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Just realized that I posted this on the main feed earlier and should have posted it here. Apologies for my poor posting skills. Will go and delete the original now.... Hello all, I’m new around here and excited to continue lurking and learning, taking in all the great content and the knowledge of all you experienced looths. I am more familiar with building than repairing, but I am interested in learning all I can about both. I’m happy to…

Good Morning, Looths. I am looking for some advice regarding a new shop I may be opening up. There is an opportunity that has presented itself to me to utilize a basement space below a Consignment Instrument Shop that an old friend of mine is opening up. The shop is filling the void of a local music shop in downtown Montpelier, VT (Which has not had a shop since May). The owners of this new shop have retail experience and are avid longtime…

Hey y’all, I’m new to the patreon but I’m lovin all the info. Excuse me if this is the wrong place to mention but I’m freshly graduated from the building course at Roberto-Venn and am looking to get a career started in Atlanta, Ga (or surrounding areas). I’ve had some interviews and have talked with some repair shops in the Atlanta area but if anyone has any open opportunities or tips for entry level jobs for building/repair or apprentic…

Happy New year everyone!!! I have an LMII neck angle jig but only have the dove tail templates. Would like to try a bolt on for my next acoustic build. With LMII's unfortunate departure do you know where I can get the templates for the mortise and tenon? Is anyone making these? perhaps our friends fortunate enough to have a CNC? I tried making one for a ukelele build but with the tools I have, not confident in the accuracy. Any leads are…

Hi all, I have my next bass guitar design on CAD and in drawings. My designs are pushing the size envelop. I would like to have a good thorough review of the design for strength at the neck/body union, playability as string spacing is 13mm and neck is very narrow (1.6"), string pitch at the headstock, strength at the headstock/neck union etc. I'm willing to compensate for your time. Let me know if you are interested. Thanks.

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…

I'm the proud new owner of a "new to me" Fireball Meteor CNC machine. It feels really odd to have a computer in the shop but I guess I need to get used to that. Fortunately for me, I am well versed in CAD, unfortunately not so much on the CAM side of things. My 3 kids are all experts and are steepening the learning curve dramatically, this would be overwhelming if they weren't helping. So far I'm using the Fusion 360 personal use versio…

Got my new printer a few weeks ago, and I have been loving life in 3D. I have made a bunch of cauls and tools in preparation for my next builds. On all the prints the first layers were a little fuzzy, so I did some research and adjusted the z offset. Got my first layers in the pocket. But that caused some horrible problems. Now I can’t even finish a print. First layer is fine. Second layer is hairy and fuzzy. Seems like the nozzle is dr…

I've been Loothing for around 10 years in busy shops in the Seattle area (Mike Lull's & mike and mikes guitar bar) and went out on my own in a home shop a little over a year ago. Just this month moved into a new repair space and showroom for my custom guitars, which was the largest driver of the move. Having a good space for people to play my builds seems pretty paramount. My regular customers that have been plenty of income over the p…

So this one is a real doozy. Gorgeous Heritage hollowbody, destroyed in shipping. Owner got a full refund and they didn't want the guitar back, so he has no money in it currently. He's a collector and longtime friend/client/student of mine, which is the only reason I'm even considering it, he understands the potential nightmare this could be, and he builds very serious race cars for a living, so I can have in-depth and frank conversa…

I figure this could be a fun thread. For anyone who has done any of the spectrum analysis work based on the discussions with Giuliano Nicoletti on their new builds, or existing guitars, I figured we could post our results here.