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Private member DiscussionSELL! SELL! SELL!

Lutherie Books For Sale

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…

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Private member DiscussionAcoustic Builds

classicalguitartuners.com

I just wanted to put in a plug for classicalguitartuners.com and Zebulon Turrentine. I was looking for some single classical tuners for a 7 string project and found his website. I was a little confused at first because he catalogs all the available tuners including ones that he doesn't sell but he supplies Der Jung (from Korea) and Gotoh tuners among others. I believe he can also get steel string tuners. The service and shipping…

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Private member DiscussionPaper Work and Drudgery

Shipping to Europe

I might be sending a guitar to Germany. I have no idea how I would go about shipping it. Is there an obvious choice for a carrier? DHL or something? It's a $2k guitar and I've tried to talk the guy out of buying it, I'm scared shipping might be horrendous.

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If it's $2500 or less I always use usps. They have the best rates by quite a lot unless you have a negotiated rate with another shipper. Pirate Ship makes it pretty easy to get the best discount for s…
Private member DiscussionSELL! SELL! SELL!

Stewmac Foredom kit with router base

$300 plus shipping. Used twice. Comes with foredom, foot control, Stewmac router base, And stand. Comes with 1/8” collet. 3/32” available but can’t find it currently. Will sell without router base for $250.

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Hi Bryan - has this been claimed? I’ll take it if not. Thanks, Creston
Iñaki Font GuitarTechCaracas DiscussionGeneral

Refret Glues

Hey guys! Im getting back fo refrets after a 5-6 year hiatus.. Im buying the supplies and wanted to know what are you using to glue frets? I used to work without (just pressed) or with Ca on some jobs but ive seen fish glue is kind of the new standard for many looths... What do you use? Pros/cons? Searching I found out the only ones selling fish glue are LMI (soon to bee gone), stewmac and Lee Valley.. The lee valley bottles are cheape…

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Any animal glue shrinks; it shrinks like crazy and if I understand correctly that’s one thing makes it so strong as a wood glue. But it’s terrible at gap filling which is pretty important when frettin…
Private member DiscussionFinish Repair

Polyurethane Overspray to Cover Neck Break

I have an Epiphone explorer that suffered a vertical neck break in shipping. I'm in the middle of repairing the break a la Ted Woodford's remedy. My question is, what would be the polyurethane you'd recommend to cover the break? A couple of things to consider/questions I have: The neck color is not quite all the way black but the customer is fine with it being darker than the original color. The neck finish is satin What would be the best…

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Ian Davlin
Im curious about the issues with the point zero, I haven't ordered one in a while, but the last few I ordered served me great. Something might have changed.
Private member DiscussionElectric Repair

Tronical Tune Battery Replacement

I am not sure these are available anymore. Company in Germany, I believe, and it looks like they are not shipping. Not much info on the web other than distaste for the idea of a tuning system by Gibson owners. Anyone know where to source these? If not, I may just have to make one.

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Well, I guess no one has had to replace a first generation Gibson robotic battery here. It appears that this battery is no longer available. So I did what any repair person with a soldering iron and a…
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Hivemind suggestions for a wrecked archtop

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…

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Ian Davlin
Hey, can we schedule a time to talk about this on a zoom call ?