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Erik Tosten posted an update 5 days ago
Who is putting carbon fiber and a truss rod into new builds? Is this redundant, or is it a suspenders and belt situation?
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Luke Single Chesapeake Guitar and Amp Repair posted a new video. 5 days ago
PTAC - Understanding A SchematicLuke traces a line from schematic symbols through to signal and power supply paths on simple tube amp circuits including triode (preamp), Fender Champ (5F1),…
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Top Thickness calculator from the Gore / Gilet books
For folks familiar with the Gore / Gilet books and the top thickness calculations in section 4.5. I made a web based calculator to do the nasty spreadsheet math… So this is for once you’ve weighed and measured your top plates and then found the long, cross and transverse resonances it gives you the target thickness to hit a particular…
celestialinstruments.com
Guitar Plate Thickness Calculator
This calculator and equations below are based on Gore & Gilet's
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Ian Davlin The Looth Group posted an update 5 days ago
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Ian Davlin The Looth Group posted a new video. 6 days ago
Sean BrandleSean Brandle heads the Fab Lab and Luthier Certification Program at Northampton Community College. Here, Ian (Hate’s Guitars) wonders if Sean even liked guitars and…
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Ian Davlin The Looth Group posted a new coe questions. 6 days ago
Vintage finish repair/restoreMid 50’s Gibson LG-1. The action was uncomfortably high and upon inspection found a broken ladder brace and a completely trashed bridge plate. So I…
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I would use clear or close-to-clear shellac for all exposed wood and binding. This would allow correction if there was an issue that needed to be stripped back. Then I would start color-matching the… Read more
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Ian Davlin The Looth Group posted an update 6 days ago
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Does anyone else remember Stewmac selling a tool for this years ago? I recall seeing it but never bought one. It kind of slipped over the post and provided some leverage to bend it.
Lucas French -
Hey Doug,
Its probably no the most helpful answer but here is what I did. I restored an old 30’s Gibson L-00 with a badly bent tuner. I added some leather to the jaws on the stew mac nut and saddle vise and tightened the bent stem in the vise to flatten it. I did have to remove the button to do the procedure but they were already replaced. I…
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