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An old friend of mine, Les Stansell, who has been building some pretty high-end guitars and ukuleles for over three decades has had to close his shop for health reasons and is looking to sell all his tools and equipment. I’m spreading the word to help him find a suitable buyer – hopefully a new luthier ready to set out on their own. If someone is interested they can contact me here and/or contact Les directly at [email withheld]…

I have a 46' J-45 in need of a new neck. I figured I would scour the interwebs for a possible replacement before I go commando and build one to spec. Let me know if anyone has anything in this vein!

Howdy folks, Y'all may know that over the years I've had my hands in all sorts of varying degrees of our beloved lutherie bizz; from my current modest restoration shop focus to work for 'The Man' in big production. Throughout this I've built up contacts of various sorts and recently, as I've started to get back into building (to some degree) I've had some of these contact ask me about moving some wood on their behalf. So, here I am wo…

I have some acoustic building templates for anyone that's interested. I bought these from Allied Lutherie before I got into CNC work. Now that I'm drawing my own stuff I don't really use these at all. Maybe someone would find them useful? Includes: 1 - L-00 template for outside form (1/2" mdf) 1 - L-00 template for side bending form (1/2" mdf) 1- L-00 body profile template (1/8" polycarbonate) 1 - J-45 template for outside form 1 - J-45 temp…

Description of 10 books for sale as a unit. Many of these are classics from the 1970’s through the late 1990’s. If you want to find something new, read an old book! The cost for all the books including USPS Priority Mail shipping - $425. Payments to be made using PayPal. Contact David Hurd ([email withheld]) before making payment. For sale only within the USA. 1. Brosnac, Donald, “The Steel String Guitar – Its Construction, Origin and D…