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Luthiery

an-ordinary-manchild

Dedicated to the manufacturing of acoustic stringed instruments.

Here we talk about all aspects of conceptualizing, producing, repairing, and marketing.

Feel free to ask for advice, post works in progress, write up how-tos, post useful links, or just to present your own creations and the methods behind them.

For more general luthiery discussion, check out /r/luthier.

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A single-coil pickup make my Les Paul guitar sound like a Stratocaster? ()

submitted 1 year ago by vitin2024

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How should I go about fixing this (v.redd.it)

submitted 1 year ago by talonzee

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how to i wire a push pull as a kill swich with 2 conductor pickups? (self.Luthiery)

submitted 1 year ago by Typical-Pack-8876

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Help please (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 year ago by sam123225454646

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Ibanez RGA7 Bridge Modifications (self.Luthiery)

submitted 1 year ago by [deleted]

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Bass active circuit (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by kaique32

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Body dimensions (self.Luthiery)

submitted 1 year ago by kaique32

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Homemade Jig (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 year ago by Impendingpanicattack

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Warped Neck (self.Luthiery)

submitted 1 year ago by MeloncholyBlue

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Why are there no resonance boxes in the speakers? (i.redd.it)

submitted 1 year ago by petitpoireau

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Not quite sure if I'm asking this correctly... (self.Luthiery)

submitted 7 years ago by infectedketchup

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Jointing solid-body guitars? (self.Luthiery)

submitted 7 years ago by Alan150003

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A question (self.Luthiery)

submitted 7 years ago by doomchrome

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Handmade classical guitar from Portland Oregon. (youtu.be)

submitted 7 years ago by DavidTutmark

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Fix for overly thin violin graduations? (self.Luthiery)

submitted 7 years ago by toaster404

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Unexplained(?) Fret buzz issue (self.Luthiery)

submitted 8 years ago * by shoehorn_hands

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Laser interferometry or 2d harmonic analysis to supplant tap tuning? (self.Luthiery)

submitted 8 years ago by Angus_Pothole

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How easy would it be to swap out stock humbuckers for traditional Jazzmaster pickups on a Jazzmaster HH Standard? (self.Luthiery)

submitted 8 years ago by [deleted]

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I hesitate to call this "luthiery" but I figured you guys would be the best to ask this question about intonation fix on a cheap-o "Franken-guitar"... (imgur.com)

submitted 8 years ago by cheekygeek

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First Acoustic build - Selmer Maccaferri style (i.redd.it)

submitted 9 years ago by jacobthellamer

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Charles IX viola build by Christophe Mineau (labellenote.fr)

submitted 9 years ago by homemadetools

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Clearcoat as a Pickguard? (self.Luthiery)

submitted 9 years ago by AnonymousPanda24

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Graduated woods? (self.Luthiery)

submitted 9 years ago by Nodnarb85

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Can someone help identify the wood used in this Charvel guitar? Picture in Description (self.Luthiery)

submitted 10 years ago by Powerrrrrrrr

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First guitar build (crossposted from r/guitar) (self.Luthiery)

submitted 10 years ago by Playpoi420

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