Buffing Technique
- mandolin necks
- flat top bridge height?
- Adirondack Medullary Rays or ?
- The construction begins of the mandocello
- wood, wood, wood
- Truss Rod Adjustment on Collings MF5
- Pocket full of questions - Starting out...
- Woodcraft maple sale
- Rubbed joint impossible for maple back?
- The 'Ground' Coat: Not Important for Mandolins?
- Collings MF5 - Finicky lil' bugger!
- How would you tackle this problem? :)
- Interesting Video About Submerged Logs.....
- Small scale Duplicarver plans
- I'm the New Guy.
- Strange "dead zone" on A string
- $100 Challenge at the Musical Instrument Maker's Forum
- Crack across grain lines?
- Resonator mandolin plans and parts
- Importance of body block material
- Bend Plastic Binding - Hot Sand, Zounds!
- European maple easy to carve?
- binding problems with ABS
- Stringing Conundrum: Old reverse tuners.
- Bowed neck
- safe tonebar glueing
- intonation off on new weber vintage A mandolin???
- How thick does the back need to be at heel of neck?
- Hairline Crack Along Two Piece Back ?
- Need Help With Hide Glue
- Cause of Buzz at the Tenth Fret
- pickguard for Eastman oval hole
- Best Setup/Repair Services in New England
- Tailpiece for REGAL Octophone-Guitar
- Recommendations for Luthier for re-fret near Seattle
- Lovely f-hole designs?
- Bridge Interfacing with Instrument Top
- Fossilized Ivory Mandolin Bridge Saddle
- So what's target weight range for maple backs?
- mandoin with crack down wood grain in front
- Bandsaw troubleshooting
- Definitions
- Octave mandoline string spacing
- Interesting saw - no electricity required
- warped back
- Thanks to Josh and Big Joe!
- A tiny adjustment to truss-rod cover screw hole.
- Gold Tuning Tuners, Ebony Buttons
- Back at neck end not symmetrical
- Don't kill me ... back is thin and tapping a C5.
- Source for decent bone
- Lacquer.....
- How to removing braces from back of instrument?
- F9 with a buzz
- Mandolin Banjo Help
- Swap use of Siminoff H5 body assembly fixture for an A5?
- Setup help please.
- Best hole patch?
- Old Jesse/Jim Mcreynolds Gibson with a broken neck
- curly cedar?
- Gibson F5 Fern joint
- What else can I use to cut strings?
- A-Jr pickguard repair
- Nashville Made Flatiron Question
- Lack of "Oomph" and odd buzzing
- Best tuners??
- Gibson Mandolin Construction Details-Old, Loar era or before
- Resonator Build ?
- home made fret tang nibbler?
- Raising the action
- Blacktop Flattop
- Las Vegas Luthier Recommendation?
- Octave mandolin tops
- "Minty 1920's BACON MANDOLIN"
- Upper & lower points turning pink.
- Sanding and Varnishing Old Mandolin
- Weight of a single piece Gibson ebony bridge needed
- Old wood, LOUD not sweet.
- Intonation correction at the nut
- Espresso machine to steamer conversion
- Shepard Mandolins..
- Weird humming noise
- Selling a found old instrument; What NEVER to to to it...
- Binding slot too wide
- Old Standard
- Mahogany Grain
- H-5 Mandola pickguard is warped
- HELP! how do i improve sound on cheap mando, from a newbie
- Heel Cap and split one piece back
- Kentucky km-150s musiciansfriend (needs repair)
- Touch up Dyes
- Storing wood for instruments- leave as boards, or cut to length?
- Levin vintage mandolin
- Bob Benedetto's "Making an Archtop Guitar" book- mando resource..
- Applying binding
- Newbie refretting question
- Can I Increase the Value of My Used Mando by Distressing It?
- What is an appropriate title
- Excellent article on Rick Turner
- Eastwood replacement neck
- Mandola Fret Size
- Ivory bridge coming unglued
- Amazing bookmatch
- Pick Guard Restoration
- Type of glue for top split
- Neck Problem
- Non-standard tuning machines
- Wiring help
- How dou determine your neck heel width?
- OK, so the inevitable has happened...
- string gauge and spacing for a 10 string mando
- Calling Dr. Cohen
- Breedlove A shape parts
- Titebond Extend Wood Glue
- Light guage strings / tone changes with fretting pressure?
- Area of f-holes
- Electrified Inlay