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Dan Erlewine ArticleRepair and Restoration

Apr 21, 2026

Dan Erlewine - Fretboard Radius Change

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…

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Private member DiscussionAcoustic Builds

Nov 11, 2025

Side bending - actual problem or isolated freak out?

Hello All! My first post and I'm very happy to be here and share the highs and lows of this pony ride. After years of bending sides on a hot pipe or bending machines belonging to 'other people', I finally built myself a bending machine. Functionally it is great, but the result on some test material was far from great. See pictures attached. What you see here is a doug fir 'test side' that certainly came out guitar shaped, but oh my, what…

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