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  • Neck Reset
  • Making a 24-fret neck a 22-fret neck
  • 1st fret buzz
  • Kay upright bass
  • Low F-string, 5 string viola
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  • Hex Nut Stripped on Bass Guitar
  • 1972 Martin D-35
  • Wolf Tone in Ukulele
  • Wurlitzer, Kansas connection?
  • Double-necked Dulcimer
  • Bacon mandolin repair
  • Not enough relief
  • Mandolin Top
  • Truss rod squeaking on a new guild
  • Vaccuming a guitar?!
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  • Buzzing Strings
  • Pre-War Bacon mandolin
  • JS Kansas
  • Mandolin string gauge & sound
  • Applause acoustic guitar
  • Gibson SG (pt.1)
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  • Newsletter Article
    (from the archives)
  • Fret Question
  • String height/size on a Guild acoustic
  • Tight strings on a Telecaster
  • Replacement tuning peg
  • Fixing Cracks
  • 5-string violin
  • Playing along with a CD player
  • Les Paul finish
  • Gibson ES-335
  • Rattling parlor guitar
  • Upgrading banjo frets
  • Sound Post Placement
  • A wider nut and fretboard for a metal body resonator guitar
  • 3/4 size Five String Fiddle
  • Guild JF212-XL
  • Dead Note
  • Need Help!
  • Viola fitting question
  • The Brightest Nut & Saddle
  • Adjusting a Chinese-made plywood bass
  • My Uke's Finish
  • 1970's Harmony Monterey Mandolin
  • Just bought me a new epiphone EJ 200
  • Question on a guitar
  • ES-175 braces unglued
  • Mandolin nut string spacing
  • Replacing guitar back
  • Truss rod wrenches
  • Sound board rattle
  • Blood on the frets
  • ES-175 with top caved in
  • Fret Leveling
  • Hard to find top buzzes
  • Problem when changing tunings
  • Custom strings for odd instruments
  • Replacing the back on an Epiphone EJ200
  • Fender string breaking at the saddle
  • Replacing Fender truss rod
  • Installing a truss rod
  • Loose top on a Yamaha 310
  • Replacing a Mandolin bridge
  • Mossman Guitars "Agony of de feet"
  • Repairing concave top on a Victorian era guitar
  • Straightening a violin bow
  • Wrong solutions for a warped 12 string top
  • Warped top on a Guild D55
  • White stains on a black guitar
  • 12 string tuning
  • J. S. Kansas Guitars
  • Fretboard replacement

  • Address
    3809 W 24th St
    Lawrence, KS  66047

    Phone
    (785) 841-0277 or
    (785) 331-6000

    Email
    ask-a-luthier
    @sunflower.com

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      Contact: Steve Mason Ph:785-841-0277 or (785) 331-6000 email: ask-a-luthier@sunflower.com

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