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Is there a way to see recent zoom meeting recordings or an index of links to the unlisted YT? Thanks.

Beginning Friday, August 31, I'm opening up the shop every Friday from 2:00–4:00 PM EST for an informal Zoom session. Whether you're: 🔹 Building with a Strings Micro Factory kit 🔹 Thinking about getting started 🔹 Looking for advice on a current project 🔹 Or just enjoy talking guitar building... You're welcome to drop in. No presentation. No agenda. Just open shop. Bring your questions, share what you're working on, or simply stop by and say…

The sub menu is back by both popular and reasonable demand.

Looking for the resource page that had all the links on it. Along with the Amazon suggestion lists from various luthiers

Please, if you see something, say something. If you want something, ask. Bugs, wishlists etc. Stack them up here.

Hey Everyone! I have been messing around with a program that Ian introduced me to called "FarPlay". It is similar to zoom but designed for playing music together. In prototyping it I have made some discoveries, particularly that you need a really solid internet connection. Wifi seems doable but causes the most problems. If enough people were interested I am imagining two different ways it could be fun for us. The first would be…

Hi everyone, We’re really excited to be joining The Looth Group as new sponsors, and we wanted to take a moment to introduce ourselves. I’m Ben, and together with Paul McGill we run Go Acoustic Audio. Paul is in his 50th year of guitar making — a milestone that speaks to both his craftsmanship and his persistence in chasing better sound. He’s spent a lifetime building instruments for players at every level, listening closely to what works…

Hey everyone! I bought a proper work station and after some moving around have it in a good spot in my shop. It’s proving to be a huge upgrade now that I am getting used to it. I know people have been getting creative with modifying and adding new features to it. If anyone wants to share their ideas I am looking for inspiration! Thanks!!!

Any chance of getting the Tricorner T shirt in 100% cotton? I dearly love the shirt but am afraid of having it melt to my body in an elevator fire.......🔥

This is a new layout for a featured image page. https://dev2.loothgroup.com/ian-featured/

I took a basic Gridfinity tray and added a bar to the bottom to work with a cheap camera clamping from Amazon. The clamp fits on the main bar of the workstation, allowing an adjustable tool/parts tray to be mounted on the side of the workstation.

This is a simple knurled cover for the adjustment nuts on the workstation. It makes adjusting height quicker and easier.

This is a simple riser to fit between tuning machines on a headstock. I made two versions. One with a magnetic base and one that just clips on to the workstation.

https://store.loothgroup.com/product/workstation-neck-rest-and-hold-down-clamp-kit/

Just starting to research these items, so forgive the noob question/s… Can these two items be combined? I.e. could one fasten the Erlewine neck jig to the Proper workstation? Or are they two completely different items? Does the Proper workstation allow you to do fretwork under string tension, or is that only on the Erlewine jig? Or could you possibly buy both items, then switch them out on the same mounted post? My primary issue I’d like…

I'm in Ireland, so perhaps this is a local phenomenon, but I find that the site is only accessible to me for a limited number of page views before it becomes unresponsive. Yesterday when it went down I got a Wordpress error: "Error establishing a Redis connection." Based on that, it looks like it's a config error with Wordpress, but I don't even know if anybody else is getting this behavior.

I am a relatively new ”looth”…an amateur/hobbyist at this point, but have recently retired and plan to do much more in retirement. One thing that I am needing at this point is to equip my shop with some better vises and other work-holding equipment. So far I have just used a parrot vise, which has been okay (but not great) for the work I have done so far. I was about to invest in StewMac’s classic Guitar Repair Vise, but one thing I’m r…

It would be good to have a section where we looths (wannabe in my case) can buy, sell, or trade materials, equipment, tools, etc. with one another. Obviously, there would need to be rules and policies, but I think we’re all some stand-up people so could be a good thing.