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- TM 375 Bouzouki nut replacement
- Fretwork in Atlanta? Anyone?
- playing in the white
- Neck Joint
- scratch build f 5
- to glue or not to glue frets?
- deflection tuning... anybody doing it?
- Another, other, bowlback
- Repair, restoration or preservation?
- what spray gun?
- Gibson Mando-Cello K-1 Restoration
- glue hardness and instrument tone...
- Files for the nut.
- resaw services needed in seattle
- explosion proof fan
- Mandolin builders in the new issue of American Lutherie magazine!
- Looking for Advice on setup for THE LOAR Lm600 (replacing nut)
- Out with the old....
- Nuts and tuners
- posting an image
- floating pick guard(finger rest)
- replacement tuners
- bubblegum stuck to mandolin...
- Pickup recommendation(s) for solid body
- Crack from tailpiece to bridge
- tooling up for the beginner...
- Customs vs. Instrument Construction Materials - No Mando Content
- Drill presses
- E-string and nut problems
- This is how I level sand
- Sorry for the facts.
- Carving the recurve- which side and how it affects sound
- .090 or .060 Body binding
- Octave string spacing, coarses and full span at the bridge
- Rib thickness.
- What is this instrument/object?
- "The Loar" neck joint question.
- Bowl-Back Octave Mandolin build
- What happened to Holoubek Mandolins?
- kerfing material
- Octave Mando Build from Don Kawalek Kit
- Arizona Luthiers near Scottsdale ?
- Body Size, String Tension and When Do You Just Give Up?
- Gauzing the F-holes?
- case material/nitrocellulose finish interaction
- Western red cedar
- Repair Service in Central Scotland
- MOP inlay ebony paste
- Beat down mandolin - salvageable?
- Curry.......is it permanent?
- Buzz on the bridge!
- radius saddle
- My new Weber Gallatin A and neck adjustments
- Cracked Guitar Soundboard
- Recent builds
- Cumberland Bridge
- The making of a classical guitar (no mando content)
- Ukulele sides height taper
- Opinions on cittern top distortion please
- how much or What Work on Vintage Instruments hurts value
- Willow
- Bracing help
- Intonation quest - report on truss rod adjustments
- Mandriola scale length conundrum
- Cutting down fingerboard--what to do with frets?
- Brass For Inlay?
- no spruce for ukes
- Reputable mandolin repair in Ottawa-Kingston area?
- Building an F lefty, tuning keys?
- Sourcing the Tortoise Shell (TS) binding strips
- Octave Mandolin by Yaron Naor
- Mandolin repair - refret in Southwest Florida?
- what are they?
- when is enough?
- is there a quick fix for a rattle at the nut
- Great repair job in Columbia, SC!
- Eastman neck angle
- Thicknessing an Adirondack Spruce top
- Gorilla wood glue?
- I suppose it's Fret dressing time..
- Grover's on MD315
- tuner malfunction (not electronic tuner - actual string tuner)
- bridge indentation in top
- thickness for hybred
- Jack removal on an Epiphone MM30S
- guitar side thickness
- Really cool instruments
- Does anything release CA?
- fretboard material
- dupliator
- Handling multi-part purfling?
- steelex bowl carving tool substitute...
- Can This Scroll be Enhanced?
- Skip Kelley in Mandolin Magazine!
- Can someone replace strings on my Autoharp for 'round a hundred?
- Oil over matte nitrocellulose?
- Sharpening Ibex plane blades
- Stew Mac Campfire.neck joint
- Mandoin Repair
- Dang it! I broke my nut!
- Fretless 4-string mandocello?
- One Piece-Two Piece Back
- sapele
- Is there a good way to make a generic nut slot?
- Sliding vs. tapered dovetail? (I know...I KNOW!!)
- Luthiers please respond...starting to lose sleep...
- Kentucky KM-950 Strap Button Placement
- Best Polish/Cleaner for FP Varnish Finish
- A nutty problem....
- Bridge replacement
- Binding fell off
- replace bridge plate on guitar
- Damage from bridge pressure
- Zero Fret... Pros and cons?
- 1952 Kent Bowlback Repair
- Enduro-var my new refinish experience
- Engraving inlays
- Why would strings go sharp while a mando is sleeping in its case?
- Intonation
- Looking for unique tuner
- Vintage Mandolin tailpiece
- delicate finishes
- Radiused nut replacement
- Fretboard extension scoop and bridge fitting needed in London
- Petersen Cittern Tailpiece Replacement - Cros post from CBOM
- Which Hooks are Best for Stringing Looped Strings?
- rosette channel
- G string buzz
- Apprenticeship
- respirator
- frets.com
- How to keep a spruce top clean while sanding
- What do you mix up your dyes in?
- A string intonation weirdness
- Octave mandolin set up question
- Bowl Back set up - my experience
- Surface Plates are one my favorite tools.
- 6 inch deep calipers.
- Noob finishing question
- Strap button keeps falling out.
- Heath Mandolin #1: Keep me under your wings!
- Abalam inlays.....
- Behlen lacquer
- crack right where a sound port belongs mmmm...
- Adjusting truss rod
- spray room lighting
- Neck reset?
- Staining from black of purifying
- Kentucky KM-650, Fatal headstock break.
- bare wood neck, is it sacrilege?
- My new FBDraft tool for instrument plans drawing
- learning lacquer
- Shellac interior?
- Binding, point caps, and glue?
- Significant mandolin luthiers
- clear binding material
- Drill press depth for carving
- Uke top bowed after bracing
- Tuner Swap-out- Which ones?
- Seam separation repair on Loar era F-4
- Neck Re-shaping
- F5 templates?
- Finish that works over Tru Oil?
- Does anyone make compensated 10-String Mandolin Bridges?
- Tips for masking maple binding.
- Bushings for kit, help?
- CNC jigs\hold downs for carving F5 necks
- CNC jigs\hold downs for carving F5 necks
- Jealous of my sweet new... Ryobi?! BS-360NR Dedicated Resaw
- conversion banjo to mandocello
- H5... slowly but surely coming along...
- Mujingfang Ebony Planes
- Martin R-18 Neck (limited mandolin content)
- Buy a beater or build a kit?
- Shellac expert in Anna Arbor area needed
- flat to radius fretboard
- is there any such thing as an archtop parlor guitar?
- Osage Orange
- adjustable bridges for flat tops
- Compensated drawing for placing F holes in a carved top
- Replacing all the electronics...
- cumberland bridge
- radius dish
- Finish checking, what are the options?
- Broken Scroll
- Mandocello (Wishnevsky?)
- arch top guitar body mandolins
- How much do you charge for your work?
- Hide glue reccomendations
- Design / Plan for 18" Scale Mandola
- wood toxicity
- Tung oil tips?
- Hand rubbed varnish finish
- The role of tap tuning and other tuning in a build
- Ray Dearstone.
- Any idea who made this?
- Spiriting off in French Polishing
- Wood I.D. Help
- Ton Dias, Guitar carver from Brazil
- Great mandolin setup in Germany (or Austria)?
- need practical direction on damage to varnish
- Router jig for cutting top profile guide 1
- Sympathetic Vibrations
- F hole body vs Oval hole
- Wood sources for back and sides.
- Harvesting wood video
- what color dyes should I use?
- Question about varnish: What causes this?
- Rebuilt and refinished The Loar LM-600
- Help removing endpin jack from D-35
- First IV Kit Build, Lessons learned and guidance sought
- Spencer Stricland No. 12
- Have you gotten so frustrated that
- Establishing rim thickness
- Loar neck offset
- Slipping friction pegs.....
- offset bridge for better intonation?
- How is nut width measured
- Eucalyptus A5
- McClanahan Custom Mandolins new website
- French Polish question: swirls?
- Wood: pores?
- Gibson Army Navy Project!
- Dressing frets on a compound radius board
- E strings keep breaking
- Plastic Binding
- XX-mandola
- Wood imperfection
- Garrison Guitar fix
- fretwire
- Back Alignment Issues in Very Vintage Gibsons?
- Inspiration
- Banjolin from parts?
- Guitar-bodied Octave Mando
- Banjolin from parts?
- String Replacement Tutorial?
- Mandocello build thread
- Ovation Celebrity MCS148 neck repair
- Mandolin Expert for Adjustments in So Cal
- Differences in Tonewood Within Same Species?
- which binding cement?
- truss rod problem
- truss rod problem
- Determining Oval Hole sizing? Template?
- saddle shape (and/or string slots)
- Some refretting and fretboard questions
- Buzzing problem, suggestions?
- Another buzzing problem
- Major 12 sting repair
- Questioning fret level diagnosis