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- Yet another humidifier thread
- Varnish Finishes
- maple bridge for mandolin
- bowl back mando ?? tuning pin hard to turn, lower saddle
- 5mm thick ebony - where to find
- Fret board marker supplier
- My first (pretty successful) mandolin set-up
- Weld-on #16
- Mandolin plans
- Mandolin neck size
- Any plans
- Building a neck
- Removing rust
- Shipping to canada
- Further Adventures of Low Mass Bigfoot Bridge
- Stringing with no holes
- Dirty flood damaged tailblock cleanup ?
- Correct Bridge for a 1940 Gibson A-00
- Applying guitar bridge- no mando content
- help for what wood to use for next project
- String spacing to edge of fretboard
- mandolin neck extended
- References for Luthier in Seattle?
- Post a picture of what's on your bench?
- Lyon and Healy Style C + Brekke Bridge
- De Wick and Iucci mandolins
- Washburn bowl back
- Gibson A-00 1938 with Allen tailpiece
- Bending Mahogany Sides
- Bouzouki Back Questions
- white lines in mahogany
- One piece red cedar top
- 2 Neck relief questions
- Persimmon bridge and finger board
- Tap Tuning - Siminoff
- Maryland ban on grain alcohol hurts violin makers
- Gibson Pickguard post repair
- judging stiffness for beginners....
- Repair suggestions for Lyon & Healy Style A Mandolin
- 1940's harmony marquis small split at F-hole
- Neck density
- guitar plans
- Vintage Gibson A4 tuner need
- 1922 gibson in miami needs reglued where would be a good place
- Radius fretboard??
- 1987 Kentucky KM-1500 Needs New Tuners (machine heads) - Advice?
- type of tuners
- Rheology? Don't know much about rheology...
- Pin router?
- Spirit Varnish Help
- Celebrating the joy of craftsmanship
- Need advice on repair
- Free spectrum software?
- 17 Young builder starting 1st mando!
- Not mandolin build related, but Gibson related.
- 2002 Gibson tuner post spacing
- Tamburica / Tamburitza ? Parts ?
- White-Black-White Binding or Sheet-Stock Availability
- almost finished with my Flying V Octave Mandolin
- converting tenor guitar into mandocello
- Rubner tuner buttons
- 1920-30's Banjolin repair and restoration.
- Looking for advice on a refret - UP Michigan
- Help with Intonation
- Crack Repair Failed on Gibson A
- Top Thickness
- Gibson A4 fret repair
- Advice on repair of Levin 42
- new neck & fingerboard advice - for octave mandolin..?
- A good case for stringing up in the white ? I always do !
- top humidity crackas on old Ditson.
- 15th fret pearl dot position makker.
- The snowflake and the Pfretzsch....
- Finishing Fretboard on an IV Mandolin
- Thank You to Walter "June" Johnson
- Fret sizeing
- Help with intonation
- F5s, Guitars, Thickness Sanders, and Kool Aid
- Top billet for carved OM
- Modern Gibson built with Loar tuner post spacing
- Aligning a crack?
- Seeking Allen Jones
- Go bars for go bar deck.
- Where do I get tuning machines?
- Runout?
- Nintendo, Legos, or Abalone.........
- '74 Gibson Master Model... needs binding repair
- Gibson Tuner Knobs
- Lefty Mandolin Completed
- Mandriola Bridge
- Hobby builders where do you sell?
- Washburn tailpiece cover
- Hello Houston (or wherever) - i have a problem !
- guitar neck glue up. I hope not screw up
- 1935 Martin 0-18 needs work.
- ZerOGulid nuts for mandolin
- compressor/spray gun problem
- OM fingerboard- check my logic
- John Preston, Old World Tonewood
- Is wood from a gumball tree worth using in an instrument?
- Tuner Bushings
- Where in the world is Yonkle rim repair
- Fixing Common woodworking mistakes vid
- Considering a new neck BC Canada
- Considering a new neck BC Canada
- Router Bit Slipping up in collet...
- Strum Stick
- Glue for second headstock scroll repair
- Gibson F-5 - replacing tuning machines
- Tenor guitar piezo all over the place...
- Is there an essential book for maintenance and repair?
- Lost contact with my builder......HELP!
- Guayacan wood aka brown ebony
- Slightly Off Topic-violin question
- Your thoughts on a badly warped guitar back
- Help with species ID
- Finishing Hand Rubbed Sunburst Question
- finger pressure and intonation - tenor guitar
- F5 Mandolin Binding
- dead fret
- Bent Hook
- Small tenor guitar tuners
- Has anyone seen this feature on a neck?
- Veneer Problem
- UV light and shellac
- Remove first then glue or just glue and clamp???
- Curious about strings ...
- 3D-printed musical instruments
- What do you listen for when "tuning" the final sound?
- The Loar LM600VS Finish Question
- Case for F-model octave mandolin?
- G strings separate under finger
- southwest hardwood
- Does anyone know who makes repro Gibson-style pickguard clamps?
- Building backbow into mando neck.
- brushing lacquer
- More thoughts and an experiment with bridge
- Found under the bed
- Strings for Cigar Box Mandola
- Building without glue
- Case handles for old cases
- Bridge / bar relationship; width of bridge
- Work on ld mandolin-banjo
- Assessment of Banjolin Neck
- tuners ?
- Dab of glue or not
- Looking for Magnolia
- Larger tailpiece screws
- 1916 Gibson A4 re-fret
- Which drill bit?
- MOP backfill with easy cleanup?
- Repair/maintenance of inlaid tuner buttons?
- Mystery mando projects
- How bout some green
- Materials source for case building?
- Broken headstock
- How to make braided mandolin strap
- Heat bending cherry- soak or spritz?
- Source for Tuner replacement for Gibson Mandocello Teen K2?
- Source for Tuner replacement for Gibson Mandocello Teens K1?
- Hand Rubbed Sunbursts
- How to remove some left over trace ?
- Sunburst vs. blond pricing
- The Luthier Blog - whats been your favourite post?
- single tuner buttons?
- change to a bone nut or not ?
- 1916 Gibson A4 finish
- LMI instrument glue?
- Remove and Replace Bushings
- Is 0.12 string good for mandolin E-string ?
- 1999 Flatiron and Luthier CSI
- compressor or turbine
- Godin A8 feedback problem
- New springs and bushings…!
- Titebond III
- Eastman 815 with a crack
- Peghead size
- a good word for Martin Macica
- Awesome Luthier in Los Angeles
- Don't do this!
- fretwire question
- Buzzing strings - seems like bridge?
- In need of varnish repair
- Worth fixing?
- what finish to apply?
- Guitar-bodied octave bracing
- Bolt on Neck
- Anyone modeled and really understand mandolin bridges?
- A fun bridge experiment
- Swirly Ear Snapped Off - Normal Or...
- Vintage screws
- Checking Neck Angle
- Who works in a messy workshop?
- Luthier warranties when starting out
- Flood damaged Double Bass repair ?
- Help needed with a probably dumb question
- Sunburst Help Again
- Pre cut nut
- Tuning Problems on New Mandolin
- Mothers micro-polishing glaze
- Mandolin setup/relief/height
- Lloyd Loar Mandolin
- Crownin File
- Gouge question once more
- Tool for routing out gaps for inlays
- Meguiar's #10, #17, and PlastX all contain silicone!?
- CAD Files for A/F/H mandos?
- Saga Kit in Hand
- Tuning Gear Problem
- 1916 Gibson A4
- 'Ellis" tru-oil over varnish finish
- Tuners for my build
- Overlay on back of headstock and transition to neck?
- Rover RM75 Truss rod wrench
- walnut guitar neck?
- Tuning Machines on teens Gibson A's
- Rosewood back and sides for a flattop?
- For finish, has anyone ever used...
- Online Mandolin Building Video Course Potential
- Lightly sanding a Kentucky Km-950
- Visiting Master Instrument Maker Steve Gilchrist
- Mandolin not staying in tune
- Top is collapsing i think?
- Other builders mandolins
- Flatiron A balance string-to-string
- Setting or Changing String Action
- A new tool
- Optimum Bridge Height
- Lyon & Healy Style C Guard Removal
- In need of gaboon ebony to make a bridge shim.
- New finish test
- Gap between strings at the nut
- best way to tighten strap button
- How to de-gloss a very glossy instrument?
- Input needed on how to go about regluing a neck!
- cleaning up international violin A-style kit...
- Taking a poll of sorts...
- pandolin or pandolyn
- looking for the Campfire Mandolin Plan
- Am I expecting too much from Stew Mac's Golden Age tuners?
- Have you ever gotten this call...
- IV kit, oval hole bracing
- Issues with rattle can lacquer curing
- improving bass response
- A little curl
- Brazilian Rosewood Back and Sides on an A Style
- customize a short scale guitar to a tenor guitar
- Gibson A model neck joint
- Measuring Saga Kit
- Oil Varnish & general finishing questions