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Rodrigo Gomes pulls a dead truss rod out of a Fender bass, coves a new fretboard to fit the neck, and refrets it — in Dan's shop, 2017. Out with the old rod A new fretboard, coved to fit Routing the c…

Holter Custom Pickguards, with Taylor Mullins The one-man shop with nearly 400 free templates: how Taylor Mullins went from scissors to a Shapeoko, why the good celluloid comes from Italy, and what a …

Scanning a broken headstock with the Creality Raptor, CNC-cutting a mahogany patch to the exact topology of the missing wedge, and finishing it back to Cherry Red. I've had the Creality Raptor 3D scan…

Tulsa luthier Seth Lee Jones on the Hipshot palm bender, hand-built Teles, and the setup that makes a bender guitar play. Aired on Looth Group Live — Friday, June 5, 2026.Tulsa luthier and blues playe…

A full violin bow rehair, start to finish — assessing worn hair, the frog and tip mortises, fitting and gluing blocks, threading and tying the hank, wedges, camber, and when a rehair isn't worth it. I…

An Ibanez Musician came in missing one of its custom humbucker covers. Here's how I molded the original in silicone and cast a replacement pickup cover in pigmented epoxy resin. I have a client with a…

Part one of a 1955 Gretsch Roundup restoration — a played-to-death cowboy guitar with a loose, up-bowed neck and a truss rod frozen solid. Reprinted with permission from Vintage Guitar Magazine. Origi…

Splinting a crack in an old Epiphone archtop — with spruce borrowed from the guitar’s own fretboard extension, and a sliver of old piano soundboard.