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Rodrigo Gomes pulls a dead truss rod out of a Fender bass, coves a new fretboard to fit the neck, and refrets it — in Dan's shop, 2017. Out with the old rod A new fretboard, coved to fit Routing the c…

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…

Part one of a 1955 Gretsch Roundup restoration — a played-to-death cowboy guitar with a loose, up-bowed neck and a truss rod frozen solid. Reprinted with permission from Vintage Guitar Magazine. Origi…

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.

B.K. Vaught walked in with a heavily modified, refinished '57 Strat. We put a three-person team on it — strip the paint, replace the decal, narrow the bridge spacing, and bring it back to playable. Re…

Stepping down a half-dozen Strat and Tele necks from 7¼" to 9.5" — with no fretboard to hide behind. In 2018/2019 we made a half-dozen Strat and Tele necks from what, to me, was special wood: some ver…

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…

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.…

Erlewine’s Bodyless Neck Support For The Proper’s Guitar Workstation It’s no secret that Dan Erlewine is a huge fan of the Proper’s Guitar Workstation by Total Vise. It’s no secret that Dan Erlewine i…

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…

The Small-Shop Luthier Finishing Station Don’t have room for a large finishing rig? Don’t have room for a large finishing rig? The Total Vise “Small-Shop Finishing Station” is a multi-positioning comp…

Using Total Vise with your existing vise or pedestal Now, you can get into the Total Vise system even if you already have some another vise or pedestal. Now, you can get into the Total Vise system eve…