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Just discussed this on another forum topic and realised that it might be useful to make more general. Music Nomad have a very handy database where you can check on the size of truss rod adjustment for heaps of different brands and models. https://www.musicnomadcare.com/How-To-Advice/Truss-Rod-Wrench-Finder/ I've referenced it a few times and have found it to be accurate.

New to the Looth Group forum so I hope I'm posting in the right place. I am also relatively new to the trade although I've been a woodworker for a long while. I have a general question for luthiers regarding the repair of a typical pick guard issue. I have 2 early 1970's Martin D35's in my shop with the usual pick guard curling and cracks associated with shrinkage. I've watched luthiers flatten and re-glue these back on the bare wood as…

Not sure if this is possible… but is there a way for the forum to automatically downsize an image in case someone tries to upload something exceeding the 3MB limit? Many phone camera pics exceed that these days and image resizing is not in the usual mobile workflow, at least for me. I guess I could also ask: what’s the best way to resize an image on a mobile platform? Thanks!

I’ve only buying buying, fixing, selling for quite a while, no customer repair work. As I’ve sold gear I only work via emails which not everyone cares for. Those people are probably the ones I do not want to give my phone number to so it works fine. However, I’m considering doing repair work for customers again. If I know the person, not a problem, they either have or can have my number. People I don’t know, reaching out to me throug…

Oh, the shame. I knew my mistake the second I tied off the surgical tubing that was being used to clamp multiple cracks and breaks that ran halfway down the neck of this Early 80's Guild D-55. I muttered "Lets hope it doesn't stick too bad".. (It stuck, and it stuck really, really bad.) The mistake I'm referring to is failing to sandwich some wax paper between the finish and the surgical tubing. I was making pressured contact directly to…

Here’s one I did back in the steam days. I posted this on the Frets forum so I’ve just bounced it over… Doc

Here's one I did back in the steam days. I posted this on the Frets forum so I've just bounced it over... Doc

My name is Dan, and I'm an amplifieroholic. Bought this one recently, as non-working amp, looking to up my amp tech chops. It's clearly been worked on - looks like all but two eyelet board caps have been replaced, the original firecracker filter caps still in place, and a whole lot of weirdness with resistors throughout the amp. Broken resistor leads coming of V4 pin 2 could very well be the proximate cause of non-functionality (the amp…

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