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  1. Ideas on how to touch up small seam
  2. Help! Squire mod disaster
  3. custom Gibson LP style overlay
  4. wiring help
  5. Make Satin Glossy
  6. Fret ends filed too close to neck.
  7. Cracked Guitar Neck - is it worth repairing?
  8. Strange grounding problem in strat
  9. Trem to hardtail conversion?
  10. Jazzmaster stealth 3rd pickup suggestions
  11. Scalloped frets
  12. Recessed vintage style Strat trem, does it exist? How well does it work?
  13. David Allen BigCats Strat Pickups
  14. routing a tele for neck HB
  15. Tele Tone Pot Q
  16. bad gap between butt of heel and body?
  17. Crack in finish to worry about?
  18. Best way to modify a pickguard?
  19. When using Floyd Rose the pitch goes up. How do I fix it?
  20. Volume pot lowers volume but doesn't cut it off
  21. Vintage Guitar Truss Rod Issue
  22. 1962 Silvertone Jupiter Restoration
  23. Truss rod cover/headstock question
  24. Upgrading my Mexican Standard Strat - Callaham premium upgrade or just trem block?
  25. HSS wiring question
  26. Larrivee D-03 Re-fret
  27. Telecaster pickups
  28. Body clone
  29. Bridge type and tone
  30. Cut a nut for Les Paul with whammy?
  31. Neck issue with Gibson 2012 LP Standard
  32. help finding hotter strat pu's
  33. 30% Taper Pots? RSGuitarWorks, Hamer, who else?
  34. G string on Tele wont intonate
  35. Ovation Problem..cc57 celebrity
  36. '59 Replica Les Paul - do I want a Gibson style truss rod or double action?
  37. Doing a drop-fill on nitro-cellulose...
  38. uv cure finish
  39. excessive hum problems
  40. String Spacing at the Nut?
  41. Sourcing koa for an electric guitar body?
  42. System 1 Trem Change on MIJ Strat
  43. need advice on Wilkinson trem...
  44. Help!! Replacing bridge and tailpiece on Vestax D'Angelico!
  45. Noob questions. What size solder wire for TS patch cables?
  46. HELP: "weak" neck in non-reverse Firebird
  47. What bridge is this??
  48. Lightening a Les Paul
  49. Can you help me diagnose my Grounding Problems???
  50. Another Stopbar Tailpiece Thread
  51. P-bass pickups: Uneven response!
  52. String gauge - 9 on strat = 10s on PRS Custom 24 ??
  53. partscaster hum
  54. Reviving a Squire
  55. Trying to make sense of an observation I just made about Strat necks
  56. Does shielding your Strat cavities actually do anything?
  57. Best radius for TOM bridge?
  58. Low output when selecting B & N Pups
  59. What neck for a strat upgrade?
  60. Intonating a stock 3 saddle Tele bridge
  61. Nomex Honeycomb
  62. Les Paul truss Rod truss rod half moon washer installation
  63. Loose nut?
  64. Starting my new project
  65. New project for me.
  66. Pairings: TBX/Mid-Boost and Pickups?
  67. Best books for Guitar repair?
  68. Tension Compensated Tuners
  69. WWWYC = What Wiring Would You Choose
  70. Wiring issue on strat is driving me WACKO!
  71. Looking to hire a Luthier/Tech
  72. What am I looking at? (TBX/MidBoost install)
  73. Want to become an apprentice (Portland, OR area)
  74. New CV Tele : Truss Rod Rattle
  75. Will a new wirring harness change my SG
  76. Basic questions about nut slots and tools
  77. making me some handmade guitars.
  78. Restoring a PRS, Ending with an official NGD!
  79. Noisy P-90
  80. 500k vol, 250k tone- what would I miss sonically?
  81. I need a tech in Nashville, bought some WCR's can't install them.
  82. how to find out what a pickups wire color code is without a manufacturer website?
  83. Floyd rose height - bass/treble heights - difference?
  84. getting a squeal from changed tone capacitors...why?
  85. Static noise on a Squier Classic Vibe Tele
  86. Wiring: Tone Control
  87. pot and cap values for Lollar 50's wind P-90s?
  88. Sitar like buzzing on D string
  89. Installing pigtail PAFs in a McCarty
  90. Neck Hump at Joint and Bridge Rise
  91. What degree countersink for Fender Strat Pickup screws?
  92. Are my new tuners defective?
  93. Is it ok to have Linear taper volume pots and audio taper tone pots..
  94. 35 Ukeleles: Setup job
  95. Guitar Tech in Baltimore?
  96. Need wiring help!
  97. using IPE as a fingerboard
  98. How do you deal with fret sprout?
  99. Strat setup help needed...strange problem
  100. What's too big of a gap for a shim?
  101. Guitar paint with duplicolor
  102. Finish "Flaking Off" Strat Neck?
  103. For techs/luthiers, especially: Stainless Steel and tools
  104. Acoustic Guitar Battery Holder Replacement?
  105. Muddy les paul
  106. Is it possible to fix a pickup that's seperate from it's baseplate?
  107. rotary switch question
  108. Les Paul's "individual" volume issue. need clarification
  109. PRS WCR pickup wiring help
  110. Suddenly Microphonic bridge pickup
  111. Do some guitars not hold tune no matter what you do?
  112. 6-way rotary help
  113. static, pops, and microphonic bodies
  114. filing a locking nut
  115. Question about the pcb controls on Gibsons
  116. Replacement Strat or Tele Neck Questions
  117. EMG help
  118. Bourns push/pull help
  119. Installing binding on a Tele body
  120. Kluson vintage tuners vs Gotoh Klusons
  121. Trouble wiring in a bass-cut capacitor with a push-pull pot
  122. What's wrong with my pickup/wiring?
  123. 6105 frets and neck relief
  124. Full-Float Whammy Setup Knowledge Base: Share your tips and tricks
  125. Pickup rewiring question - old Aria bass
  126. Weird guitar tone (beats)
  127. tapered vs linear pot?
  128. Why do these bookmatched pieces have different color?
  129. Gibson style nut slot - 90 degree angle?
  130. Squire help! Does this look infected to you?
  131. Receipe to nail the Historic Les paul cherry red back color
  132. Fender Jaguar String Tree Vibrates (Please Help) Need Replacement
  133. The fretwork on new modern guitars is pretty shoddy.
  134. Strat repair experts, may I have your opinions please?
  135. Tele Noob question
  136. How to remove Gotoh metal tuner knobs?
  137. Need help. LP wiring problem
  138. Danelectro Dc 3 Blow switch replacement
  139. Fender Cloth Covered Wire
  140. luthiers big and small! How many guitars could you produce....
  141. SwitchMONSTER!
  142. Wilkinson bridge and 2 point strat - bridge screws don't fit pre-installed anchors
  143. Jazzmaster Issue - Low E string weird muting sound - help
  144. Strat vintage saddle slot
  145. Tru Oil for the first time on maple fretted board.
  146. 2.4mm chisel tip good for soldering back of pots?
  147. Strat body weight
  148. from telecaster to esquire. please help!
  149. Acoustic neck reset steamer
  150. Found a cool item for guitar junkies
  151. slightly sharp frets on perfectly set up guitar.
  152. Random new guitar acquisition day! Gretsch Electromatic questions...
  153. Cracked headstock on my SG
  154. DeArmond Starfire Bridge
  155. Guitar tech in London?
  156. Calling out to builders -- resonant frequency of a chassis
  157. replacement tuners for 70s strat
  158. Volume pot, new caps and touching the shaft...
  159. Wiring design for tele custom project
  160. Wet sanding and wood swell
  161. Mustang bridge height adjustment screws won't come off
  162. Bass setups
  163. How can I find out what gauge strings are on my guitar?
  164. Wiring Help Needed
  165. Can you reccomend a bridge replacement?
  166. Truss Rod Adjustments
  167. Lost Pines Loblolly Build - Bastrop, TX Wildfires
  168. How should I take care of my maple guitar neck? (Charvel So-Cal MIJ)
  169. Info on how to achieve this? Staining...
  170. How to properly shim a bone saddle on an acoustic
  171. Tune-O-Matic Bridge on LP Studio?
  172. Reverse strat headstock- sonically different?
  173. Naptha vs Mineral Spirits and wet sanding
  174. Bigsby Installation Tips?
  175. Bottom line Tru Oil
  176. New Guy - Telecaster steel bridges
  177. Spring sproing sprung grrrr - Advice solicited
  178. F412 BLD: a neck N.O.S. for a 1976 blond body
  179. Archtop acoustic bridge w/ Bigsby B-50?
  180. Help wiring 5-way switch (GFS Pickups)
  181. Help: "Truss Rod needs to be pulled back" (Godin Multiac)
  182. Harmonica bridge conversion to tonepros nashville or abr Gibson L6-S
  183. anyone use wire glue to shield control cavity?
  184. How much of a truss rod tweak is need when making a string gauge change?
  185. gibson headstock template
  186. Crowning and dressing frets?
  187. String Gauges: How Do you tell?
  188. Intonating a floating Wilkinson VS100
  189. Tru Oil Finish Unfinished Neck
  190. Fender No-Load Tone Pot Questions
  191. How long can I leave a piece of baked maple unprocessed?
  192. Strat electronics malfunction - weird tone
  193. Basic Set up/Trouble Shooting Query
  194. Blocking a trem?
  195. Tech recommendations in southern New Jersey
  196. Finding/buying Glendale parts
  197. Seymour Duncan pots?
  198. Covering decal with polyurethane on Nitro headstock?
  199. Slanted compensated Tele saddles...Callaham or Glendale
  200. What is a ballpark price on shaving a neck and re-lacquering it?
  201. How do YOU set up your Floyd Rose tremolo?
  202. How long would a tech need to keep an archtop for a refret?
  203. '52 ES-175 Tone Pot Replacement
  204. Volume dropping
  205. 1975 Gibson pickup with very low output
  206. Gotoh 3+3 Locking Tuners
  207. need help with fret buzz removal
  208. Tuners for Gibson SG Question
  209. Hancock Guitars TN- Custom Quilt Tele
  210. Vintage Amber recipes?
  211. James " JY" Young's Strat - What Is It
  212. Jazzmaster won't intonate?
  213. Will these tuners fit?
  214. Upgrading electronics in my Squier CVC
  215. Single coil neck PU w/o tone control is too bright
  216. Preserve Decal when Sanding off Finish
  217. What is the purpose of a "skunk stripe"?
  218. Question I have for Walter.
  219. Broken Boss BF-2 pot
  220. Having Radius redone on a neck
  221. strap button pushed into bottom of guitar
  222. antique/raw wood guitar tops...
  223. Experiences with Schroeder locking studs?
  224. Jimmie Vaughn / Eric Johnson tone wiring
  225. Wiring Advice Needed for Strat Project
  226. Building a Firebird. How do I cut the bevel on the headstock?
  227. where can i buy a 25k audio (log) taper pot for a strat?
  228. Low E goes sharp on strat
  229. Pickup tester guitar?
  230. Broken Headstock LP Standard - Toronto repair recos ?
  231. Is White Pine Useable as a wood for a guitar?
  232. New machine heads
  233. Duncan's and base plates
  234. Barden tele pickup wiring
  235. Steinberger tuners on a Firebird
  236. Treble Bleed circuits
  237. "Muting" Effect on high G, B, and E Strings...cause?
  238. Recommend a good face-mask that won't interfere with or fog up glasses.
  239. Replacement bridge for Musicmaster Bass?
  240. Questions about putting a short-scale Tele neck on a Strat body
  241. Anyone belong to the Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans?
  242. Good quality push/push pots?
  243. neck relief and bridge height/Action setup
  244. Anyone work on pickups?
  245. import TOM replacement
  246. 50's wiring an LP Special
  247. Elk EDB-60
  248. The impossible wiring job! A little help?
  249. Intonation: In tune open and at 12, not at 2
  250. Replacement neck for Silvertone amp in case