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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 …

Tormek’s “sharpening doctor” on locking down V-tools, grading one stone from 220 to 1000 grit, knife strokes that go downhill, and why a friction drive never breaks. Aired on Looth Group Live — July 2…

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…

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.

Ian sits down with Anders Nicklasson of True Temperament to trace the 20-year arc behind the squiggly frets — how the temperament was developed by ear, what luthiers can buy today, and why three-chord…

EWA A106 Speaker Mount — Listening to Music or "Treatment" A bridge-mount that clamps a $15 EWA A106 speaker to your acoustic — for tunes or vibration "conditioning." The EWA A106 speaker is available…