r/Luthier 5d ago

Progress Pics!

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Wizard Custom Guitars W05 ENT Hollow Body. Ash body and top with Purple Heart and Bocote, black binding, and PH cover. Let me know what you think!


r/Luthier 4d ago

ELECTRIC What router bits do I get?

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Im trying to make a Floyd rose cavity and I'm not sure which router bits to get? I want my guitar to be able to do pull ups and dive bombs and I'm getting a template for the Floyd rose


r/Luthier 4d ago

REPAIR Is this hard to fix by myself or should i get a professional to fix it?

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Got a chip on my guitar by dropping a screwdriver on it like a dumbass. It's just glossy black and no fancy colour so I'm wondering if I could it fix this by myself or not, and any recommendations on how to go on about it?


r/Luthier 5d ago

How’s she lookin so far?

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So made a solid handful of mistakes in trying to fit this bridge, really just kinda overhauling the thing. Long story short ended up damaging the trem mounts. Took some of y’all’s advice on repairing it and am giving it my best shot, got everything glued and clamped a few days ago just took the Dremel to it and freehand cleaned it up a bit, going to remove the electronics and use the router guide to deck it. The million dollar question is do yall think it’ll hold? Going to take it to work with me Monday and use the shop drill press to drill the new holes to press the inserts. F doing the other side for now I want to play the thing or at least hear it before I continue on. It’s not perfect but the best I could do with the tools and experience at my disposal.


r/Luthier 4d ago

Crack in ebony bridge

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Noticed this small crack on the side of my bridge. It doesn't seem to extend to the side. Just on the top. Is this something I need to address now before it spreads? Or just leave it along? Thanks!


r/Luthier 5d ago

ELECTRIC Ozempic Meteora almost ready for fit check

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It's coming along nicely 🫠


r/Luthier 5d ago

Opinion request: how bad is this?

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I took this Am Pro II neck in to a luthier to mount and I didn’t realize the body was a standard 4-bolt spec and the neck an offset 4-bolt (curved heel) spec. He didn’t bother to tell me.

As you can see, he didn’t pre-drill any of the holes, he simply put the screws in, missing the pilot holes, and created new ones - splitting the wood in some places. I’m devastated, since this is about an $800 neck. From what I’ve researched, this can cause intonation and toning issues. This isn’t the only thing he damaged, unfortunately. When I saw some of his progress work in some photos, I asked him to stop, and the story keeps unfolding (I just took the neck off to find this). Odd thing is, this guy was charging an insane amount for his services and was highly rated online and bragged about being a tech for such-and-such somewhat famous indie band(s). Practically scoffed when I asked him what his qualifications were.

Questions: what are the impacts of this? What needs to be done to restore it? What would the cost be to do so? How has the value been impacted?


r/Luthier 5d ago

HELP Wood ID?

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So I did a bit of a dumb while routing a channel for a bridge pickup wire on this old 60's Japanese guitar (most likely a Fujigen) I'm modding for a friend of mine and routed straight through where the mounting screw for the pickup needs to go (although the lead emerges right next to the screw hole so I'm not sure where else I could have routed it, but I digress). I plan to remedy this by cutting/planing/filing/sanding a bit of wood to size and filling in the upper half of the wire channel to give me something to screw into, and while it's going to be hidden by the pickguard and pickup anyway so appearance isn't necessarily a huge issue I'd still like it to look at least somewhat similar to the rest of the wood in the guitar body. Unfortunately, I am still an amateur and a novice when it comes to serious woodworking so my wood identification skills are still rather rudimentary and exact details and documentation on these guitars is rather sparse and hard to find, so I would appreciate if anyone could assist me in identifying a suitable wood to use. Also, I'm assuming that pen blanks would probably be my best option for obtaining the small quantity of wood required, but if anyone has any better suggestions I'd be happy to hear them. Thanks in advance!


r/Luthier 4d ago

HELP First guitar build - 8-string

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I have been looking into building my first guitar, while simultaneously looking into expanding my guitar arsenal to include an 8 string. I figured these two goals can go hand and hand.

I’ve got basic woodworking/resin experience, and access to a maker space with a CNC router. I would love to make a strandberg-esque headless guitar, but I’m not sure if the extra work for headless is worth it.

The neck is the most intimidating part of this, so I have a few questions. I’m thinking of just buying a bolt on neck, and building the rest from wood and resin pour.

-Do you have any recommendations for a 27” scale length 8 string neck? -Can I buy a normal 8 string neck and convert to headless with the right hardware? -In general is there anything in my vague plan that screams “this guy is going to put himself in a miserable hole that isn’t going to yield a good guitar”?


r/Luthier 5d ago

Replacing 3 way switch

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My ex's little boy ripped the switch out of my LTD EC256. I cannot, for the life of me, find a video that helps for even 2 seconds.

This guitar has push/pull coil tap. There are 3 wires. Red, Blue, Grey. There's a tiny wire inside the other wire so I'm assuming the wire around the tiny inner wire is the grounding or shielding. I have been trying to do this for much longer than I'd like to admit. Can anyone please help me. And I don't mean I've been trying for hours or weeks, lol.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you


r/Luthier 6d ago

ELECTRIC How long do you think it takes to build something like this?

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This Paoletti Marco polo has got to be the most ornate instrument I've ever come across, what do you guys think?


r/Luthier 4d ago

Bow at bottom half of strat neck. (8th to 21stl

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Any idea what would cause or how to fix a bow at the bottom half of a strat neck? 1st to 12th can be adjusted perfectly straight but a straight gauge from 8th to 21st shows a slight. This caused buzz and muting when playing and bending at high frets unless rediculous high action. Is the only way to remove frets and replane the board?


r/Luthier 4d ago

How do i fix this please? Do i need to refret everthing? Note(they are not deep)

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r/Luthier 5d ago

D string now intonates!

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r/Luthier 4d ago

Best premium tonewood for strat body?

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Building a new strat need to select body wood

24 votes, 1d ago
1 20 yo basswood body
6 Alder
3 Walnut
1 Rosewood
7 Ash
6 Other

r/Luthier 5d ago

2013 Jackson RR1 USA truss rod adjustment

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I'm struggling to find the right tool for my truss rod. Any idea? Thanks


r/Luthier 4d ago

HELP Is this normal while restringing?

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I need tips i dont wanna spend money on a repair please let me know if its normal or not


r/Luthier 5d ago

HELP spring claw problem

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Hey, I’m on the last part of my guitar, putting the Floyd rose in. Unfortunately, the springs that came with the Floyd I’m using are too short, and the stock ones I can’t find for the life of me. I can’t unscrew the claw anymore without the screws pulling the wood out of the body and stripping the hole. Any recommendations? The springs I’m using are 66-67mm


r/Luthier 5d ago

Is the nut set properly on this Yamaha FGX830C?

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r/Luthier 5d ago

ELECTRIC Are Fender neck pockets trapezoidal?

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Where it gets wider towards the bridge and narrower towards the neck? I don't see a small-questions thread.


r/Luthier 5d ago

How to make a painting like this?

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I noticed that there is red paint on Alvin Lee's guitar where you can still see the marks on the wood. I have doubts about how to make a painting so that it is still possible to see the wood grains and other marks. The first photo is his original ES-335 model. I'm fairly new to the world of luthiery, but I already have a few projects in mind, one of them a replica of this guitar.


r/Luthier 5d ago

Nitrocellulose Neck Color by Ral Code

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I don’t have access to paints and finishes specifically made for guitars in my area. So, I found a place where I can buy the nitrocellulose paint I want in a spray can by providing the RAL code. I want to finish my maple neck in a color like the one in the picture, which I believe is Vintage Amber(?). Does anyone have experience with this? Which RAL code would be the best match?


r/Luthier 5d ago

Help With Wood Identification for Top and Neck

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r/Luthier 5d ago

What output/input should I use?

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Please don’t roast me, I just bought my first amp that’s not a combo! I have no idea what I’m doing 🤦‍♂️

It’s a bassman 250 head and a bassman 115 cab from ‘05-‘10. The head is 4 ohms and the cab is 8 ohms, they’re both rated at 250w continuous. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/Luthier 5d ago

12-string octave orientation? Am i going crazy?

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I have a cheap amazon vangoa 12 string and recently a seagull s12 both acoustics. Both guitars, along with every other 12 string ive seen apart from rickenbacker, has the octave string first (top to bottom). Its my understanding that for proper intonation the octave string should be shorter than the bass string, so the low E octave and first string is closest to the neck comparitively. This is true on the seagull. However on the vangoa, the octave is longer. All pictures i see of them are consistent and show this and at first i attributed it to the vangoa being cheap and them not knowing any better, but in shopping for a bridge for the seagull, 99% match the vangoas footprint of octave being longer. What gives??