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Two Letters from Joseph DiTucci “Sometimes our greatest hardships and darkest moments forge the way for our brightest futures.” Two years ago — August 21, 2024 — I received this email from Joseph at D…

A limited-time Looth Group offer on Total Vise's modular guitar repair workstation — June 12–30, 2026. Total Vise builds modular workstations for guitar repair — and they’re giving the Looth Group com…

Refret Refinish 1 2 3! From the GluBoost bench · April 2026 Now quick and easy professional repairs of gloss finishes after repair work is attainable — plus complete ultra-thin gun-like finishes are a…

Mentors and Olson Routing Rings Mentors, molds, and the Olson routing rings that replaced "driving the bus." Hello again, welcome to episode 2. I’m pumped! Last time I did my best to say hello and upd…

On February 18th, 2026, The Looth Group presented “Misconceptions in Lutherie” featuring Martino Quintavalla, Simone Bonanomi, and Andrea Corsini of H

Jumping In! — by Todd Lunneborg An intro and, “Getting ready for the Fretboard Summit, 2026.” Hello there, Todd Lunneborg here. Ian has asked me to start writing regularly for the Looth Group Website.…

DMV Local Looth Trip To Beard Guitars and Rockwell Brewery Today, some of the DMV Local Looths were treated to a really special day. They were very gracious and gave us a very detailed tour of their c…

Happy to be joining the LoothGroup! Thanks to Ian for the warm welcome in the newsletter, I really appreciate the support and am excited to be here! Thanks to Ian for the warm welcome in the newslette…

StewMac Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Kit StewMac Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Kit Torrefied tops now available! Designed with your success in mind With the kit, you get a lot of help to make sure your g…

Introducing The Craftsman Vise A (#10) Step up your shop capabilities with a smart positioner from Total Vise. Description Step up your shop capabilities with a smart positioner from Total Vise. Desig…

French polishing appealed for many reasons, especially the hardened versions of shellac. But what I needed to do was improve my technique - having fin